Princeton Presidents Oral History Collection, PUA, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, PUL. Interviews: October 26, 2004, November 4, 2004, and January 6, 2005, available online as a pdf file. See also “Student, Scholar, and President. “Some of My Best Friends.”New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy,.

Ba Gua Zhang, Pa Kua Chang: Links, Bibliography, Resources, Quotes, Notes. Ba Gua 八卦 拳 Pa Kua Chang, Baguazhang, Ba Gua Quan Eight Trigrams Boxing - Internal Martial Art ( Neijia Quan) Walking the Circle Mind-Body Theory and Discipline Research by Michael P.

Garofalo and Bibliography Baguazhang, BaGua, Pa Kua Chang, Eight Trigrams Boxing A Note to Readers: The website has been online continuously since 2001. In 2007, over 1,041,000 webpages (excluding graphics) were to readers around the world from the website. Since 2005, I have also provided an associated to point to changes and additions at the website:. Since Cloud Hands is a very well-established and stable website, it provides readers with a good and secure starting point for their online research into Taijiquan and Qigong.

The Cloud Hands website is funded entirely by, with volunteer efforts. Unfortunately, as everyone knows, many other websites and webpages appear and then disappear from the Internet scene. Authors do not pay to keep up their web hosting services, loose a 'free hosting' option, change filenames, or decide to remove webpages for various reasons. Consequently, links to some good webpages become invalid and the files are no longer found on the Internet.

You may find a some of these 'dead links' to nonexistent webpages cited below; and, there is no way to avoid this troublesome situation. For this reason, when you do find a good and useful webpage, be sure to save the webpage to a folder on your hard drive or server. I welcome and encourage your suggestions for how to improve this webpage. Your comments, ideas, contributions, and constructive criticism are encouraged.

Send your suggestions to box. Yin Style BaGua Zhang. Subscribe for sessions to pass with guarantee. Also download and links for the next exam, after getting success in and, you can find an excellent job. Dutch website. Bagua Animals and. Instructional videotape by Jiang Jian-ye.

Detailed instructions, repetitions, and demonstrations... By Tom Bisio.

Denver, Colorado, Outskirts Press, 2012. Bibliography, 249 pages. - A Secret Skill of the Palace. By He Jinghan and David Alexander (Translator).

Singing Dragon, 2008. With Feng Shui Values By Stanley Bartlett. European Yin Style Bagua Zhang. Comments and associations by Mike Garofalo. By Mike Garofalo. By John Bracy and Liu Xing-Han.

Consulting editors: Li Zhong-Quan and Liu Men-Gen, Beijing, China. Berkeley, California, North Atlantic Books, 1998. Index, bibliography, notes, 139 pages. By Wang Shujin (1904-1981). Translated by Kent Howard and Hsiao-Yen Chen.

Blue Snake Books, 2009. By Jiang Rong Qiao. Translated by Joseph Crandall. Introduction to BaGua Eight Changing Palms.

'Shihfu Mancuso, professor Kang GeWu and many others teach this series as a foundational form. Beautifully illustrated by famous martial 'artst' Zhou Yuan-Long.' Undated, no author. Some use for bibliographers.

The most extensive collection of links and largest bibliography about Ba Gua Zhang on the Internet. By Mike Garofalo. Many useful links. By He Jinghan. Translated by David Alexander. (UK) Includes numerous translations of articles by He Jinghan.

Comparison of styles. Numerous short articles, interviews, and information.

Gerald A Sharp. Glendale, California. Shi Gung Black 14Kb Annotated index to scores of articles on BaGua.. By Ted Mancuso. Study Of Serial Killer Brains here.

Instructional DVD. Plum Publications, #. 'This DVD offers a course for learning the basics of Ba Gua, T'ai Chi's more advanced sister. It contains clear, detailed instruction. It has specific discussions of theory; not just a 'walk through' without background. Ba Gua is fast becoming as popular as T'ai Chi due to its modular method of practice. Tape #1 gives an over view with a huge amount of information including Chi Kung and Usage.

Some topics covered: BaGua Theory: the components of BaGua, Circle Walking: BaGua's foundation, Chi Kung: Breath BaGua style, Basic Hand Changes: and spiral energy, Self-Defense Applications: with BaGua flavorBaGua Post Work: rarely seen, Complete 8 Changes: the 'Set', BaGua Patner Work: Duet practice.' By Liang, Shou-Yu, and Wu, Wen-Ching, and Yang, Jwing-Ming. YMAA Publication Center, 1994. Instructional videotapes are also available. Chinese Internal Martial Arts. Excellent introduction to the subject.

Includes many translations of seminal Baguazhang texts and sayings. Index, glossary, appendices, lists of movements. Another excellent YMAA publication.

This text includes many detailed charts of Baguazhang lineages. One reader is of the opinion that the '8 palms Master Liang presents comprises the basic Baguazhang set that seems to have been taught at the Central Kuoshu Institute at Nanking.

The lineage is Fu Chen-Sung's, and the form is also known by the name of 'Old Eight Palms.' The 'Swimming Dragon' form presented seems to have come from Sun Lu Tang's lineage.' VSTLC., Basic Training, Qigong, and Eight Palms. Instructional VHS videotape. YMAA Publications, 1999.

Performed and directed by Liang, Shou-Yu and Yang, Jwing-Ming. Swimming Body Bagua and its Applications. Instructional VHS videotape, 47 minutes. YMAA Publications, 1999.

Performed and directed by Liang, Shou-Yu and Yang, Jwing-Ming. By Jiang Rong-Qiao. Translated by Joseph Crandall. 97 pages, 300 line drawings.

Translation of the 1963 classic on the Old Eight Palms.: Bibliography, links, resources, quotes, and notes. Circle walking internal martial arts. By Michael P. Atlanta Marital Arts Directory Articles, history, information, an extesive list of, books, videos, products, news.

Circle Palms by Fred Kaye. By Tim Cartmell. Excellent introduction, links, instructions. By Erle Montaigue. Bagua Zhang Volume 1: San Yuan Zhang. Instructional DVD (Region 2 Format), 90 minutes.

Instruction by Jean-Jacques Galinier. Directed by Chirtophe Diez. School of Yin Fun lineage from Gong Bao Tian, Wang Zhuang Fei and his son Wang Han Zhi.

Information, history, biographies, photographs, video clips, news, links, products.. The Brothers of Wu-Dang: T'ai Chi Ch'uan, Baguazhang, Xingyiquan and Qigong. Board Members:, Charla Quinn Ranch, and Steven Foster-Wexler. The work in the areas of Bend, Redmond, Sisters, LaPine, and Prineville. By Ma You-Qing and Liu Jing-Ru.

Translated by Joseph Crandall. First St., Chico, California, 530-343-6551.. North Atlantic Books, 1990.

Second Edition. ISBN: 155643085X.. John Baker.: Origins of the Circle Walk Practice in Ba Gua Zhang. By Dan Miller. From Pa Kua Chang Journal... 'This instructional DVD is for learning and reviewing a study of the fundamental set of Classical Cheng Style Ba Gua Zhang - 'The Eight Basic Palms', as taught by Cheng Style Ba Gua Zhang Grandmaster Liu Jing Ru, of Beijing, China. The Eight Basic Palms are demonstrated and taught along with their primary martial applications and a brief history of the art of Ba Gua is presented.

This DVD is a companion to the book 'The Whirling Circles of Ba Gua Zhang' by and. ' The production quality of this video is poor: the camera is too far from the subjects, the area behind the teacher and student is lit up by a bright window, and the sound quality is poor.

Classical Pa Kua Chang. By Jerry Alan Johnson and Joseph Crandall. Teaches Bagua Zhang in Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington. Phone: 360-772-8418.. By John Painter. Unique Publications, 2007.

By John Painter. Unique Publications, 2007. By Lu Shengli. Translated and Edited by Zhang Yun and Susan Darley. Berkeley, California, Blue Snake Books, 2006. General history and principles of 3 internal arts, basic movements, basic gongfu training techniques, and a detailed description with photographs of the Sixteen-Posture form (pp. (Ching Kung and Palm Changes).

Instructional videotape presented by Sifu Frank Allen.: Bibliography, Links, Resources, Notes. By Dan Miller. From Pa Kua Chang Journal.. Dong Hai Ch'uan (1798-1879) Lived in Zhujiawu, south of Wenan County in Hebei Province was the founder of Ba Gua.

Also called: Tung Hai Chuan.. Personal experiences of Sandy 'the Mystery Woman' during her Baguazhang training.. An Illustrated Training Manual of BaGua Zhang. By Liu JingRu and C. Plum Publications. By Troy Williams.

