The sword forms are not baguaTaiji actually.
Fair enough. Hmm, I suppose they'd have a dao form anyway. Re: circle walking, do they do it in your baguataiji?
The sword forms are not baguaTaiji actually.
Steve James wrote:The sword forms are not baguaTaiji actually.
Fair enough. Hmm, I suppose they'd have a dao form anyway. Re: circle walking, do they do it in your baguataiji?
Robert Young wrote:Baguataiji was from some teacher in NanJin institute mixing taichi and bagua for exercise. It was a form created for easier practice. Although it does show people how to mix two systems together, it was more for academic purpose. If students are really serious in either one of the systems, they should go directly to learn the Bagua and/or TaiChi seperatively.
I disagree with idea of it being "Real Chinese" or not-wushuized art, that is not important in this case.
There is no circle walking in BG-TJQ, but it contains a lot of twisting (which is the cause and principle of circle walking - so you can perhaps say there is circle walking without actual physical walking).
... There is no circle walking in BG-TJQ, but it contains a lot of twisting (which is the cause and principle of circle walking - so you can perhaps say there is circle walking without actual physical walking).
Steve James wrote:Ah, yeah, the twisting is a characteristic, especially the spiralling up and down. In Zhao's form, it is much more apparent (imv). But, he's in his 70s or 80s at the time of the video. I think it'd be more overt when a younger person did it. (Not complaining about his form, btw).
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