Real kung fu

We have been playing with the new Amazon on-demand service and came across this archival footage, from the preview it might be worth checking out. The Amazon rental prices seem fair.



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New source for Yuen Yang Razors

We have been looking all over for different vendors for this product. It seems that there is only one brand available in the USA. Here is a link to a vendor who has listed on Amazon.

There are probably places you could find these cheaper but at least you have the convenience of Amazon.

New Source for Baguazhang DVDs/VCDs

Power East Group - offers very nice selection of DVDs and VCDs from China

powereast.com

They also offer an English Wushu Podcast!

From their site:
Largest Collection on Hard to find martial art DVD, books, videos & organic products on tai chi AKA Tai Ji (Yang Tai Chi, Wu Tai Chi, Chen Tai Chi and Sun Tai Chi), ba gua, Hsing I, Wu Dang, Shao Lin and other Kung Fu forms such as Ground Tumbling Boxing, Cha fist, whip, Hawk fist, Fanzi Boxing, Long Fist, Sword, Broad Swork, Spears, Chi Gong (Qi Gong)etc.

Baguazhang News alert 5-27-2008

Ba Gua Zhang Day
Ba Gua basics; Circle walking practice, theory and function and its relationship to mind training; Precise of Nei Gong ( internal work ) and its integration to form and how the process works; Overview of the energetics of the first palm ...

Bagua Workshop on Long Island, NY (6/13/08)
By pete11721
style: this set comes down through the Cheng Ting Hua style of Baguazhang, as taught by Jiang Rong Qiao For more information and contact info, visit our web site: www.silkwindstudio.com ...
The Dragon's List Kung Fu Community - http://www.dragonslist.com/discussion

Updated Baguazhang Weapons information

We have found a new source for some of the more Esoteric Bagua Zhang weapons.

http://www.circlepalms.net/weapons/index.html

New Baguazhang articles for the week ending 4-20-2007

New Baguazhang articles for the week ending 4-20-2007

Here is the best of what we have seen this week...

http://www.gaostylebagua.com/WSJ%20on%20DHC.htm

An Excerpt from the Biography of Bagua Zhang's Venerable Master Dong Hai-Chuan

as recorded by Master Wang Shu Jin in Bagua Swimming Body Palm

It is said that the venerable master Dong Hai-Chuan was from Zhi Li of the Qing Dynasty (currently He Bei province), Wen An county. It is also said that he was a native of Tung Zou. As a child he was fond of gambling and was very mischievous. He ran away to the capital city and while there was homeless and poverty stricken...
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http://www.taiji-qigong.co.uk/Articles/wayofw.htm

Excerpt The Way of the Warrior
By Erle Montaigue
A warrior is not just a person who has learned some moves, is able to kick at 90 miles per hour or who has won the world championships at kick-boxing. A warrior must earn his title. The martial artist is a person who knows things that go far deeper than just self defence...

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http://ethesys.ncpes.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0211106-151900

The Psychological and Physiological Effects of Ba-Gua-Zhang on Menopause Women

NCPES Department Physical Education

by Cai-Yi Syu - Master thesis

ABSTRACT
Recently, The use of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) to menopause women has received much attention both in medical and health research, however, the effects of HRT on menopause women remains controversial. The purpose of this study was to empirically examined whether the use of a Chinese regimen, Ba-Gua-Zhang, may bring positive effects on menopause women. This study adopted both qualitative and quantitative approaches to four menopause women who lived in suburban of Taipei with 5 months of Ba-Gua-Zhang interventions

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Baguazhang articles for the week ending 3-30-2007

Here is the best of what we have seen this week...

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http://www.whitemountain-tao.com/html/bigs.html
The Bagua Big Sabre

Excerpt:"Now THIS is a knife" - When I first held my Bagua Big Sabre, Crocodile Dundee's famous line came unbidden to my mind. Five foot long and eight pounds in weight, it is a heavy beast of a weapon, and yet, as any good sword, it plays like it is alive in the hand. Bagua Zhang (Eight Trigram Palm) is one of the rarest of the Chinese martial arts. And one of its distinctive modes of training for which Bagua is famous in China is the use of unusually large and heavy weapons.

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http://www.whitemountain-tao.com/html/eight.html
Eight Animal Postures of Yin Style Bagua


Excerpt: A common feature of almost all Bagua styles is a training method known as the Eight Mother Palms (Ba Mu Chang). These normally consist of Eight Postures, which are used while walking the circle. They are used as a preliminary training method before introducing a student to the practice of the moving palm changes. The purpose of this article is to introduce this training method as it is practiced in the Yin Fu Eight Animal System as taught by Dr Xie Peiqi.

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