The Walking Circle LLC, 2010. ' In this popular DVD, we ( and ) present three popular and widely practiced versions of 'Steady Posture Eight Palms' circle walking with Yi Jing (I Ching) correlations and fighting applications. It is good for all related internal martial arts, Yoga, Qi Gong, and meditation teachers and practitioners to learn and practice this arts that based on ancient Daoist Circle Walking. Walking in a circle and maintaining the internal principles give the practitioners practical health improvement and powerful self-defense techniques through the twisting, coiling and spiraling of the body, the circle walking palms sets are one of the trademark foundations that create the art of Ba Gua Zhang. This practice contains the seed elements of Ba Gua martial techniques as well as the method of understanding the Yi Jing in motion.

Along with walking in a circle while holding the body in eight different positions also can be a receptacle for the deepest level of Taoist meditation.' The production quality of this instructional DVD is mediocre: many background noises distract the narrator's soft voice, the set needs more lighting. Refer also to their book:. Berkeley, California, Blue Snake Books, 2007. Illustrated with black and white photos. By Xie Peiqi.

Translated by Andrew Nugent-Head. San Francisco, Association for Traditional Studies, Traditional Studies Press, 1995.

Available from. Eight Healing Sounds of Yin Style Bagua. An instructional video/DVD by Dr. Part of the 13 volume DVD series on The Energy-Bodywork Basic Hand Techniques of Yin Style Bagua. 25Kb By Frank Granovski. Eight Storing Qi and Developing Sensitivity Exercises of Yin Style Bagua. An instructional video/DVD by Dr.

Part of the 13 volume DVD series on The Energy-Bodywork Basic Hand Techniques of Yin Style Bagua. Translated by Andrew Nugent-Head.

2003 By Frank Granovski. Informative and detailed articles.

By Michael Garofalo. Various charts with trigrams (B Gua) associations..

Presented by Jiang Jian-ye. Instructional VHS videotape, 120 minutes. Tai Chi, bagua, and xingyi sword forms.. Sichuan Province, China.

'Traditional Emei Wushu is both Buddhist and Daoist in nature as well as a mixture of internal and external martial arts. At the same time, the Emei school has extracted the essence of Shaolin, Wudang and other schools of Northern China.'

John Painter. Instructional DVD, 45 minutes, 2007. Instruction by Master Helen Liang. Directed by Helen Liang.. Bruce Kumar Frantzis Energy Arts.: Esoteric Fighting Techniques and Healing Methods. By Jerry Alan Johnson.

Pacific Grove, California, Ching Lien Healing Arts Center, 1994. Appendix, glossary, 316 pages. A detailed and informative book, with a strong Ba Gua emphasis.

By Gao Ji Wu and Tom Bisio. New York, Trip Tych Enterprises, 2007. 570 photographs by Valerie Ghent.

'The Eternal Spring of Bagua's Basic Steps.' Art and translation by Yang Ying. Found in the magazine: Qi: The Journal of Tranditional Eastern Health and Fitness, Volume 16, No.

1, Spring, 2006, pp. The Method of Lu Shui-T'ien as Taught by Park Bok Nam. By Park Bok Nam and Dan Miller. Burbank, California, Unique Publications, 1999. 206 pages, 500 photos. Volume 2, 212 pages, 700 photographs.

ISBN: Companion to these two books and language versions of the books. Lu Shui-T'ien (1894-1978). Books and videotapes available from, and others. Red Bluff, California, Yang Style Taijiquan (Standard 24, Traditional 108, Standard 32 Sword). I was fortunate to begin my formal studies in Bagua Zhang in October 2008 by joining with a group of students studying under the direction of in Chico, California. John Painter.. Detailed comments on Bagua stepping..

(Psyschology), L.AC. Wasah Institute, Vertical-Force, Santa Rosa, California. Address: Wasah Integrative Medicine, 1049 Fourth Street, Suite G., Santa Rosa, CA 95404.

Phone: 707-815-4014. Guen teaches Dong Haichuan - Yin Fu - Gong Baotian - Gong Baozai style ba gua quan as well as Yang Shouzhong style tai ji quan. [, Ba Gua Quan Master, conducted by Robert Chu, L.Ac., QME, PhD.] The website includes a training schedule, articles, and information on Dr. Take a look at: Baguaquan Pao Chui, 2:24 min., Kent. Chico, California. Shifu Howard is a writer, educator, and martial arts instructor. Websites:, and.

He teaches Wang Shujin's Bagua Zhang and Taijiquan. Teaches at the. Shifu Howard is the translator of the book 'Bagua Connected Palms' by Wang Shujin. Shifu Howard has produced numerous useful UTube videos on of Bagua Zhang, and these are. Kung Fu, Palo Alto, California 'Imagery for Taiji Stance and Stepping.' By Martin Mellish. Found in the magazine: Qi: The Journal of Tranditional Eastern Health and Fitness, Volume 16, No.

1, Spring, 2006, pp. Nine Dragon Jiulong Baguazhang.

Articles, links, videos, and news from Sihing John Adams. Excellent overview. Discussion of the research on Bagua Zhang by the well known martial arts researcher and historian, Professor K'ang Ko-Wu in Beijing.. Translated by Andrea Falk.

300 line drawings, 200 photographs. John Adams Ph.D., D.T.C.M., D.M.Q. Pacific Grove, California.. By Paul Zabwodski.

Numerous articles and photos.. USA Yongnian Taiji Center, located in Cleveland, Ohio.. Mike Garofalo was fortunate to begin his formal studies in Bagua Zhang in October 2008 by joining with a group of students studying under the direction of Shifu Kent Howard in Chico, California..

By Ted Mancuso. Santa Cruz, California, Plum Publications, 2012. Lian Zen Pu Eight Diagram Palm. By Li Zi Ming. Compiled and translated by Vincent Black.

Fu Style Internal Martial Arts in Oakland. Bagua, weapons, taiji.. By Li Zi Ming. High View Publications, 1993. Books in Chinese.. By Zhang, Jie.

Contributions by Richard Shapiro. Blue Snake Books, 2008.

Glossary, xxix, 232 pages. Professor Zhang, is very knowledgeable about the philosophy, history, and art of Bagua Zhang, and has a deep appreciation for many aspects of traditional Chinese culture. This book provides a very good introduction to this style of Bagua in the line of Cheng Ting Hua, Liu Bin, and Liu Xing Han. After providing an informative introduction to the history and philosophy ( I Ching, Yin/Yang, Morality, etc.) of Bagua, Dr, Zhang gives clear instructions on circle walking, single palm changes, and twenty four movements of the eight animals. Emphasis is placed on a slow, rooted, and deliberate pace with enhanced awareness. The instructions are very clear and detailed, and keyed to accompanying black and white photographs. An unique part of this book are the sixteen Zhan Zhuang (standing meditation) exercises, and the considerable emphasis and explanations on inner work, chi gong, and mind training.

Most of the emphasis in this book is on providing clear instructions on how to practice essential Bagua so as to stay fit, improve the mind, harmonize with nature, build strength and balance, and enhance one's understanding of Chinese philosophy. Zhang lived and worked his whole life in China, and published many books in Chinese. He currently teaches Chinese culture, calligraphy, chi gong, martial arts, and Tui Na massage in Seattle, Washington. A good book for older persons seeking a sound introduction to Bagua. By Sifu Frank Allen. Book, instructional videotape or DVD.

Book by Tina Zhang. Chinese language website. The Master's Manual of Pa Kua Chang. By Jerry Alan Johnson. Ching Lung Martial Arts Association, 1984.: Internal Martial Arts Teachers of Tai Ji Quan, Xing Yi Quan and Ba Gua Zhang. Edited by Jess O'Brien.

Berkeley, California, North Atlantic Books, 2004. Extended interviews with Tim Cartmell, Gabriel Chin, Gail Derin-Kellog, Bruce K. Frantzis, Paul Gale, Fong Ha, William Lewis, Luo De Xiu, Allen Pittman, James Wing Woo, Tony Yang, Zhao Da Yuan, and Albert Liu. Ontario, Canada.

Presented by Dr. John Painter.

Includes 'history of Baguazhang, Emei mountain, famous Baguazhang masters, articles from magazines, a catalog of Baguazhang videos and books, as well as links to certified instructors. Our Jiulong News has informative articles updated monthly and much more.' Instructional videotapes presented by Capt. John Painter, Ph.D. Lineage: Dong Haichuan (1804-1880), Yin Fu (1841-1909), Men Baozhen (1873-1958), Xie Peiqi (1920-2003), and He Jinbao (1955-).. If you teach Ba Gua Zhang please send information to.

I also include teachers from Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia - the Greater Northwest, North America. (The Tao of Energy Enhancement. By Bruce Kumar Frantzis. Illustrated by Husky Grafx.

