Sifu Frank Allen brought  new Ba Gua materials  from Beijing, China to  share with everyone!

Sifu Frank Allen’s Eight Energies Circle Walking A one-day Ba Gua Zhang Workshop for beginners and experienced students!  Fundamentals of Ba Gua Zhang Eight Basic Palms Circle Walking Set Saturday, February 21st  2004 10:00 am – 6:00 pm At  Wu-Tang P.C.A.

Eight Energies Circle Walking
   Taught by Sifu Frank Allen – Assisted by Tina Zhang

Eight Energies Circle Walking or “Ding Shi Ba Zhang” in Chinese is the basic technique of Ba Gua Zhang.  The steady postures eight palms consist simply of walking around a circle while holding the body in eight different positions.  This walking practice builds the structural foundations of all Ba Gua training.  The practice is within itself a powerful energy moving and gathering Qi Kung, which contains the seed elements of Ba Gua’s martial techniques and can be a receptacle for the deepest levels of Taoist meditation, as well as a method of understanding the I Ching in motion.

Along with walking in a circle, maintaining the internal principles and giving the practitioners practical health improvement and powerful self defense through the twisting, coiling and spiraling of the body.  The Steady Posture Circle Walking Palm Set is one of the trademark foundations that make an art Ba Gua Zhang.

The focus of the weekend will be on:

• Basic palm postures of Ba Gua Zhang
• Basic stances of Ba Gua Zhang
• Basic Ba Gua Zhang stepping patterns
• I Ching Trigrams correlations to the postures will be taught
• Applications of eight basic postures
• Eight Basic Palms Circle Walking Postures Set (Ding Shi Ba Zhang)

 

To  Register - email: baguarat@aol.com or  tineez@aol.com or Call (212) 533 - 1751
 

Sifu Frank Allen has brought new Ba Gua materials from Beijing, China to share with everyone! See the pictures from Frank & Tina’s Skipping Christmas Training Trip to Beijing, China