Cheng style Baguazhang Origin

        
    Baguazhang is one of cultural heritages in ancient China.It's not only on keeping fit but also steeling indomitable spirit and improving skills of attack and defense .The grand master Dong Haichuan had taught Baguazhang in BeiJing area since 1851.The boxing takes palms as dominant factor that including palm changing ,turning ,hacking ,piercing ,pushing and parring .Baguazhang is combination of WuShu ,and QiGong .

It's also one of inner boxing ,Master Yin Fu and Master Cheng Tinghua ,the two of well--known disciples of Dong Haichuan had tought Baguazhang in BeiJing area after Dong Haichuan died in 1882.Because Yn Fu changed style of boxing ,so that Baguazhang was separated to Yin style and Cheng style later on .In Yin style ,force of palm technique is more visible than Cheng style ,so named "Explosive palm" .The palm from is four  fingers together and thumb inward ,called "OX Tongue palm". The character of Cheng style is that force completely form inside to outside of spirit and postures .The movement change is thumb out ward and palm naturally open and inward, called "Dragon Palm" .It is like a dragon dancing when people demonstrate. Cheng style Baguazhang ,so named "Bagua linked palm" Ba Gua is based on palm techniques .The foot work is its root and body work is its reason .

The WU JI is stillness ,YOU JI is movement .The palm separates Yin and Yang ,For example ,up and down ,lift and right ,front and back ,forward and backward ,upward and downward .There are three positions are SAN CAI ,stopping forward and backward ,turning left and right SI XIANG ,Five elements are metal, wood, water, fire earth, These  five elements complement each other as while restrain each other, Metal complement water, water complement wood, wood complement fire, fire complement earth, earth complement metal also metal restrain wood, wood restrain earth, earth restrain water, water restrain fire. Attack is complement, Defense is restrain, When people practice Baguazhang, concentrating WILL Qi and Power together is three internal integration. Integrating of hand and feet, of elbows and knees, of shoulders and hips are three external integrations, Qi Xing are head. Shoulder, elbows, hands, hips, knees and feet. The training method of Baguazhang is base of eight directions and eight diagrams of Ba Gua, Baguazhang has eight basis palms. There eight palms divide 24 forms --64 palms, All in one, the character of  Baguazhang is inexhaustible change.