Chris McKinley wrote:In Bagua, we go you one better. According to the Bagua mandala, the Taiji is just a subset that the Bagua mandala contains, so we have defined ourselves as "whatever Tai Chi is, only more".
Hmmm.. I thought in the progression that bagua is generated from yin and yang.... meaning it's just a more detailed break down of taiji.
http://www.chiflow.com/html/Baguazhang_Intro_p2.htmAnyway... to return to the topic. One fun thing to do against this
Would be,
As he puts starts to put his left arm across your face you need to a) get your balance back somehow - in that situation usually is is by getting your hips back underneath your shoulders, even if that means standing only on one leg (your left) for an instant - basically doing Golden Rooster stands on one leg briefly) then...., b) bump his left arm with your right shoulder, using your left hand on his left wrist to create an arm-bar. I would then either
i) circle step to my raised right leg behind his forward left and reverse the technique on him, or do something like what they call iriminage in Aikido, - push his hips forward from behind with my right, and use my left arm to attack his neck/upper chest to make him fall.
ii) circle step to my raised right leg behind his forward left and keeping hold of his left wrist, bend his arm in a vertical circle, lifting it up and over behind him, causing him to fall backward. You can add your right hand as support to this if you need it, or hit them with it as you do it if you're feeling mean.
That all requires that you a) get you balance first. If you haven't got your legs you can't do anything like that against it.
If it's too late then as you fall just try to hold onto some part of them, then when you end up in the floor in a ruck together you whisper in his ear "I"m a BJJ black belt, want to give up now?"
PS I'm working all that out in my head, so it may change slightly when I do it on somebody, but I think that should work as a basis for something. I might video this with one of my guys this Monday and post it if I get time. I could also add in a few 'completely ridiculous' counters just for fun