Bagua for Beginners 1: Eight Palms with Chenhan Yang

Learn Baguazhang (Eight Trigrams Palm Kung Fu) Step by Step with Master Chenhan.
Like tai chi, bagua has been known for centuries as a powerful way to transform your health, improve your strength, and raise your spirit. As an internal martial art, bagua is unique because it emphasizes circular movement, allowing practitioners to flow out of the way of objects and opponents. Bagua's unique stepping methods result in distinctively evasive circular footwork, used for both defensive and offensive strategies.

Bagua zhang translates to "eight trigrams palm". The Eight Palms movements and sequence comprise the fundamental training for all bagua students.

This invigorating training increases your circulation of qi (energy) that will energize your muscles for increased strength. This energy also nourishes your internal organs and improves your longevity, vitality, and overall fitness.

Master Chenhan guides you through:
Basic bagua leg stances and circle- walking
Eight Palms hand forms
Eight Palms sequence

This bagua lesson compliments the book "Baguazhang," by Master Liang, Shou-Yu, Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming, and Mr. Wu, Wen-Ching. Bagua for Beginners DVD 2 (sold separately) takes the next step in your bagua training with the fascinating bagua Swimming Body movements and sequence.

Eight Palms Sequence (64 movements)
1 Single Changing Palm
2 Double Changing Palm
3 Following Through Palm
4 Reversing Body Palm
5 Turning Body Palm
6 Double Embracing Palm
7 Grinding Body Palm
8 Rotating Body Palm