Baguazhang

Baguazhang
八卦掌
Zhang Zhaodong, also known as Zhang Zhankui, performing Baguazhang
Also known asBaguaquan
HardnessInternal (neijia)
Country of originChina
CreatorDong Haichuan (attributed)
Famous practitionersYin Fu
Cheng Tinghua
Ma Gui
Liang Zhenpu
Fu Zhensong
Gao Yisheng
Jiang Rongqiao
Sun Lutang
Jet Li
Olympic sportNo

Baguazhang (Chinese: 八卦掌; pinyin: bā guà zhǎng; Wade–Giles: pa-kua chang) is one of the three main Chinese martial arts of the Wudang school, the other two being tai chi and xingyiquan. It is more broadly grouped as an internal practice (or neijia). Baguazhang literally means "eight trigram palm", referring to the bagua "trigrams" of the I Ching, one of the canons of Taoism.[1][2]

  1. ^ Rousseau, Robert (2017-05-22). "An Introduction to Chinese Martial Arts Styles". Retrieved 2017-06-01.
  2. ^ Lie, Zhang. "Classical Baguazhang Volume V: Yin Style Baguazhang.' Trans. Joseph Crandall. Pinole, California: Smiling Tiger Martial Arts 1995.