New Baguazhang articles for the week ending 3-23-2007
Here is the best of what we have seen this week...

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http://rss.groups.yahoo.com/group/fu_style/rss
New Fu Style Yahoo group

Excerpt: Site for sharing information about the Fu style internal martial arts created by Fu Chen Sung (Fu Zhen Song) including tai chi, ba gua zhang (pa kwa chang), leung yee chuan, and hsing yi chuan. Fu Chen Sung was the head instructor for ba gwa at the Nanjing Central Martial Arts Academy (Chung Yang Kuo Sho Kuan) in the 1920's, during the period of the nationalist government.

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http://www.wle.com/resources/art036.html
"The Single Palm Change: Baguazhang's Fundamental Movement" by Mark Jensen -- Student

Excerpt:
Since I have been practicing Baguazhang (Eight Trigram Palm) at Lam Kwoon, I have had other students come up to me and ask "What the heck are you doing?" They see me walking around in a circle, making a few movements, and then walking in the other direction. What is it? Surely it's not Hung Gar or Shaolin. Is it Tai Chi? I guess I have to laugh when I think of it from their viewpoint.

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http://www.21bowu.com/english/Master/showmaster.asp?id=2
History

Excerpt: Dong Haichuan (about 1813 - 1882), originally named Mingkui, also called Hai, styled Huichuan. His original family home is in Hongdong County, Shanxi Province, and his family lived in Wen¡¯an County, Hebei Province. He was fond of studying both literature and Wushu. He has a strong constitution, long arms and un-comparable force and is good at various boxing weapons, especially at Erlangquan, Luohangong, and mastering the attack skills of what is known as the ¡°suppress quietness with movement¡± stance. His name became well known in the villages, even during his youth.