Chen Pan-ling: Baguazhang comes from shaolin luohanquan
Posted: Mon May 09, 2022 9:31 am
Below is a reference that Chen Pan-ling made to a form that is supposedly the predecessor to baguazhang which helps explain the style. It's called lian wu zhang 連五掌 and it's from the shaolin 少林羅漢掌 which clearly shows CPL thought BGZ was from shaolin, not from a Daoist source. Interestingly enough, two teachers from CPL lineage have the actual form in their curriculum -- 黃裕盛 Huang Zhun-shen and 陳金寶 Chen Jin-bao.
https://www.easyatm.com.tw/wiki/%E9%BE% ... B%E6%8E%8C
Here's a brief translation: bagua's 8 palms use a circular method, also known as pre-heaven palms. The pre-heaven is a circular method used to train the body, the post-heaven (houtian) palms are direct and used to train usage. For the single palm change, you can refer back to shaolin's connected 5 palms (lian wuzhang) from luohanquan. By putting the straight-style luohanquan on a circle, you get the single palm change. (note: he actually uses chengwei-- becomes. So the connection is clear)
So here's what the form looks like:
Huang Zhun-shen version, very crisp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXuDOi65zR4
Second version from Chen Jin-bao
Here is an article about it:
https://blog.xuite.net/taichi99/99taichi/365799821#
In general, the form is praised for having very flexible stepping, hidden usage, and very applicable palm work -- sounds like BGZ.
So the lian wuzhang comes from 地功拳 digongquan version of luo han 羅漢 and is listed as the fifth form in the style in some curriculums.
Here is a version from China:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-3EIMPIS58
There is also a two-man version of the form.
P.S. and yes, I need a blog again
https://www.easyatm.com.tw/wiki/%E9%BE% ... B%E6%8E%8C
Here's a brief translation: bagua's 8 palms use a circular method, also known as pre-heaven palms. The pre-heaven is a circular method used to train the body, the post-heaven (houtian) palms are direct and used to train usage. For the single palm change, you can refer back to shaolin's connected 5 palms (lian wuzhang) from luohanquan. By putting the straight-style luohanquan on a circle, you get the single palm change. (note: he actually uses chengwei-- becomes. So the connection is clear)
So here's what the form looks like:
Huang Zhun-shen version, very crisp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXuDOi65zR4
Second version from Chen Jin-bao
Here is an article about it:
https://blog.xuite.net/taichi99/99taichi/365799821#
In general, the form is praised for having very flexible stepping, hidden usage, and very applicable palm work -- sounds like BGZ.
So the lian wuzhang comes from 地功拳 digongquan version of luo han 羅漢 and is listed as the fifth form in the style in some curriculums.
Here is a version from China:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-3EIMPIS58
There is also a two-man version of the form.
P.S. and yes, I need a blog again