North Atlantic Books, 1993. Second Edition. Oregon Yin Style Bagua Association. Sifu: Kevin Nakaji. Lion System of Yin Style Bagua. Lineage: Yin Fu, as taught by He Jinbao.

The Bamboo Grove, 134 SE 2nd and Taylor, Portland, Oregon. 'The Origins of Pa Kua Chang Part 1' in Pa Kua Chang Journal issue Volume 3, Number 1, Nov/Dec 1992; 'The Origins of Pa Kua Chang Part 2' in issue Volume 3, Number 2, Jan/Feb 1993; 'The Origins of Pa Kua Chang Part 3' in issue Volume 3, Number 4, May/June 1993. A message from grandmaster Frank DeMaria. American Center for Chinese Studies.

By Master Eli Chaikin. History, mind, spirit, overview. Hsing-I Martial Arts Institute.: Bibliography, links, resources, quotes, and notes. Circle walking internal martial arts.

By Michael P. By Peter Stafford. Pa Kua Chang: Fighting Systems and Weapons. By Jerry Alan Johnson..

High View Publications. Publisher/Editor: Dan Miller. All 38 issues from November 1990 to February 1997 on CD in PDF format. Distributed by,,. 'Finally available in CD-ROM format, the Pa Kua Chang Journal is a high-quality, advertisement-free scholarly journal, with history, lineages, training methods, and interviews with famous Pa Kua teachers in China and the U.S.' CD ROM runs the PDF files on Windows or Mac OS. Includes index.

Over 1,000 pages of information. Master Park Bok Nam. Information, training and seminar schedules, links, videos, books..

Eleven Pa Kua Chang videotapes featuring Sifu Frank Allen. Berkeley, California, North Atlantic Books, 2003. Originally published in 1967, Tokyo. Sun Lu Tang's Circle Walking form on pp. Includes MPEG video.

Pa-Kua Chang for Self Defence. By Lee Ying-arng and Te-hwa. China Hand KuFu Academy Chinese Martial Arts Library. Smith and Allen Pittman.

Tuttle Company, 1990. By Francisco J.

Vision Press, 1983. Gao style BaGua.. Ba-Gua Zhang Research and Boxing Association. Noted BaGau Master. Website of Sifu Park Bok Nam..

Instructional videotape by Cheng, Jian-Je. Sun style BGZ.. Internal Chinese Martial Arts Numerous BaGua instructional videotapes and books.

Plum Flower Press, P. Box 843, College Park, MD 20741. Phone: 301-422-2474. FAX: 301-560-4502. Orders: 800-531-0693. Santa Cruz, California. Offers VCDs from Sun Jian Yun.

Training: Nine Palace Training. By Dan Miller.. Developing Ba Gua Zhang's Striking Palm Techniques by way of Post Training Methods.

By Xiao Dong Yang and Robert A. Figler.: Combat Secrets of Ba Gua, Tai Chi, and Hsing-I. By Bruce Kumar Frantzis. North Atlantic Books, 1998. Considerable attention is given to BaGua. Bibliography, quotes, links, notes. Bibliography, quotes, links, notes..

By Tina Chunna Zhang. Cheng Style Ba Gua Zhang. Instructional DVDs from and.. By Stephen L. Redding, Chico or Northern California. I am seeking a Ba Gua Zhang instructor!!! Write to 120Kb Bibliography, links, resources, quotes, notes.

Recommended to me by Natasha. By Time Cartmell. Excellent introduction, links, instructions. Tim Cartmell 6Kb.

By Michael Babin Discussion List. Lu Tang's Style of Baguazhang.

Taught by Grandmaster Wing Lam. Dragon Ba Gua is the style taught by Sun Jian Yun.

This DVD/video will reveal to you the eight animal forms of Dragon Ba Gua: Lion, Unicorn, Snake, Hawk, Dragon, Bear, Phoenix, and Monkey. In DVD or VHS videotape formats..

Taught by Grandmaster Wing Lam. The 8 sword techniques contain all the essences of the straight sword techniques. Each of the techniques can be combined with another, at different sequences, to create an infinite number of combinations of sword movements. The training requires the mind, the Chi, the body movements, and the sword to combine an integral unit.

In DVD or VHS videotape formats.. Taught by Grandmaster Wing Lam.

Dragon Ba Gua is the style taught by Sun Jian Yun. This DVD/video will introduce you to the basic principles of Ba Gua, along with its basic stances, theory and techniques. In DVD or VHS videotape formats.. Sun Lutan Bagua demonstrated by Andrey Fomichev, 2007.

UTube, 3:01 min, color. Swimming Dragon bagua form.. By Master, Liang, Shou-Yu Liang, Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming, and Mr. Wu, Wen-Ching.

Boston, MA, YMAA Publications, Second Edition, 1994. Includes translations from Sun Lu Tang's 'The Study of Bagua Fist' (pp. Cartmell, Tim and Movement Names in English and Chinese.

By Dan Miller. From Pa Kua Chang Journal. Staff, Stick, Pole, Gun: Guides, Bibliography, Resources.

For Baguazhang staff., writer, and teacher.. Swimming Dragon. UTube, 3:12 min, color.. Plum Publications, CA.: Baguazhang, Xingyiquan, Taijiquan, and Qigong. Bibliography, Links, Quotes, Resources, Instructions.. Demo by Sifu Joshua Brown. UTTube, 3:09 min., Level 1.

Presented by Jiang Jian-ye. Instructional VHS videotape, 120 minutes. Step by step instructions, multiple views, demonstrations..

BaGua Quan Xue and Bagua Jian Xue. By Sun Lutang. Translated by Joseph Crandall. Classical Baguazhang Series, Volume XIII.

Pinole, California, Smiling Tiger Martial Arts, 2002. ISBN: 192904738X. Instructional DVDs presented by Johanna Zorya and Julie Hinder.: Lists, instructions, links, bibliography, quotes, notes. Grandmaster Sun Lu-Tang was an accomplished BaGuaZhang master. Includes some information about the Sun style of Baguazhang and Hsingyi. Research by Michael P. Research by Michael P.

Garofalo, M.S. Webpage: 450Kb, June 2008.

This webpage includes an introduction, information on the history of the Sun Taijiquan forms, a detailed bibliography, extensive links, references to video resources, a large collections of quotations about Sun Taijiquan, recommendations on the best media resources on the topic, and suggestions for learning the 73 competition Sun Taijiquan form. A detailed comparative list of the names of each of the 73 movements is, with source references, and the movement names are given in English, Chinese, Chinese characters, French, German, and Spanish. This webpage includes detailed of each of the 73 movements with black and white illustrations for each movement sequence along with commentary and comparisons. Many additional nomenclature lists and section study charts in the PDF format, photographs and graphics are also provided - over 1.3 MB of information. This webpage is the most detailed and complete document on the subject of the Sun Taijiquan Competition 73 Form available on the Internet. This document was published by Green Way Research, Valley Spirit Taijiquan, Red Bluff, California, 2008.

Sun Style Baguazhang: The 10 Sun Style Palm Changes as described in Sun Lu Tang's book. The Martial Foundations of Baguazhang. Two instructional DVD's, 55 minutes each disk. Instruction in English..

Tan's Martial Arts World. Gao Style Bagua. By Liu Jingru.

Terminology, TAGS, Search Terms: Ba (Pa) - Eight. Gua (Kua) = Diagrams or Tri-grams.

Chang (Zhang, Ch'uan or Ch'uan) = Palm or Fist or Boxing. BaGua, Ba Gua Quan, Baguaquan, Bagua, BaGua, Ba Gwa, Ba-gua, BaGwa, Ba Kua, Cheng Bagua, Eight Diagrams Palm, Pa Kua Chang, PakKua, PaKua Chang, Pa Kau Ch'uan, Pat Kwa Chuan, Wudang Baguazhang, Wudang BaGua, Yin BaGua Bagua, Xingyi. Oakland and Berkeley. Winnipeg, Canada.

Presented by Jiang Jian-ye. Instructional VHS videotape, 121 minutes. Step by step instructions, multiple views,demonstrations.. A 37 posture form created by Grandmaster Liu Jingru.. By Jiang Jian-ye. 'This introductory form comes from the system of Bagua founder Dong Hai-Chuan.'

Detailed teaching of each form with numerous repetitions, and with applications at different speeds. Hand movements, stepping, and circle walking are all taught.

Part 1 and Part 2 on VHS videotape or DVD format. New York, Capital District Tai Chi and Kung Fu Association of New York, 1997. Part 1, 97 Minutes, Color. Part 2, 97 Minutes, Color.. Form and Applications, Level 1.

Parts 1 and 2 in either VHS videotape or DVD format. All hand forms, stepping techniques and circle walking are taught. Multiple repetitions from different angles. The traditional old form of Dong Hai-Chuan is taught... Form and Applications, Level 2. Parts 1 and Part 2 in either VHS videotape or DVD format. All hand forms, stepping, and circle walking are taught.

Multiple repetitons from different angles. These forms were developed by students of Dong Hai-Chuan.. North Carolina. (Cheng Ying-Fan) 1813?- Southern City PaKua..

By Andrew Nugent-Head. Excellent article.

By the Director, Association for Traditional Studies., Red Bluff, California. Mike Garofalo, Taijiquan Instructor. Mike Garofalo and a Bagua Circle Training Area VSCL = Library, Red Bluff, California Red Bluff, California. Chief Instructor: Mike Garofalo, M.S. Links, bibliography, and quotations. Links, bibliography, resources, quotes, and notes.

Circle walking internal martial arts.. By Paul Crompton. Shaftesbury, England, Element Books, 1996. Glossary, resources, index, 163 pages. Healing Tao, Mantak Chia.. By Allen Pittman.

Berkeley, California, Blue Snake Books, 2008. Good information on relating the concepts of the Ba Gua and I Ching to Chinese internal martial arts.

Shujin's (1904-1981) Bagua Zhang Wang Shujin (1904-1981) Also know as Wang Heng Sun, Wang Chun-Ch'en. 1904 Wang Shujin Born in Tianjin, China. 1923 Began studies Xing Yi Quan and Bagau Quan with Master Zhang Zhao Dong (1859-1940).

Wang Shujin always said that Zhang Zhao Dong was his best and most influential teacher. 1924 He converted to Yi Quan Dao (Constant Path), a Buddhist/Daoist sect holding to the Perennial View of the unity of religions and the universal Dao.

Yi Quan Dao practices included mediation, vegetarianism, qigong, martial arts, and other Buddhist/Daoist practices. There are no reports of Wang Shujin having ever been married or having children. 1934 Studied Zhan Zhuang (Universal Post Standing), Great Achievement Boxing, and Yi Quan with Wang Xian Zhai. All of his martial arts students were required to practice Zhan Zhuang daily.

1938 Studied Sz Lianquan (4 connected fists),Yin Yang Bagua with Xiao Hai Bo. 1948 Moved to Taiwan.

Lived in Tai Zhong, about 80 miles from Taipei. Founded the Chengming Martial Arts School in Tai Zhong. Was one of the top three leaders/priests of Yi Quan Dao who lectured/preached/organized widely in Taiwan and Japan. 1950 Studied Taijiquan with Chen Pan Ling. Learned the 99 step synthesized form, a Chen style of Taijiquan. Collaborated with Chen Pan Ling.

1952 Spent many years teaching internal martial arts in Japan from 1952-1978. He used his highly trained and unusual 5'8' and 260 lb body perform many stunning martial arts demonstrations and feats. He could absorb blows from the strongest of men without troubles, and repel and defeat all contenders. He defeated such noted opponents as Don Draeger, John Bluming, His large, muscular, and qi filled belly was used to perform numerous amazing feats of strength. His teaching emphasized post standing, basic forms repetition, sparring with 'Three Strikes/Techniques', relaxed naturalness, building Qi power. His Eight Secrets were: Three Ding (highest, outermost point), Three Kou (to clamp, compress), Three Yuan (to round, wrap), Three Min (alert, sensitive, quick), Three Bao (embrace, hold), Three Chuei (hang down, drop), Three Qu (to bend, curve), Three Ting (to straighten, pull up).

1959 Taught internal martial arts for 8 years at the dojo of Toyama Izumi, head of the Jodo Association of Japan. 1964 Taught with his student Zhang Yi Zhong (1921-) in Japan. Wang Shujin taught over 1,200 students in Japan. 1978 Published his book 'Linked Palms.' 1980 Published his book 'Swimming Body Palms.' 1981 Wang Shujin passed away in Taiwan at the age of 77. 1982 His top students continued his teachings: Zhang Yi Zhong, Wang Fu Lai, Huang Jin Sheng, Kohno Yoshikatsu.

In 1978, Wang Shujin said, 'There is a saying: 'Establish virtue and honor as our guiding principle; and our will and purpose will be bound as metal to stone.' Thus I took the name of Shu-Jin (establish-metal “establish virtue like metal”) which has often been an inspiration to strengthen my resolve.

I have practiced my art for these many years, avoiding social entanglements, following a strict vegetarian regime, meditating daily, practicing Buddhism, and, after my daily labors, practicing martial arts as my sole entertainment.' - Wang Shujin, 'Linked Palms,' Trans.

Kent Howard Biographical Sources: Allen/Zhang 2007, 'Whirling Circles of Ba Gua Zhang,' pp. By Wang Shujin (1904-1981). Translated by and Hsiao-Yen Chen. Blue Snake Books, 2009. First Edition in Chinese, 1978. A famous Bagua Zhang teacher in both China and Japan.

Wang Shujin's teacher was Zhang Zhao Dong (1859-1940), and Zhang's teacher was Dong Hai Ch'uan (1798-1879).. By Marnix Wells. Chen Pan-Ling taught Wang Shujin a 24 movement cane form.

According to Kent Howard, Wang Shujin always carried a cane or walking stick with him, and he could use it effectively in martial applications. 4:38 Demonstration of Taiji and Hsing I By Kent Howard. (1921-) Student of Wang ShuJin.

Zhang Zhao-Dong 1859 - 1940 Also known as Chang Chao Tung, Chang Chan-K'uei. Shifu Kent Howard's [baguaman8] Videos Online UTube: 3:41 minutes. 3:19 minutes.

7:32 minutes. 4:12 minutes. 8:33 minutes. 7:35 minutes. 8:16 minutes. 8:35 minutes. 4:53 minutes.

6:26 minutes. 4:41 minutes. 4:23 minutes. Demonstrated by Huang Jin-Sheng of Taiwan. 7:22 minutes. Demonstrated by Huang Jin-Sheng of Taiwan. 4:34 minutes.

Demonstrated by Huang Jin-Sheng of Taiwan. 6;29 minutes. Demonstrated by Huang Jin-Sheng of Taiwan. A fine for Tai Chi Chuan books and videotapes. By Michael P.

Garofalo, M.S. A comprehensive guide to the practice of the short staff, cane, jo, walking stick, gun, zhang, whip staff, 13 Hands Staff, and related wood short staff weapons. A detailed and annotated guide, bibliography, lists of links, resources, instructional media, online videos, and lessons. Includes use of the short staff and cane in martial arts, self-defense, walking and hiking. Separate sections on Aikido Jo, Cane, Taijiquan cane and staff, Jodo, exercises with a short staff, selected quotations, techniques, selecting and purchasing a short staff, tips and suggestions, and a long section on the lore, legends, and magick of the short staff. Includes 'Shifu Miao Zhang Points the Way.' Published by Green Way Research,, Red Bluff, California.

Updated on a regular basis since October, 2008. Filesize: 365 Kb. Related to Mike's popular webpage on the.. By Jacques Moramarco, O.M.D., L. Ac., with Rick Benzel. Chicago, IL, McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books, 2000.

Resources, 213 pages. Chapter 6, pp.

Berkeley, California, Blue Snake Books, 2007. Illustrated with black and white photos. Frank Allen and and Terri Ferrari offer numerous instructional DVDs on Ba Gua Zhang. 'This is the most complete book on the art of Ba Gua Zhang ever presented in English. It tells the story of the history and legends of the art and its most famous masters as well as presenting the basic training, Classical Cheng Style forms, fighting and weapon of Deer Horn knives of Ba Gua Zhang.

The text also includes a new translation of the classic Ba Gua 36 songs and 48 Methods as well as the Daoist meditation roots of the art and the method in which Ba Gua becomes at its ultimate level a physical and energetic manifestation of the Chinese Classic of Change, the Yi Jing. This book will be of interest not only to practitioners and enthusiasts of Ba Gua Zhang, but also to everyone who is interested in the history, philosophy and methods of Chinese Internal Martial Arts.' Frank Allen and Tina Chunna Zhang have produced numerous instructional DVDs to support the teaching in this book. The authors have studied Ba Gua Zhang with Master Bruce Frantzis, Master Jiang Jian Yee, and Grandmaster Liu Jing Ru. There is an instructional DVD for this Ba Gua Zhang:.

' In this popular DVD, we ( and ) present three popular and widely practiced versions of 'Steady Posture Eight Palms' circle walking with Yi Jing (I Ching) correlations and fighting applications. Martial Arts Supplies, videotapes, DVDs.

Hops, Seminars, Retreats in Northwestern USA Send information about your Bagua Workshops. Refer to my In Italian. In English Montreal, Canada A Daoist monk at the Baiyunguan temple in Beijing his Bagua stepping in one of the many courtyards tucked away in the compound.

(1923-2003) Interviewed by Jarek Szymanski. Xie (TCM) is a Yin style BaGuaZhang teacher from Beijing. 18Kb Seattle, WA. Excellent resources and information. Yin style BaGua Grandmaster. The Legends of Thin Yin and Spectacles Cheng. By Frank Allen and Clarence Lu.

Part I: Tung Hai Chuan and Yin Fu. Style Baguazhang. Instructor Richard Miller.. By Jarek Szymanski in 1999. Yin Fu (1841-1909) Yin Style, Dong-cheng Zhang (Eastern City Palm), Niu-she Zhang (Ox Tongue Palm) style. Lineage: Dong Haichuan (1804-1880), Yin Fu (1841-1909), Men Baozhen (1873-1958), Xie Peiqi (1920-2003), and He Jinbao (1955-).

And Cheng Ting Hwa Martin Langemeyer. German language website. Presented by Dr. Webpages on history and structure of form. Yin Style Bagua Bear System, Volumes 1-10. Presented by Xie Peiqui and He Jinbao. Each DVD is over 2 hours long..

Instructional media. Yin Style Bagua Martial Arts Series. Produced by the. Demonstrations and instructions by He Jinbao. Voice over in English. Foundation static postures, walking routines, drills. He Jinbao in Yin Style Bear Posture A variety of instructional Chinese language VCDs taught by Yin Bagua Master Wang, Shang Zhi, Vice Chairman of Bagua Group of Beijing Wushu Association.

Yin Style Bagua Dragon System, Volumes 1-10. Presented by Xie Peiqui and He Jinbao. Each DVD is over 2 hours long..

Instructional media. Yin Style Bagua Martial Arts Series. Produced by the. Yin Style Bagua Large Saber. Presented by Xie Peiqui and He Jinbao. This instructional DVD is 54 minutes long.. Yin Style Bagua Lion System, Volumes 1-10.

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Baguazhang Yin Style Bear Posture Mike Garofalo practicing in a Bagua Circle Training Area Red Bluff, California Yin Style Bagua Phoenix System, Volumes 1-10. Presented by Xie Peiqui and He Jinbao. Each DVD is over 2 hours long.. Instructional media. Yin Style Bagua Martial Arts Series.

Produced by the.. An interview with He Jinbao. Tai Chi Magazine. By Richard Miller. Translations by Garth Reynolds. Numerous instructional videotapes and books from Plum Flower Press.

By Zhu BaoZhen. Translated by Joseph Crandall. Plum Publications. Instructional media.

(1923-2003) Interviewed by Jarek Szymanski. Xie (TCM) is a Yin style BaGuaZhang teacher from Beijing. Gao style BaGua of Zong Wu-Men, Washington, D.C.. Zhang Zhunfeng's Gao style Bagua through the teachings of Luo Dexiu. Ba Gau Zhang, Eight Diagram Palms, Pa Kau Chang 'All power comes from the legs. Through the correct training of stepping, the martial artist will be able to make quick and agile transitions during combat. Victory in fighting depends on the proper use of footwork.

There is an old Chinese martial arts proverb that states: 'To practice boxing without training the legs is a foolish and hazardous venture.' It is very important to develop the power and energy of the legs; only then can true martial power be cultivated.' - Jerry Alan Johnson,, p. 'The power of the eight diagram palms knows no bounds -- the palms seem to strike even before the hands move.

When the hand threads upward, it's like a hundred birds paying tribute to the phoenix; when it threads forward, it's like a tiger swooping downhill. Walking round and round, he is like a stray wild goose that has drifted from the flock; but when the palms are thrust forward, they can move a mountain. Now dodging, now ducking, his body slithers in and out; using the opponent's force he delivers a counter, blow, with as little effort as pushing a boat down the stream.'

- (1798-1879) 'Ba gua is most likely the only purely Taoist martial art. As such, it contains a great deal of original martial information that has not been changed or adulterated by time. Ba gua is considered by highly respected internal masters to be the most technically sophisticated and effective of the internal martial arts. Ba gua includes all the internal and external circling and spiraling techniques completely or partially absent in the linear martial arts. Ba gua is one of the clear antecedents of aikido, the major internal art of Japan, and includes the overt health and energy practices usually missing in aikido.

Ba gua has the grace and beauty of the other internal arts, but its movements are done and normal and/or fast aerobic speeds, rather than in the slow motion of tai chi, which many martial artists shun. Ba gua include the complete spiritual tradition of the martial arts, which is found much less often in tai chi and hsing-i. Ba gua fulfills many of the reasons people like to do tai chi, but with heightened internal awareness and in a much more dynamic form of relaxation.'

Frantzis, The Power of Internal Martial Arts, 1998, p. 'Pa Kau Chang is a complete and effective martial art system which utilizes natural and efficient physical skills and strengths and emphasizes the use of evasive footwork, powerful palm strikes, and turning and twisting body motions while maintaining whole body strength and mind/body unity.'

- Dan Miller, Pa Kua Chang Journal: Vol. 'I believe the concept of 'center' in Jiulong and the Daoqiquan arts is broader than the concept of 'center of gravity' in mathematics/physics. In addition to your physical center of gravity, the 'centeredness' of your mind, your intent, and the state of your Song are part of the equation as well. If fear causes you to 'rise up' to flee, then fear has raised your center. And that's not necessarily bad, if your intent is to be light on your feet and run as fast as you can.' - Stewart Warren, # 1360, 31 Jan 2006 ' The post-Heaven form, commonly known as You Shen BaGwa or the Swimming Dragon Body Palm, was supposedly to have been developed in the Omei Mountain region.

Master Liang Shou Yu of Vancouver, British Columbia writes: 'Its movements are light and swift. It is externally soft and internally hard. Movements are continuously changing directions, with no interruption. Its movements are like a swimming dragon.'

This form too incorporates the pre-Heaven movements, but also incorporates some sound fighting tactics. Like Sun's form, it is not demanding on one's body; and the practice of these two forms is only slightly more demanding than the practice of a classical TaiChi Chuan form. It is interesting to note that Sun Lu Tang also taught this form. Another form Sun Lu Tang created was a lively, eight palm post-Heaven form performed around a circle. He also named this form, Swimming Dragon Palm. It should not be confused with the sixty-four palm, You Shen post-Heaven form.' - Frank Granovski, 'Cheng Tinghua styles of Baguazhang features movements that are executed in a smooth flowing and continuous manner, with a subtle display of power.

Popular variations of this style include the Gao Yi Sheng system, Dragon Style Baguazhang, 'Swimming Body' Baguazhang, the Nine Palace System, Zong Changrong's style (probably the most common form practiced today), and the Sun Lutang style.' - 'As for walking around stupas, the stupa is your body and mind. When your awareness circles your body and mind without stopping, this is called walking around a stupa. The sages of long ago followed this path to nirvana.

But people today don't understand what this means. Instead of looking inside they insist on looking outside. They use their material bodies to walk around material stupas.

And they keep at it day and night, wearing themselves out in vain and coming no closer to their real self.' - Bodhidharma, 515 CE, The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma, p. Translated and with an Introduction by Red Pine. One of many stories told about Bodhidharma, the first Zen Patriarch in China and the legendary founder of Shaolin qigong and gungfu, is that he spent seven years in seated meditation while facing a stone wall. Talk about 'wearing yourself out in vain!' Thankfully, monks thereafter were required to move about a bit more. 'Baguazhang is one of the more famous of the traditional Chinese martial arts that possesses many distinctive practice skill methods and its palm method changes unfathomably. It also has a good balanced reputation in the martial arts community.

From the time of Qing Chengfeng (1851-1862), when Mr. Dong Haichuan (of Wen'an County in Hebei Province) introduced it until today, it has been practiced daily and enjoyed by martial artists in China and overseas. Baguazhang is an exceptionally beautiful martial art emphasizing the use of spiral movements and a sophisticated use of footwork and fighting angles. It makes the body extremely flexible and able to move with tremendous grace, speed and power. Bagua practice is vigorous and aerobic. Many consider Bagua to be the most advanced of the Chinese Martial Arts.

The foundation of the system is a meditative circle walking practice and the 'Single Change Palm' which was developed in Taoist monasteries over 400 years ago. As a meditation practice, Bagua allows one to produce a stillness of mind in the midst of intense physical activity. This esoteric system at its highest levels becomes a method of manifesting the energetic patterns of change described in the I-Ching or Classic Book of Changes. Technically, the correct performance of this exercise increases the practitioner's energy through simultaneous circle walking, forms practice, and breath control.

The practice of Baguazhang is very Zen-like in its approach to calming and focusing the mind. The basics are a series of movements done while walking in a circle. The goal of this exercise is for the individual to understand proper body alignment and relaxation. Once this practice is consistent, the movements become faster and more intricate with turning and twisting, moving the body in all possible angles and directions for fitness, centering and agility. Baguazhang uses quick footwork and turns as part of as its self-defense strategy.' - 'Tung Hai-Chuan (1813-18820 became a member of the Chuan Chen (Complete Truth) sect of Taoism. This sect was part of the Lung Men (Dragon Gate) school of Taoism which was originated by Chou Chang-Ch'uan.

Interestingly enough, Chou also invented a method of meditation whereby the practitioner would walk in a circle and, wouldn't you know, this method was practiced by the Chuan Chen sect. Delving further into this Taoist connection, K'ang was able to find a section in the Taoist Canon which reads: 'A person's heart and mind are in chaos. 'Concentration on one thing makes the mind pure. If one aspires to reach the Tao, one should practice walking in a circle.'

Torrent Onone Perfect Photo Suite 8 Keygen. This bit of evidence inspired Professor K'ang Kuo of Beijing Wu to try and find out more about the circle walk meditation method practiced by the Chuan Chen Taoists. What he discovered was that this practice, which the Taoists called Chuan T'ien Tsun (Rotating in Worship of Heaven) is very similar in principle to the circle walk practice of Pa Kua Chang.

Researching Wang Chun-Pao's book, 'Taoist Method of Walking the Circle,' K'ang found that while walking, the Taoists repeated one of two mantras. The first of these mantras was used in the morning practice and translates to mean 'When Rotating in Worship of Heaven, the sound of thunder is everywhere and transforms everything.' The second mantra was used in the evening practice and translates to mean 'When Rotating in Worship of Heaven, the great void saves us from the hardship of existence.' It was said that the practitioner should repeat the mantra with each movement in the circle walk practice so that 'one replaces one's myriad thoughts with a single thought in order to calm and ease one's mind.' The Taoists said that in walking the circle the body's movements should be unified and the practitioner strives for stillness in motion.

This practice was described as a method of training the body while harnessing the spirit.' - 'The fighting concepts of Bagua Zhang are: never stop walking and never stop changing; always combine the qualities of soft and hard with thos of internal and external; appear suddenly and disappear suddenly; move close quickly and leave quickly; and never struggle directly with an opponent. If a movement seems difficult, change it so that it becomes easier; if a movement begins as direct, change it so that it comes from the side and vice versa.' - Lu Shengli, Combat Techniques of Taiji, Xingyi, and Bagua, p.

'The solo aspect of its circular solo practice is beautiful, yet exotic, full of graceful twisting movement, sudden stops and changes of direction, swooping and lifting actions as well as explosive hand movements. The functional aspect is harshly effective, without sporting elements as its martial effectiveness was refined by the many practitioners at the turn of the century who earned their living as personal bodyguards and merchant convoy escorts. Like the other internal arts, pa-kua emphasizes balance, natural breathing and relaxation, stability of stance, the development of twisting strength and internal power both for healing and martial purposes as well as the use of the mind to create intent and lead chi flow. Most defensive and offensive movements are done with the open hand; the horizontal energy of the twisting torso is emphasized; the weight of the body stays on the back foot when walking in a circle (though not necessarily when doing postures within each 'change'; the steps are rather tight, the knees staying in close proximity one-to-the-other; and, kicks are normally aimed low, to the ankles, shins and knees. The essence of the art is learning to be upright, stable and comfortable in your posture and body mechanics while cultivating the ability to change quickly to deal with the tactics of an opponent. The smaller student learns to evade strikes while counter-attacking and the larger learns to batter his/her way through the attacker's arms as a prelude to counter-attacking.'

- Michael Babin, ' The distinctive trademarks of the Yin Fu style are the large number of percussive techniques, multiple quick-strikes combinations, explosive movements and very quick and evasive footwork. Yin Fu was said to 'fight like a tiger,' advancing forward and knocking his opponent to the ground swiftly like a tiger pouncing on its prey.'

- Cardinal, 'Thus, the two major classical BaGwa solo exercises, the ones which were used a guides in developing new forms, where Yin Fu's, Mother Palms, and Cheng Ting Hua's, Old Palms. These were the standards. This is why such masters as Sun Lu Tang and Fu Chen Sung, students of Cheng, practised and taught the Old Palms form. However, since Yin Fu was Tung's longest and most skilled student, Yin's basic form was at a much higher level (or more difficult to learn and master). Nevertheless, the Old Palms form though simpler, incorporates effective combat techniques. Yin Fu emphasized punching and kicking etc., in his training and teaching, whereas Cheng Ting Hua emphasized close range contact utilizing Shway Zow (Chinese wrestling) and Chin Na (Chinese joint locking techniques). However, both of these masters' basic BaGwa was essentially the same.'

- 'Based on my own research into this practice and my own study of baguazhang. Zhuan tianzun is a type of ritualized stepping (common in Daoist ritual practice, the most famous being the Yubu or Steps of Yu), specifically a ritual practice of circumambulation while chanting hymns that occurs during specific stages of the zhai ritual. Having studied baguazhang myself, I just don't see any connection whatsoever between the two except for the circularity; circumambulation is common in many religious traditions. I would love to be proven wrong, I never said that it is impossible that baguazhang stepping was perhaps inspired by this; however, I personally prefer the simpler explanation that circular stepping is an effective combative technique. Personally I believe that the only reason that a connection was made between the Zhuan tianzun practice and bagua stepping is that historians were attempting to justify the original myth that Dong learned bagua from some mysterious Daoists. This (the shadowy Daoist teacher) is a common device in Chinese popular hagiography and I personally believe it to be hyperbole.'

-, A doctoral candidate studying Daoism 'Bagua zhang (八卦掌 in: bā gu� zhǎng) ( Pa Kua Chang, Bagua Quan, Pa kua ch'�an, Bagua, Pakua, Pakua boxing) is one of the three major, the other two of which are (形意拳) and (太極拳). The word 'baguazhang' literally means 'eight palm'. The trigrams refer to diagrams from the, one of the canons of. These diagrams in turn refer to eight animals, upon which in some styles of Baguazhang movements or fighting systems are based on.

The trigrams and their corresponding animals in martial arts are: • Li (離) - Chicken (鷂) • Kun (坤) - (麟) (sometimes mis-translated as unicorn or Chinese unicorn) • Dui (兌) - Monkey (猴) • Qian (乾) - Lion (獅) • Kan (坎) - Snake (蛇) • Gen (艮) - Bear (熊) • Zhen (震) - (龍) (often translated as Chinese dragon) • Xun (巽) - (鳳) (often mis-translated as phoenix or Chinese phoenix).' - 'The distinctive trademarks of the Yin Fu style are the large number of percussive techniques, multiple quick-strikes combinations, explosive movements and very quick and evasive footwork. Yin Fu was said to 'fight like a tiger,' advancing forward and knocking his opponent to the ground swiftly like a tiger pouncing on its prey.'

- 'Neigong, also spelled nei kung, neigung, or nae gong, refers to any of a set of, and spiritual practice disciplines associated with and especially the. Neigong practice is normally associated with the so-called 'soft style', 'internal' or 內家 Chinese martial arts, as opposed to the category known as waigong 外功 or 'external skill' which is historically associated with or the so-called 'hard style', 'external' or 外家 Chinese martial arts. Both have many different schools, disciplines and practices and historically there has been mutual influence between the two and distinguishing precisely between them differs from school to school. There is both martial and non-martial neigong. Well known examples of martial neigong are the various breathing and focus trainings taught in some traditional, and schools. An example of non-martial neigong is the discipline known as.' - 'Based on the spiritual principles of the ancient Taoist ('mystic scientist' who follow the Natural Way and Truth of the Universe) the core of the circle walking meditation practices teaches to 'seek stillness within movement.'

By continuously stepping in circular patterns and going at varying speeds, one can train the body/mind to find a still point inside where everything feels centered balanced and effortless. Circle walking training also gives one the ability to transform negative/heavy energies into lighter more positive energies. The constant going around and around mimics a recycling plant that can filter-out impurities from dirty water and only leaves the pure clean drinking water. The resulting purified fluids and energies can then be stored back into one's navel center, called the lower tan-tien (the part of the body that functions as a human battery) for building-up immunity against disease and for increased physical-mental-spiritual capacity. Regular practice greatly facilitates a return to a more natural breathing rhythm, which has a strong calming affect over the whole body, if maintained for an extended period of time of 20-30 minutes. Additionally, this combined skill of practicing deep abdominal breathing while continuously rotating in circles naturally roots one to the earth, grounding and harmonizing one within one's immediate environment.

