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Pa Kua Chuan/Ba Gua Quan HistoryEight Trigram BoxingBa Gua Quan is one of the three major internal Chinese Martial Arts. Ba Gua has also been know to go by other names such as: Youshen Bagua (Roving Eight-Trigram), Longxing Bagua (Dragon-Shaped Eight-Trigram), Xinyi Ba Gua (Xinyi Eight-Trigram Boxing), Yinyang Bapan Zhang (Positive-Negative Eight-Plate Palm), etc... Though there are many stories and versions of how Ba Gua was founded, the most widely accepted version is the one we subscribe too. Dong Hai Chuan, a native of Zhujiawu, south of Wenan County in Hebei Province was the founder of Ba Gua. Certainly, it was his teaching of many students which lead to the ultimate popularity in the growth of Ba Gua. Dong Hai Chuan's most famous students are:
As in other Chinese Martial Arts, many of the students who taught Ba Gua have used their name to distinguish the styles of Ba Gua being taught. Other examples of Ba Gua Styles would be:
Ba Gua is based on the Chinese philosophy of I Ching. The Traditional Style Ba Gua taught by China Hand Kung Fu Academy comes from the lineage of Cheng Tin Hua and the Cheng Style. Also, our system has no weapons or two man sets. However, this is the characteristic of the Traditional Style. Other styles of Ba Gua do teach two man sets and weapons, most commonly seen, the staff, double edge sword, broadsword, and deer horn knives. Ba Gua is characterized by its' dexterity, agility, changing footwork, and constant twisting and turning while walking in a circle. Dong Hai Chuan was known to teach Ba Gua to students differently. That is to say, if your strength was in wrestling, then your Ba Gua had more wrestling, throwing, joint locking types of movements. If you were a Shaolin student, perhaps your training would take on the movements of more kicking, punching, and striking.
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