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December 16, 2009 on 5:09 pm | In Pakua Chang/Hsingyi Chuan | No Comments

Gao baguazhang
Warm Ups
Neck- sway front left right
Wrists into hooks: 1.hands in front rotate fingers inwards outward 2. wrist t front up and down
Body slap
Body throw twist- Bow stance shifting swing arms to loosen waist
Side stretch opening ribs
Circle knees and Front kick
Knees out- hip circles
Leg stretch- split- front and sides
Circle ankles
Single palm arm circles
Inner scooping single arm drill
Tsuan bowstance, cover head with back coiling exercise
Ba dua jin-
Pull bow- thumb version
Opposite press- open the ribs
Opposites press yin/yang palms and twist
Horse stance sink into kua warm-up
Horse stance back lift and extending- spine wave
Horse stance bear looks behind
Horse stance thumbs out and down-circle arms and push up
Twist in bow stance body but keep hips/shoulder alignment
Small and large hold ball twisting

Jibenshou fa
1. chuan shou -Pierce hand
2. kai kan shou- turn and chop open dragon form both sides
3. tui pai zhang- push/pat palm- slap like repulse monkey
4. zhuang zhang- crashing palm- coil palm to waist and palm strike (like beng)
5. Gai fan chui- overturning- fist up and down (concept of up,down, left, right with fist)
6. shuai shou- throwing out hand diagonally in a slap like tai chi part horse mane,
7. tiao shou- plucking and push palm
8. nei wan kai he- two arms coil inward and outward to stretch body and shoulders
Tian Gan-
• Ban – to move
• Kan – to chop
• Tiao – to lift
• Zhuang – to crash
• Beng – to smash into (like an ocean wave)
• Zhua – to grab
• Kou – to fasten, detain (hook into something)
• Ye – to clasp
• Cuo – to file
• Song – relax

1. drop stance circles arm in both directions
2. arm behind back and hook hand
3. side shifting single arm grab drill (both sides)
4. combined hook palm like #1
5. horse stance hook palm up/slap down
6. lean back and lunge forward drill both sides
7. scale holding drill
8. front toe kick monkey and scale to front
9. left and right shifting and jump step press
10. large slant fly movement from heel to out

Hou tians- linear lines like hsingyi and two person drills. Total of 64
1.1 – san ti- step out palm down- cat stance coil arm , bowstance pi
1.2 – santi- pierce palm, side yank, bowstep palms in monkey form
1.3 – santi- pierce palm, step up palms up, yank down, bowstance push
1.4 – santi- step up tiao, upper circle chop down, bowstance push
1.5 – santi- santi- backhand strike in cross step, eye poke, pi in bowstance
1.6 – santi- , upper block hit, block up inward strike- step up and hammer strike down
1.7 – santi- grabing roll back to hands up in cat stance, step forward and press down
1.8 – santi- block down in cross stance ,step forward tsuan

2.1- santi- wind block down, backfist, step forward into bowstance beng
2.2- santi- grap, upper/inner palm strike, tsuan
2.3- santi- pierce,sit back, piercestep through, turn 180 chop, , chop back to front, change direction w/chop.
standing palm change
1. single pierce palm
2. reverse palm/embrace palm change
3. flower under leaf/ hold ball change
4. dragon stretch down change
5. snake change
6. dragon change
7. tiger
8. swallow
closing: slow arm raising to sides, above head, heart, dantien.