Page 1 of 26 12311 ... LastLast
Results 1 to 15 of 389

Thread: Baji

  1. #1
    Black Belt Jones 1 Guest

    Baji Chuan

    Anyone here ever learn this? I would like to find out more about it.

  2. #2
    Daredevil Guest
    I asked the same question on this board not too long ago, got good answers and am now actually practising the art. I don't have anything to add to what was earlier said though - the guys were right.

    So, dig up the old posts and you'll find the info.

  3. #3
    Shaolindynasty Guest

    Black Belt Jones

    Jim Kelly.....yeah :cool:

    New classes New online Catalog
    www.shaolindynasty.cjb.net

  4. #4
    shinwa Guest
    I started training it yesterday through a friend. And it seriously kicks ass.

  5. #5
    Johnny Hot Shot Guest
    Man the internet has it All

    "Life's a great Adventure, Mate"
    Jacko Jackson

  6. #6
    baji-fist Guest

    Baji

    Hi Blackbelt Jones!

    I practice bajiquan under Sifu Kurt Wong who learned it from Master Su Yu Chang and GM Liu Yun Qiao. I started out with Preying Mantis and Chen Taiji before studying Baji. Ever since I saw my sifu perform Baji, I have always wanted to learn it. It is a very explosive and direct art. If you have the opportunity to learn it, try it out. SO far I am loving every minute of it.

    You must eat bitter before you can taste sweet.

  7. #7
    Stranger Guest
    Baji is cool.

    Consider this, The Last Emperor Pu-Yi, Chiang Kai-Shek, and Mao Tse-Tung ALL had their bodyguards train in Baji/Piqua. They could have had anything, and this was their choice. Sounds like a hardy endorsement to me.

    Wu-Tang's "bread and butter" are these styles, and WT is an enormously postive force in the world of traditional Chinese martial arts.

    Comments I have heard about baji:

    "It is like hsing i on steroids."

    "It is like Chen tai chi to the tenth power."

    It peaks my curiosity.
    If there was a teacher nearby, I'd be checking it out.


    I don't get mad.
    I get stabby.

  8. #8
    Nexus Guest
    I've had an interest in studying with Kurt Wong but my plate is already full with my studies for now. Probably will be for another 20 years too, perhaps I'll study with you one day though :o)

    - Nexus

  9. #9
    RAF Guest
    http://www.wutangcenter.com/
    http://www.bajimen.org/
    http://www2.micro-net.com/~ycsu/
    http://kabooom.com/htmls/
    http://www.geocities.com/pao_chuan/wutanhp.html
    http://www.wutan.org/
    http://www.chikung.net/

    These are some of the baji websites that teach the system as passed down from Li Shu Wun to Liu Yun Qiao.

    http://www.goviamedia.com/

    At the above site, you can back order two volumes of the article:

    Bajiquan & Piguazhang--Part I: Foundational Training Methods, Robert A. Figler and Tony X.D. Yang, Journal of Asian Martial Arts volume 8 No. 4 1999 and

    Bajiquan & Piguazhang--Part II: Foundational Training Methods, Robert A. Figler and Tony X.D. Yang, Journal of Asian Martial Arts volume 9 No. 1, 2000

    These two articles were based on Tony Yang's 8 year experience with Liu Yun Qiao. We also sell a semi-professional tape on the baji/pigua combination form with a lot of basic training.

    There is also a tape put out by the Wu Tan Development Center, in Chinese, which gives a pretty good overview of baji in Taiwan.

    http://www.plumpub.com/
    Has Adam Hsu's tapes and Wu Lianzhi's VCDs at a very reasonable price.

    My apologies to those I may have left out but there is now a subtantial amount of baji on the market.

    Tony Chen also teaches a style of baji and is located in California.

    Good Luck

    Su Yu Zhang's tapes are pretty good especially regarding the applications.

  10. #10
    JWTAYLOR Guest
    I've always heard that baji was for the chef, and piqua was for the lumberjack.

    JWT

    If you pr!ck us, do we not bleed? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that the villany you teach me, I will execute, and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction. MOV

  11. #11
    Chang Style Novice Guest
    Interesting. I seem to remember Sifu Hwang saying he'd studied Bajiquan - wonder if he could be convinced to pass some of that along?

    JWT -

    Can you translate that into comprehensible for us, please?

    _______________________
    I am the Grand Ultimate Silk Pyjama

  12. #12
    Wong Ying Home Guest

    Ma Style Ba JI Chuan

    I teach the Ma style Ba Ji, a little differnet from Liu's but same thing in essence, excellent system, I highly reccomend it to anyone, does not suit really tall people that well though

  13. #13
    kungfu cowboy Guest
    What's really tall? Does 6'4" count? Why is it not well suited?

  14. #14
    JWTAYLOR Guest
    many little chops and strikes in rapid succession (like a chef's knife chopping) and big smashing chops and strikes (like a lumberjack swinging an ax.)

    I never new Hwang studied Baji.

    JWT

    If you pr!ck us, do we not bleed? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that the villany you teach me, I will execute, and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction. MOV

  15. #15
    RAF Guest
    Wong Ying Home

    Is the Ma style that you practice from Ma Shen Da of Xian, Shaanxi province. I recently obtained a VCD of a baji player from Xian, I believe, although variations exists, it looks very good.

    Also found Wu Lianzhi baji forms very different in execution but the applications and jiben gong practice was essentially the same.

Tags for this Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •