八
八卦掌
Baguazhang
Bāguàzhǎng · "Eight Trigram Palm"
An internal art built around continuous circle-walking, spiraling body method, and palm techniques.
- Family
- internal
- Region
- Hebei, China
- Era
- Mid–late 19th century
Signature emphases
特- circular— Defined by circle-walking
- spiral— Body screws around a vertical axis
- footwork— Mud-walking step, kou/bai stepping
- internal
- throws
- joint locks
- striking— Palm-emphasized
- sensitivity
- weapons
- rooted
Voices
言未走圈，未入八卦之門。
"Walking is the foundation of Bagua; if you have not walked, you have not begun."
— Cheng-style oral tradition