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Bajiquan - Six Openings Form eBook
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Why you should learn Bajiquan
Bajiquan is a dynamic kung fu system that specializes in close range combat using explosive strikes with the elbows, shoulders, knees and hips. Stances are low but mobile, and the arms move in wide circles.
Integral to Bajiquan is the tactic of closing in from longer range using a special charge step known as Zhen Jiao. The foot is stamped downward and you leverage on the recoil to generate added power for the strike.
Another characteristic of Bajiquan is opening up the opponent’s guard with explosive techniques known as the Six Methods once they are within range. Attacks are violent and sudden, and are characterized by the immediate release of tension once contact has been made. The body’s center of gravity is actively shifted and manipulated as part of the process to generate power. The strikes and footwork are closely coordinated and never out of sync.
Like Chen Style Tai Chi, Bajiquan makes use of the silk-reeling force where power is redirected from the ground through the feet and released through the point of contact in a coiling manner.
Bajiquan relies mainly on the hands. There are few kicks in the style, and most of these are aimed low. There are roughly 20 fist forms within the style as well as weapon forms covering eight different types of weapons, including the spear, sword, saber, staff, Pu Dao, Two Handed Blade.
The main forms of Bajiquan include Six Openings Form (Liu Da Kai), Eight Methods Form (Ba Da Jiao), Bajiquan Mother Form (Mao Jia), Bajiquan Introductory Form (Ru Men Jia), Six Elbow Heads (Liu Zhou To), Bajiquan Continuous Punch (Ba Ji Lian Huan Quan), Close-Body Leaning (Tie Shen Kao), Bajiquan Small Form ("Ba Ji Xiao Jia”) etc. The core of the style’s techniques is found within Six Openings Form and Eight Methods Form.
History
Bajiquan originated as a Northern Chinese art, although it is now practiced throughout China in modern times. It was known as Bazi Quan ("Rake Fist”) because in the signature fist position of the style, only the thumb and index finger are closed inward to form the fist with the remaining fingers held slightly open. This fist is then used to strike downward like a rake.
However, this name sounded inelegant in Chinese, and so the name of "Eight Extremities” Boxing was adopted because it shared the same sound but was more elegant on paper. Baji means Eight Extremities in Chinese and its meaning originates from I-Ching, the ancient Chinese Book of Changes.
Modern Bajiquan is commonly traced to over 270 years ago. Legend has it that a Taoist, Zhang Shi Feng (1646 - 1727) , who was highly skilled in Bajiquan taught the style to a Hebei villager Wu Zhong (1712 - 1802). After training with Bajiquan for over 10 years, Wu tested his skills with the monks of the Fujian Shaolin Temple and emerged victorious every time.
About the Six Openings Form
The Six Openings Form is a beginner level form and trains the practitioner in the following six fundamental concepts of Bajiquan:
- Ding - This is the concept of going against, of applying pressure or pushing upward against the enemy using the fist, elbow or shoulders
- Bao - This is to embrace with the arms, as if to carry someone. This is usually followed by Pi (Chopping)
- Dan - This means the application of a single move
- Ti - This is the concept of raising, usually the knees or the foot to hit the opponent’s lower targets
- Kua - This refers to the use of the hip
- Chan - This refers to entangling or trapping the opponent using the rotation of the wrist, elbow or shoulder
What you'd find in our eBook
Our eBook contains an illustrated guide to the concepts and techniques of Bajiquan before introducing the beginner-level form Six Big Openings together with examples of how the techniques can be applied in combat.
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