Gao Bagua Applications Advanced Fox -- 柔身連環八卦掌

Excellent stuff here Warren! I love seeing real-time, practical apps. Too often people's forms are pretty, but they fall apart come combat time. Your explanations are clear, which is always a plus. Thank you for these vids. By the way, have you checked out Sifu Rudy Curry Jr. and Blacktaoist's videos? I love BT's Bagua vids along with yours. I think you and BT are some of the few people here who actually know what they are talking about when it comes to internal kung fu.

The circle is generally used as developing power not so much for fighting in the Gao system but personally I have found that practicing the techniques from the circle make you much more evasive. This video is just focesed on the technique without the circle.

Well all of the techniques I use in this video are directly taken from the Post heaven linear forms. Ideally every Gao baguist should be able to do the same combat apps. I would say that my instructor is rare for being one of the last Gao bagua teachers that has the complete system in tact where a lot of other teachers use xing yi or tai chi to supplement the missing movements. Regardless of what you learn it is important to train it against someone over and over to understand the full usage.

So can every gao baguist learn exactly this techniques and apply to combat or is it only a special style you are teaching (and being teached)?

hallo warfox777
I am new to martial arts and i like to ask a few question.
The fighting applications in your clip are straight so I was wondering are these from gao bagua or you mixed other martial arts into it?
Isn't bagua in circle walking and you would have to circle the opponent around ?
Because I prefer straight against circular movements and this was very cool what you were doing i would love to learn it.

Great bagua. I admire your apps and also flavor. Good skill!

well done

Yes he is great, your very fortunate to be able to train with him. Its a good idea to incorporate the kemp to enhance the feel of movements for yourself. Keep it up

I dont know chinese. Just google him as it s spelled

I love Baji too. The two person forms are actually very simular to bagua. There are a lot of cross overs between the two. If you dig deep enough into baji you'll find bagua. You dig deep enough into bagua youll find baji.

Liu Jingru? Can you right the Chinese for me. Thank you very much for the comment.

My teacher told me to check you out on youtube. He is a student of Liu Jingru. Do you no Liu jingru? my teacher said you move very well. And I am very impressed with that clip.This is how i believe bagua should be aplied. It looks a little bit like my Kempo. No not the hard style that looks like karate.my kempo is different.we learn to undertanding body mechanics and its 8 folds.Thats why when i started learning bagua it was not so uncomfortable. But its still complex to learn. U Awesome man!

sweet moves i want to start Bagua as well.
I am currently studying Baji.

Fantastic clip.

Lovely bagua demo. Bagua is a beautiful thing and your doing it proud.

Absolutely. In addition to practicing the techniques individually there is no way to develop real reactions without sensitivity training. We have a form of push hands we use for stablity and balance and also a form of "Pull hands" which develops the ability to grab more smoothly. Also as wing chun all of the techniques need to be practiced in real time against a partner. No matter what style you practice it is impossible to develop real combat ability without a partner.

Being a wing chun man I use my contact reflexes from years of sticky hands practice.
Do you use energy drills that help to apply techniqes based on feeling?

Thank you very much

I have watch many bagua people doing applications, but none have come close to your skill. its great to see some one that can use the art in real time. keep up the good work God bless

I like your material fam.

thanks bro preciate that

This style in Taiwan is called "soft body repeating hands" Started with Dong Hai Chuan then passed to Cheng Ting Hua, Then Gao Yi Sheng, then to Wu Jin Yuan (My masters father), then to Wu Guo Zheng (My master) Its been taught mostly only to military but recently I have been given permission to open it to the public.

I really like these apps. Keep doing you. Stay on point.
Peace
BMonk

werd werd ic ic...lol...yea son, i was wondering why. where is gao style from

Of course there are crosses between taiji and bagua, but I chose not to put vicious movements on youtube. It would be irresponsible.