DF: Are most bagua styles the same?

[Clark Kent]

Are most bagua styles the same?
By Darthmaul - Sun, 17 Sep 2006 02:11:33 GMT
Originally Posted at: Deluxe Forums
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I am looking into getting into Bagua, but I notice there are a few types. I seen stuff like old 8 palms, then there is a dragon style, and a yin fu style, then a dragon, etc.......

So are they all pretty much the same? Are there applications alike? Are some more about health (or good for it), while others are more martial? If someone studies bagua, do they usually study more than one type? Does each type have a lot of type of forms? Anything else to consider? Thanks.


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[Shrewsbury]

Bagua varies greatly from style to style and is as different as hun gar and choy li fut, though both external chinese arts, they are much different.

 

[pstarr]

The "old eight palms" just references a type of training - it's not a "style", per se. Yes, as Shrewsbury pointed out, there are various types of Bagua and they can be very different from each other. What is available in your area?