Beginning Bagua: A practical guide to training, form and application
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| Rating | : | 4.96 (671 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1500630551 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 206 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-03 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
It is written with the goal of providing concrete, directly useful information on Bagua. Beginning Bagua is probably the most down to earth, practical book about Baguazhang currently available. Much of what you will find in this book is useful not just to practitioners of Bagua, but to martial artists in general. This book can save you a lot of grief and confusion! The information itself is presented in a straight forward way, based on direct experience and written with at least occasional humour. It certainly requires study and practice, but this book provides the keys to make sense of the 'abstract' movements, to see the logic behind them and begin to develop useful skills. Beginning Bagua is the first book in a series that will look at aspects of Bagua with increasing detail and an emphasis on practicality.. Bagua is often presented as mysterious, complicated and difficult. Beginning Bagua is extensively illustrated with photos of both solo movements, basic exercises, palm changes and martial applications. This book covers the basics of body use stepping, static posture training, Qigong, key movements, striking and throwing applications, circle walking as well as how Bagua's intellectual framework applies to martial tactics and to general training
Beginning Bagua by Ed Hines Danny Doherty This is a book that is long overdue, a basic introduction to the Gao style baguazhang as taught by Lou Dexiu of Taipai, Taiwan. Ed Hines book is thoughtful and practical, giving a brief but rich snippet of the curriculum of Gao style.The book is in three main parts, although the chapter headings confuse this arrangement. The first Part is an overview of the curriculum. The s. Bense said One of the best intro to Gao bagua I've read. This book is probably the one the best introduction to Gao style bagua. Its author, Edward Hines, a student of Luo Dexiu, describes a full set of exercices characteristics to Gao bagua. He begins with a simple Qigong to allow one developing body awarness, control and calm. He follows with the four first basic hand methods and for each different possible applications. He then