This not only helps to bolster an individual's spirit but also naturally teaches one to respect the space and spirit of others, dissolving the ego's need for self-importance by softly going around and around in a circle.' - 'Legends are apt, however, to be as right in substance as they are wrong in detail.'

Tawney 'One of the most important areas of this 'movement' is that we must learn to be still within every movement we make. This is called in Baguazhang, 'Clouds Following'. This means that whenever we make a movement, even a minute movement, or a large step, there must be internal stillness and equilibrium within that movement. In this way we are able to either continue with the attack or stop and go in another direction etc, instantly. This is also called the 'Bagua Post'. This gives the Bagua practitioner the upper hand where combat is concerned as we are always in control of our own body and movement and therefore in control of any attacker's body and movement. We are able to move at any time to change direction because no matter what foot we are standing on or what movement we are making, it has internal stillness enabling us to 'move without moving'.

That is the reason why it is said of so many of the old Bagua masters that they 'seemed not to move, and yet his opponent was defeated'. His movement came out of stillness, like a tree rooted to the ground, its branches sway with the breeze but physically it is solid.

And it is the same with Bagua, the only difference being that our roots are internal. In the beginning, we are taught to walk the circle very slowly. The reason is to gain the most important part of Bagua - internal stillness while moving. Every time we pass one foot by the other during walking the circle, we must scrape the moving foot past the standing foot and we must hear the sound of the trousers as they pass each other. As the foot passes and at precisely the same time that we hear that sound, we are 'still' within. To an onlooker, the movement will be seen to continue as if we are just walking.

However, internally at that moment, we are rooted to the ground from the crown down to the standing heel and into the earth. So the internal movement will stop for a split second and then catch up with the physical step. In this way, we are able to also stop the physical step at any time, take it back, move it to the side, kick etc, without thinking about it and without losing balance, like a cat walking stealthily along, being able to change direction at any time.' - Erle Montagiue, 'Daoist Master Li, Ching-Yuen is said to have created Nine Dragon Baguazhang while studying at Emei Mountain in Sichuan Province. Li, Ching-Yuen was a controversial figure who was reputed to have lived to be one of the oldest men in the world. He claimed to have learned about longevity from another Daoist he met on the Emei Mountain in Sichuan province near the Tibetan border.

The monk, according to Li, Ching-Yuen's story, was well over 300 years old, was as agile as a monkey, as strong as a tiger and as wise as a dragon. It is wise to remember the Chinese like most Texans love their tall tales and take every opportunity to exaggerate a good story often to and beyond it's credible limits. This ancient Daoist sage reputedly instructed Li, Ching-Yuen in his secret method of health nourishing martial art exercises based upon the wisdom of the Book of Changes (Yijing). Most likely this was a Daoist of the Long-Men sect who practiced a method of circle walking meditation combined with chanting and visualization. The art of Li, Ching-Yuen came to be knows by the Li family as Jiulong Baguazhang (Nine Dragon Eight Diagram Palm). Li, Ching-Yuen was a scholar of Daoism and the Yijing.

He worked many years to create a method that contained strong emphasis on developing physical power (Li) through specific mind / body exercises. His method was to produce first (Waigong) external strength and then (Neigong) Refined mind /body power in conjunction with developing the powers of the mind (Yi) for the production of heightened life force (Qi) energy and longevity. It was truly a complete wholistic system.' - 'Energy exercises can de divided into two categories- 'Post-Birth' and 'Pre-Birth'. Post birth practices deal with developing the chi that you gain after leaving the womb that generated by breathing, eating, sleeping, and normal exercise, whereas pre-birth practices focus on generating the chi that you receive from the cosmic forces whilst in the womb.

This pre-birth chi is incredibly strong and s responsible for giving a body abundant health and flexibility. When these pre-birth exercises are used correctly they can be used to heal disease, make a weak person strong, to restore elasticity to old, hard or scar tissue and to return the body to the state of a new-born baby, with the control and understanding of an adult. Walking the circle and repeatedly changing direction is the basic Ba Gua pre-birth chi practice and it is here that you tune into, open, heal, upgrade and strengthen all of your body's soft tissue, joints, fluids, organs, bones, systems, and sub systems. This takes time, energy, and practise and how far one takes this work depends upon the individual's intelligence, commitment and the effort that he or she can give to this ancient and profound Art.

It is considered an Art because you can never make a perfect movement -it can always be improved. Also, because to watch the continuous circling, spiralling movements is a pleasure to the eyes.' - 'The above is a diagram depicting the use of sacred movements from the fifth century Taoist Rite of the Great Bear Polar circle. In Taoist practice, such sacred movements enhance the dancers to resonate with the circle of the cosmic forces.

This embraces the central Taoist concept of human as microcosm mirroring the macrocosm. Taiji Quan movements evolved from this ancient lumbering gait of a bear, unfortunately due to the linguistic drift and misinterpretation, the Great Bear Polar Circle remains hidden for most practitioners. If one retraced to an older practice of the Five Animal frolics, one can still see the original lumbering Gait of a black bear frolic swaying side to side. If Taiji Quan did evolve from the Five animal frolics then the Taiji form must contain within its structure a Bear movement. It is my most sincere wish that you could discover it for yourself the Bear movement within the Taiji Form. Such discovery re-connects me to the ancient Complete Reality Sect of Taoist Ritual and opens my eyes to the depth of Taiji practice. That the very functioning of the Taiji form is a Shamanistic journey of recreating the Heavenly drama of the Ursula Major constellation which contained the Big Dipper.

With the Great Bear Rite as part of my practice of Taiji movements, this transported my consciousness to a level that is universal. My body became part of the Cosmo.

The movements took on a numinous quality. Sometime, when I practiced late at night I could almost hear the song of the stars. Suddenly, the meaning of Taiji—Supreme Ultimate revealed to me as the universal movements of unifying between human and the whole of the Universe. At that moment, my body became utterly transparent and different part of the body lights up. From my own meager experience of the Grand Ultimate—Taiji, I entered the vast field of Taoist Alchemical cultivation. It is this transformation from the profane physical movements into the sacred Taoist rite that the power of the Great Bear Step becomes so necessary.' - Sat Chuen Hon, Founder of Dan Tao, 2001.

Also, refer to my webpage on the 'The Quan Zhen (Complete Truth) sect of Daoism was part of the Long Men (Dragon Gate) school of Daoism which was originated by Qiu Chang Chun. Interestingly enough, Qiu also invented a method of meditation whereby the practitioner would walk in a circle and, wouldn't you know, this method was practiced by the Quan Zhen sect.

Delving further into this Daoist connection, Professor Kang Ge Wu was able to find a section in the Daoist Canon which reads: 'A person's heart and mind are in chaos. Concentration on one thing makes the mind pure. If one aspires to reach the Dao, one should practice walking in a circle.' This bit of evidence inspired Professor Kang to try and find out more about the circle walk meditation method practiced by the Quan Zhen Daoists. What he discovered was that this practice, which the Daoists called Zhuan Tian Zun (Rotating in Worship of Heaven) is very similar in principle to the circle walk practice of Ba Gua Zhang. Researching Wang Jun Bao's book, Daoist Method of Walking the Circle, Professor Kang found that while walking, the Daoists repeated one of two mantras. The first of these mantras was used in the morning practice and translates to mean 'When Rotating in Worship of Heaven, the sound of thunder is everywhere and transforms everything.'

The second mantra was used in the evening practice and translates to mean 'When Rotating in Worship of Heaven, the great void saves us from the hardship of existence.' It was said that the practitioner should repeat the mantra with each movement in the circle walk practice so that 'one replaces one's myriad thoughts with a single thought in order to calm and ease one's mind.' The Daoists said that in walking the circle the body's movements should be unified and the practitioner strives for 'stillness in motion.' This practice was described as a method of 'training the body while harnessing the spirit.' When instructing his students Dong Hai Chuan was noted as saying, 'Training martial arts ceaselessly is inferior to walking the circle.

In Ba Gua Zhang the circle walk practice is the font of all training.' Ba Gua Zhang instructors instruct their students to walk the circle with the spirit, Qi, intent, and power concentrated on a single goal. This is similar to the Daoist method whereby one clears the mind with a single thought. Although Ba Gua Zhang's circle walk practice trains footwork to be used in fighting, it also shares the Daoist's goals of creating stillness in motion and developing the body internally.' - Dan Miller,, Origins of the Circle Walk Practice in Ba Gua Zhang ning Circle Walking Practice BaGua Qigong, Eight Palms Circle Walking Practices Most Bagua Zhang books and instructional media offer some suggestions as to practices for beginners in Circle Walking, Bagua Qigong, Warming Up Routines, or (Standing Meditation). These suggested practices vary quite a bit as to specifics from teacher to teacher, although the purposes or intentions of such activities are often similar: warming up, simple walking practice, qigong.

