Jiang-style baguazhang

Jiang Style Baguazhang
HardnessInternal (neijia)
Country of originChina
CreatorJiang Rongqiao
Famous practitionersSha Guozheng[1]
ParenthoodBaguazhang (Cheng Style Baguazhang), Chen-style taijiquan, Xingyiquan, Mizongyi, Liuhebafa, Wudang sword
Olympic sportNo

Jiang Style Baguazhang (Chinese: 姜氏八卦掌; pinyin: Jiāng Shì Bāguàzhǎng) is a style of Baguazhang developed by Jiang Rongqiao. A type of Neijia kung fu, it is one of the most widely practiced combined styles of Baguazhang and Xingyiquan in the world today. Jiang-style Baguazhang is distinguished by emphasizing efficiency of movement and ambidextrousness.

  1. ^ Frank Allen & Tina Chunna Zhang (2007). The Whirling Circles of Ba Gua Zhang: The Art and Legends of the Eight Trigram Palm. Blue Snake Books. ISBN 978-15-839-4189-8.