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Brithlor,

I've been studying Bagua for 1.5 months now, with negligible prior experience in internal martial arts.

When I first started, I was assured that no previous experience in any MA was...

I was going to wait a little longer for our gong fu cousin Bai_He to answer, but here's George's explanation as posted to the Emptyflower board:

"YiZong is the generation name given to Zhang...

I think you're right, Judge Pen.

Every instructor in our system's lineage, from the founder, Gao Yi Sheng, himself all they way down to my teacher, all studied Xingyi as well as Bagua. Gao...

He feels warmups are unnecessary, but if the trainee feels he must warm up, do joint mobility drills. No stretching before lifting.

I have been using PTP for 2 years now with no warmup other than...

I think Douglas drives down to train with Yan Gao Fei at least once a month. If you hook up with him, you'll end up training with YGF sooner or later anyway. Unless you want to drive 4-5 hours each...

Glad you could come train with us and hope to see you again!

Bai He, seven people showed up last Saturday! There has been a positive trend in class growth... just me and George, then me and...

I just started Bagua also. Our system includes the Xingyi Five Elements. I've heard that our system has a "Xingyi flavor" to it. Our Bagua system seems pretty aggressive to me by itself, though I...

Interesting. The article says Jiang Fa's teacher was from Shanxi. Xingyi is said to have originated from Shanxi.

-MG

Your profile says you're in New York. For Chen style in that area, you may be better off going with Ren Guang-Yi, a disciple of Chen Xiao Wang.

JMO...

Douglas Nakamoto teaches in North Tampa. He currently studies with Yan Gao Fei, a bonafide Chen master in South Florida. Douglas has a website here: http://hometown.aol.com/dgnakamoto/

I asked my Bagua teacher a similar question about prerequisites for studying Bagua. The most time I ever put into a previous MA was 2 years in Arnis. The rest of my MA time was just trying...

I once read some speculation in a discussion a few years ago about the possible influence of Xingyi. Might be plausible since Xingyi is supposed to be the oldest of the Chinese internal arts.

More places to look at:

1. David Wink in Frederick, MD. Was an original Dog Brother, not currently affiliated though still friends with Eric Knaus. Very capable FMA/Silat man

2. Jim Tirey...

I am one of the new students in George's class in Arlington. I have been to 3 classes now and am quite happy with the training.

The training places a lot of emphasis on fundamentals. Every...