Bagua Zhang, Circle Walking Boxing

I did a major update this past weekend to my webpage on this subject. Take a look.

Bagua Zhang: Bibliography, Links, Resources, Lessons

I really enjoyed attending a bagua and taijiquan class led by Master Kent Howard at the Chico Kodenkan.

Consider Wang Shujin's advice that, "The [Bagua] definitions above are just rough explanations of a much larger picture. As for the details, it depends upon the learner himself to study, question, consider, analyze, and practice in order to find deeper meaning. The eight forms should also be examined and practiced individually. In conclusion, the more diligently you study the greater your return. Bagua Zhang forms imitate the nature of heaven and earth. Follow the principles of yin-yang and harmonize with the seasons, and you will benefit humanity by developing a more universal view of life. Embracing the yin-yang fish and treading the ba gua diagram you will walk the circle as though striding through the cosmos."
- Wang Shujin, Bagua Linked Palms, Translated by Kent Howard, 2009

"An Explanation of Bagua Zhang and the Eight Trigrams of the I Ching." From Wang Shujin's, Bagua Zhang Connected Palms, translated by Kent Howard, 2009. Bagua Linked Palms. By Wang Shujin (1904-1981). Translated by Kent Howard and Hsiao-Yen Chen. Blue Snake Books, 2009. 250 pages. ISBN: 1583942645.