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Xingyiquan and Baguazhang

September 8, 2009 on 12:59 pm | In Pakua Chang/Hsingyi Chuan | No Comments

Here is a review of some forms I learned back in Richmond in early 1990′s when training with Weiqi.

Here is basically an outline of what my bagua combatives class looks like:

warm-ups-
1-14. neck, spine bending forward/back, side stretch, heel stretch, waist rotations, wrist and ankles, 8 dan tien kicks left and right, 8 straight leg kicks left and right, 8 cross body kicks left and right, 8 outside stretch kicks left and right, 8 side kicks left and right, 8 back heel kicks left and right, drop stance drill, slap body drill.

solo palm drills-
shaking palm, dragon back, lifting palm, throwing palm, slapping palm, ect.

palm drills on focus mitts
1. individual palm drills on mitts
2. combining palm drills on mitts

stance work without hands-
jump step, full jump step, back step, full back step, pivot step, kou pu bai pu. ba fa gen bu, circle walking and 8 different changes.

add hands-
fan chang/shaking palm strikes

8 bagua kicks
drills on muay thai pads- warm ups- 10 round kicks left and right, 10 push kicks left and right, 10 side kicks left and right
create functional kick combos-
sample- low hook kick, round kick, side kick
front kick, round kick, side kick
double side kicks
low hook kick, side kick, knee to body

adding hands with kicks or kicks with hands-
basic-
2 palm strikes, 2 round kicks.
push kick, round kick, 4 palm strikes
2 palm strikes, 4 clinch knees- push opponent off and round kick

start working with bagua concepts-
fighting from center of circle going out- linear attack
fighting from outside of circle going in- linear attack
fighting on circle and working inward- small circular attack
fighting on circle and working inward- large circular attack

researching applications from forms
1. strikes
2. qi-na
3. throws/takedown
4. finishes

two person drills
1. flow drills
2. attack defense drills- countering
3. ji ben shou fa drills
4. push hands/rou shou (bagua push hands)
5. sparring and san shou

strength conditioning drills
1. techniques for upper body- push ups, clap push ups, hand stand push ups,t-push ups, ect
2. techniques for body core- ab work: v-ups, sit ups, belly ups, crunches.
3. techniques for legs- horse stance, horse stance jumping, burpies, one leg squats, lunge jumps.
4. Iron gong work- forearm conditioning, body hitting, leg hitting, ect.

closing and qigong
-lung training
-tan tien breathing