Baguazhang (Pakua Chang)
The practice of Baguazhang is basically organized as a collection of "Palms." The foundational set of these is called the Mother Palms. The Mother Palms follows the shapes of the pre-heaven or polar view of the Trigrams. The Wind Palm is characterized energetically as the "pi" or splitting palm. In this instance, the opponent’s center is exposed, and a splitting action is used to manipulate the opponent’s neck with a downward motion combined with a wrapping concept which squeezes and twists.
In the Old Eight Palms, of the Jiang Rong Qiao style of Baguazhang, the Mother Palms are combined with circular concepts related to the Post-Heaven, or cyclical view, in order to create movements based on hexagrams that are a combination of the Pre- and Post- Heaven symbols of Baguazhang. In the cyclical phase, the Wind Trigram correlates to early summer in seasons.
Introduction to Baguazhang
Overview of Pa Kua Chang
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Wind Palm Application
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About Nei Jia kung fu
The wind trigram of Baguazhang appears in the fifth position of the Pre- or polar view of the Eight Trigrams. In the Post- or cyclical view, it is representative of early summer. The wind palm splits by dividing the opponent’s center, and performing a straight split. However, the split is carried forth by using the opponent’s aggression maintaining contact and exploit the weaknesses in the opponent's situation, which in this case collapses the opponent’s base when his spine is locked and twisted.
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