I have developed my own routine and ritual for home practice called.

INDEX - Jump table: More information about Audio/Digital/Scanning/Photo/Printing/TV/Video Terms may be found. More information about Pharma/Biological/Pharmaceutical Terms may be found at (). You can use your Broweser's Find function to locate a specific term. _T - an MFC macro used to make string literals character set neutral.:: - global scope resolution operator (WIN).

Ensures that the API function is called even if the object that makes the call has a member function of the same name. 1080i - 1080 lines of inter-laced vertical video resolution - this IS an HDTV format. 1080p - 1080 lines of Progressive vertical (NON-laced video content. - this IS an HDTV format. 1BASE5 - Implementing the IEEE 802.3 standard 1Mbps transmission on a baseband medium with a maximum segment length of 500 meters. 1G - analog mobile phone service 2G - 2G is digital mobile phone service, and includes SMS and text messaging. Second generation (2G) wireless data networks in Japan deliver datarates up to 9.6 kbps for upload and up to 29.8 kbps for download.

3DES - Triple Data Encryption Standard 3DNS - is a wide area load balancer from. The 3DNS Controller is a high availability, intelligent load balancing solution for geographically distributed Internet sites and data centers. 3DNS manages and distributes user requests across multiple, redundant server sites – regardless of the platform type or combination and without requiring additional software on the servers.

User requests are distributed according to factors such as round trip time, number of active servers, packet loss, etc. And, the 3DNS Controller can be configured to make traffic distribution decisions according to what is most important for an organization’s network. - it takes a request (for a web site for instance) and looks at the best route to get there. 3G - Third generation () wireless networks in Japan deliver datarates on the order of 64 kbps for upload and on the order of 200 kbos for downlad. These higher speeds allow the transmission of video and two-way video telephony. Other data connections, e.g.

Download of information or JAVA applets, are also several times faster on 3G networks then on older 2G networks. In Japan there are three parallel, independent and competing 3G networks.

In U.S, 3G currently (12/03) supports 300 to 500 kilobits per second, with bursts up to 2 mbps. 3GPP - Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) is a collaboration agreement that was established in December 1998.

The collaboration agreement brings together a number of telecommunications standards bodies which are known as 'Organizational Partners'. The current Organizational Partners are ARIB, CCSA, ETSI, ATIS, TTA, and TTC. The original scope of 3GPP was to produce globally applicable Technical Specifications and Technical Reports for a 3rd Generation Mobile System based on evolved core networks and the radio access technologies that they support (i.e., Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA) both Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) and Time Division Duplex (TDD) modes). The scope was subsequently amended to include the maintenance and development of the Global System for Mobile communication (GSM) Technical Specifications and Technical Reports including evolved radio access technologies (e.g. General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) and Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution ()).

3GPP2 - Third Generation Partnership Project 2 (3GPP2) - Developing the next generation of cdma2000 wireless communications. Third-Generation Partnership Project 2 is a collaborative effort for Generating 3G specifications for providing high-speed IP-based mobile systems. It was established for developing global specifications for network evolution from ANSI/TIA/EIA-41 to 3G, and global specifications for the radio transmission tehcnologies supported by ANSI/TIA/EIA-41.

3GPP2 is mainly supported in North America, China, Japan and South Korea and continues to play a dominant role in bringing IP technology to these cellular markets. 3GPP2 was born out of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 (IMT-2000) initiative for providing high-speed data over the wireless network.

Although discussions did take place between ETSI and the ANSI-41 community to consolidate collaboration efforts for 3G, in the end it was deemed appropriate to establish 3GPP2 as a parallel partnership project. 3PAR - HP's 3PAR Inc.

Is a manufacturer of systems and software for data storage and information management. 480i - 480 vertical lines of inter-laced video content - NOT an HDTV format. 4G - At present the download speed for imode data is limited to 9.6 kbit/sec which is about 6 times slower than an ISDN fixed line connection. With 504i handsets the download data rate was increased 3-fold to 28.8kbps.

However, in actual use the data rates are usually slower, especially in crowded areas, or when the network is 'congested'. For third generation mobile (3G) data rates are 384 kbps (download) maximum, typically around 200kbps, and 64kbps upload since spring 2001. Fourth generation (4G) mobile communications will have higher data transmission rates than 3G. 4G mobile data transmission rates are planned to be up to 20 megabits per second.

- a monitor/TV that displays about 4K (4,000) of video (pixels). Apple manipulates a 4K signal to produce a 5K display. - Apple's (2014) monitor/TV that displays about 5K (5,000) of video (pixels) 5-S - Essential in Lean Manufacturing is The 5-S Philosophy (Five Japanase Words). Also '5S' or '5 S'. Based on five Japanese words that begin with ‘S’, the 5S Philosophy focuses on effective work place organization and standardized work procedures: 6B/10B - 64B/66B - 720p - 720 vertical lines of Progressive (NON-interlaced) video content. This is the lowest quality, true HDTV format. 10 Gigabit Ethernet - The new 10 gigabit Ethernet standard encompasses seven different media types.

10Base2 - Old 'Cheapernet' (also 'thinnet') with thin coaxial cable and trunk/drop topology. Maximum single segment length = 185 meters (600 feet). 10Base5 - Old 'Thicknet' (also 'yellow cable') with thick coaxial cable and trunk/drop topology Maximum single segment length = 500 meters (1,640 feet). 10baseFL - 10Mbps fiber optic Ethernet 10BaseT - Standard 'Plain Vanilla' Ethernet based on Unshielded Twisted Pair wire 21 CFR part 11 - Electronic Records and Electronic Signatures - the rule was issued in 1997. 31 CFR Part 210 - Federal Government Participation in the Automated Clearing House () 100BaseFX - Implementing the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard using 100Mbps transmission on a baseband medium, using multi-mode fiber-optic cable. The maximum distance limitation of multi-mode fiber is 412 meters for half-duplex and 2km when configured in full-duplex mode.

Distances greater than 2kms are archieved when implemented over single mode fiber. 100BaseT - Implementing the IEEE 802.3 () standard using 100Mbps transmission on a baseband medium, using UTP wiring. The maximum distance limitation of UTP is 100 meters. 100BaseT4 - Implementing the IEEE 802.3 (Ethernet) standard using 100Mbps transmission on a baseband medium, using four pairs of category 3,4 or 5 UTP wiring. An alternative standard for 100Mbps Ethernet. The maximum distance limitation of each segment is 100 meters.

100BaseTX - Implementing the IEEE 802.3 (Ethernet) standard using 100Mbps transmission on a baseband medium. This standard enables attaching AUI-compatible devices to 24 guage, unshielded twisted-pair cable, rather than the usual coaxial media. The leading standard for 100Mbps Ethernet. The maximum distance limitation of each segment is 100 meters. 100BaseX - Fast Ethernet specification using 100Mbps transmission, which refers to the 100BASEFX and 100BASETX standards for Fast Ethernet over fiber-optic cabling. 100VG-AnyLAN - 100Mbps Fast Ethernet and Token Ring media technology that uses four pairs of catagory 3, 4 or 5 UTP cabling. Not as popular as 100BaseT.

3270 - Family of IBM mainframe terminals 3270 EIS - The SNA Server 3270 Emulator Interface Specification 3c810 - Symbios Logic (NCR) 'npsc' SCSI controller often shipped attached to internal bus on DG systems 3x74 - Family of IBM cluster controllers 37xx - Family of IBM front-end processors 4G - theoretically supports 100 mbps. NTT is testing this now (12/2003). 7 Layer Networking - transport, session, presentation and application 100baseFX - Fast Ethernet on Optical Fibre (on Fibre Channel) 100baseT - Standard 'Fast Ethernet' based on twisted pair copper wire 837 - ANSI, Part 837 - Insurance Transactions 5250 - Family of IBM AS/400 terminals IEEE 802 family of standards 802.1 - 802.1p/Q - IEEE standard for frame prioritization 802.1Q - IEEE standard for VLAN tagging 802.2 - 802.3 - IEEE standard known in the vernacular as ' - CSMA/CD - Maintenance #8 (Revision). 802.3a - IEEE standard for 10-Gbps Ethernet 802.3ad - IEEE standard for link aggregation 802.3af - Power over Ethernet (POE). 802.3an - 802.3ap - 802.3aq - 802.3ar - 802.3as - 802.3x - IEEE standard for link-layer flow control using PAUSE frames.

802.3z - IEEE standard for Gibabit Ethernet.