Xingyi Baguazhang - Metal Element
Xingyiquan's Piquan and Jiang Baguazhang's 1st and 2nd Palms
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Xingyiquan's Piquan and Jiang Baguazhang's 1st and 2nd Palms
The Chinese internal martial art of Xingyiquan is an extensive collection of theory, techniques, standing methods, and neigong exercises that is incredibly deep. It assumes one will be fighting on the battlefield with a long pole weapon like a halberd. While the concepts are incredibly old, the system was only formulated completely in the early 20th century. Its forms are often capable of being done side by side with one's comrades and the steps can be coordinated. It's the prototype "internal" martial art, descendant from the same core as Henan Xinyi Liuhequan. There are 5 Elements, 12 Animals, and zhan zhuang as the signature training methods.
Baguazhang was developed in the mid-19th century by a man named Dong Haichuan. He was said to be affiliated with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and was an assassin sent to kill the Qing emperor who was not ethnically Han Chinese. Dong was thought to have studied something like Ba Fan Quan and some kind of Southern Chinese Buddhist and Daoist practice involving circle walking. Looking at various sources we can see it may be associated an invulnerability ritual that was popular prior to the Boxer Rebellion. Our lineage descends from Jiang Rong Qiao who created his own form and taught at the Central Guoshu Institute as the curriculum developer.
