The Whirling Circles of Ba Gua Zhang

Ba gua zhang founded in the 1800’s by Dong Hi Chuan ranks with tai ji quan and xing yi quzn as one of the three internal styles of Chinese martial arts. The Whirling Circles of Ba Gua Zhang offers a detailed practical guide to this increasingly popular discipline.

Illustrated with over 500 photographs the training sections teach a complete warm up followed by a step by step program for learning the essentials of the practice such as the classical Cheng Style Basic Eight Palm Changes and the Cheng Style Deer Horn Knife Set of Grandmaster Liu Jing Ru. These chapters also include combat strategies theory of ba gua fighting techniques and a complete account of the unique weapons of ba gua zhang.

Much more than just a technical manual Whirling Circles shows how ba gua zhang developed from Daoist ideology and tells of inspiring historical accounts and legends of the ba gua masters. The final section explains how to use mindfulness breathing techniques and meditation to recognise and combine the essential eight trigrams of the Yi Jing the Book of Changes. This book also includes a new full translation of Dong Hai Chuan’s Thirty Six Poems and Forty Eight Methods with expert commentary on their meaning.

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