California (Orange County).
Bagua (Pa Kua, Ba Gua), the formal name
Bagua Zhang, translates as "Eight Trigram Palm" (Trigram: one of the eight trigrams of the Book of Changes/ Palm: a term for martial art).
Bagua was developed during the 1800's and became the premiere body-guard art during the waning days of the last Chinese dynasty.
Bagua Zhang, designed to defend simultaneously against multiple opponents, is the only martial art specifically developed for bodyguards. After executing an evasive movement from one attacker the artist-defender immediately circles, coils and changes to respond to a second or third aggressor coming from the opposite direction; he doesn't stop there, but immediately turns back and proceeds to counter-attack against the original attacker. The
Bagua practitioner, fluid and powerful when under attack, moves like a whirling dervish--continuously maneuvering in quick arcing and flowing patterns. While performing a potential dance of death, he never "plants" himself in a rooted or stiff stance as found in most other martial arts. These coiling and twisting movements are crucial to the practice of
Bagua.
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