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Rotating low step 翻身蹋步一步而走

My master demonstrates the movements of engagement. The rest can be found on youtube. Sorry there all in Chinese

25 steps of engagng

In gao style bagua there are 25 different variations of footworked designed to close the gap and apply the technique The Twentyfive steps for engaging 走式變換名詞 1 Stationary Step 不動而走 2 Stationary Leaping Step 不動跳步而走 3 Forward Left to Right Step 向前左右一步一走 4 Forward Left to Right Multi sStep 向前左右多步而走 5 Forward Left to Right Low Step 向前左右蹋步一步一走 6 Forward Left to Right Low Multi Step 向前蹋步多步而走 7 Spinning Step Left to Right 轉身左右一步一走 8 Spinning Multi Step From Left to Right多步轉身左右而走 9 Rotating Low Step 翻身蹋步一步而走 10 Leaping Rotating Low Multi Step 多步跳躍翻身而走 11 Backward Step From Left to Right 倒步左右一步一走 12 Backward Multi Step From Left to Right 倒步左右多步而走 13 Backward Low Step 倒步蹋步而走 14 Leaping Step From Left to Right 跳步左右一步一走 15 Leaping Low Step 跳步蹋步而走 16 Straight Forward Step 向前直步一步而走 17 Backward Leaping Step From Left to Right 後退左右跳步而走 18 Straight Backward Leaping Step 後退直跳一步而走 1

Bagua Staff

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First set High Block 上截 Low Parry 下欄 Horizontal Waist strike 欄腰橫棒 Right Attack 右擊 Left Attack 左擊 Ear Strike 耳棒 Covering Top 蓋頂 Middle piercing staff 中平刺棍 Second set Low Block 下截 High Block 上截 Through Step Heart Pierce 透步刺心 Turning Sweep 轉身掃蹚 High Block 上截 Horizontal Waist Strike 欄腰橫棒 Covering Top 蓋頂 Middle pierce 中平 Third Set High Block 上截 Hold the moon 托月 Low Block 下截 Brow Strike 挑眉 Ear Strike 耳棒 Horizontal Waist Strike 欄腰橫棒 Covering Top 蓋頂 Middle Pierce 中平 Fourth Set High Block 上截 Hold the moon 托月 Low Block 下截 Brow Stike 挑眉 Shoulder Pierce 刺肩 Back Slam 背鐗 Covering Top 蓋頂 Middle Strike 中平 Fifth Set High Block 上截 Brow Strike 挑眉 Crossing Strike 外跨 Turning Brow Strike 挑眉 High Parry 上攔 Horizontal Waist Strike 攔腰橫棒 Covering Top 蓋頂 Middle Stike 中平 Sixth Set High Block 上截 Horizontal Waist Strike 攔腰橫棒 Covering Block 蓋頂 High Block 上截 Horizontal Waist Strike 攔腰橫棒 Covering Top 蓋頂 Ear Strike 耳棒 Middle Strike 中平 Seventh Set Low Parry 下攔 Turning Overhead strike 轉身劈頭 Outward parry 外攔 Inward Parry 內攔

Training for Combat

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Self defense will always be a key reason for training martial arts regardless of the many other benefits that are gained from training. The real question most people ask themselves is, "How will I handle myself in a real fight?" The answer comes down to how you train. I have found that it is true that there is no such thing as an ineffective technique, their are only techniques trained ineffectively. However in order to apply certain techniques in a real combat scenary will take a great deal more of effort to perfect. My teacher told me that once you have done a technique a thousand times you have learned it, after ten thousand times it is effective, 100,000 it becomes powerful and one million times it is flawless. How many techniques have you practiced a million times? It is the reason hand techniques seem more effective at first. I can fnish a million hand techniques in a year if I work at it consistantly. A technique like a spin kick however will take a great deal more tim