Bagua Zhang Ten Minute Primer - Foundational Basic Skills (Part 3)
GrahamB wrote:Thanks Byron. Good as always!
The milstone standing posture (180 degree twist between upper and lower body, used in your video thumbnail) is impossible not to link to the discussion being had on the weapons-origins thread which mentioned Chinese archery, because it looks exacty (to me) like some sort of training method for using the Parthian Shot (a horseback archery technique of feining a retreat then turning and shooting behind you 180 degrees once the enemy commit to chasing you. It was favoured by the Mongols).
Dong He Chuan was inside the imperial palace starting in 1864, the ruling Manchu's (from the North) still had horseback archery as part of the military service exam. He also allegedly spent 10 years in Mongolia with Yin Fu as a tax collector. Coincidence or not? Who can say.
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