everything wrote:To take things too literally, if I want to take only eight steps around a tree, the tree can only be so large. Lol
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I have practiced in a park where squirrels bury acorns so I actually have turned around trees
I’m also a 5th generation successor of Baguazhang. Fwiw
Wayne, all our animal forms use imaginary 9 poles on the ground for where we place our feet. The poles are inside the circle. The standard ‘your own body height’ = diameter of your circle, a square placed inside that circle, forms the 4 corners of the poles/palaces, and this will also be the precise width of your stance that you want to use while training.
The Penetrating Palms, the only thing that the Yin Fu school is allowed to practice in public, does its forms on the same pattern only it is weaving in between the imaginary poles. Never stepping directly on them.
Putting all your Intention into developing the martial strength is what helps your mind from being distracted and the Glymphatic system can turn on easier when you’re mind is focused on something. Circle Turning is the fastest way to strengthen and harden the bones of your forearms, which are the primary weapon in Bagua. Every muscle should be activated. The waist (Transverse Abdominal Muscles) should be active and contracting on the side facing the center of the circle, while the other half is relaxed. You should be able to demonstrate Nauli Kriya, if you’re properly “Turning your Waist towards the center”. Strengthening the whole body while Circle Walking is key, because it moves blood. If blood is moving, then qi HAS to be moving. It’s not a passive practice. I can soak through two layers of shirts with sweat, when I Circle Walk.
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