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Pa Kua Chuan
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| Slang Name | 8 Palms |
| Proper Name Mandarin | Ba Gua Zhang Ji Ben Ba Zhang |
| Proper Name American Pin Yin | Pa Kua Chuan 8 Basic Palm Positions |
| Chang/Zhang | Palm |
| # | Palm Position | Palm Direction/Action | Palm Name American | Palm Name Mandarin |
| 1 | Facing Up | Upward | Lifting Palm | Yang Zhang |
| 2 | Facing Down | Downward | Downward Palm | Fu Zhang |
| 3 | Straight | Outward | Vertical Palm | Shu Zhang |
| 4 | Embrace | Squeeze In | Embracing Palm | Bao Zhang |
| 5 | Chop | Cut | Seizing Palm | Pi Zhang |
| 6 | Thumb Lift | Thumb Lifting Upward | Enticing Palm | Liao Zhang |
| 7 | Finger Thrust | Splitting | Flip Up Palm | Tiao Zhang |
| 8 | Twisting | Drilling | Spiraling Palm | Luo Xuan Zhang |
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