origami_itto wrote:So as security I have broken up fights in the clubs. Slick dance floor, wet, ice cubes, broken glass. Rushing from action to action without a lot of thought, would hit a slick spot and my legs just sort of snapped into the bagua scissor type stepping. My front foot scooted out in front but then the whole lower body structure kicked in and was solid so I stayed upright. Mobility wise all I can talk about is what taijiquan does for you but I don't think there's much difference in that aspect. Taijiquan gets bagua like when we flow around the force IMHO.
ah ok so that sounds pretty similar to the rationales for these steppings (from a distance. i don't really have any idea what they say/do in bagua class irl). there are a lot of obstacles, possibly poor traction, etc. what is the "bagua scissor type stepping"? I can relate more to the taijiquan idea, but baguazhang does a bunch of walking as a primary method, and seemingly more types of stepping so rather curious about this. it sounds like you probably did intuitively what they might suggest, idk.