In volume 2 of "Liu Bin's Zhuang Gong Bagua Zhang," Professor
Zhang Jie documents the style of Bagua Zhang developed by Liu Bin,
one of Cheng Ting Hua's top students. Professor Zhang became a
disciple in this tradition in 1979, apprenticing under the
well-known expert Liu Xing Han in Beijing. He was carefully trained
for many years, practicing Bagua's circle-walking techniques under
the trees of Temple of Heaven park--the same place where Dong Hai
Quan, Cheng Ting Hua, and many other masters used to train.
A two-volume series, "Liu Bin's Zhuang Gong Bagua Zhang" gives
equal attention to Bagua Zhang's history, its practice, and the
culture from which it arose; Professor Zhang presents Bagua Zhang
as a guide for everyday living, stressing the Chinese concept of
balance in all things. While volume one instructed students in the
fundamentals of Bagua practice (stances and footwork, the circle
walk, and the single palm change), volume two teaches variations on
the single palm change; the eight mother palms; the twenty-four
movements of five elements, three levels form; and the twenty-four
movements of eight palms, eight fists, and eight elbows form.
Professor Zhang also introduces readers to weapons training with
the continous sword form and the coiling dragon long staff form.
Step-by-step photos and descriptions document the forms, while
never-before-published historical photographs and first-hand
accounts of the development of the art provide a rich background
for the practical instruction. Volume two also goes further into
the history of Liu Bin's lineage, including profiles of many
notable Bagua masters. The author's personal contact with many of
these masters, including ones that risked their lives to carry on
the tradition through the Cultural Revolution, allows him to record
their stories in vivid detail.
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