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I meant years, apologies.
There was an individual before who mentioned no one had seen the style of bagua I do. I am still working to incorporate bagua into my fighting style, so I readily admit I am not as skilled as the people in this video in terms of combat, using bagua. Shishi bagua is very similar to Yin-Qian style, though the grasping techniques have been altered to strikes which carry through. Essentially, should one say palm strike, it would be aimed to next, go past the target, using the momentum as a swing to ground the opponent. Qian emphasizes low kicks, which when combined with carrying techniques assist in placing people on ground. Against people of Alec's level and above, I am not comfortable employing the techniques fully, though am practicing to better incorporate them into my own combat style. Shishi bagua employs elements of dog style, but I have found that it does not work well for me in Baguazhang. I am simply just not acrobatic enough, or perhaps too lazy, so until I can better master those elements of the style, I have switched out dog style sweeps for high level kicks from TKD and mid-level kicks from muai thai.
Yin-Qian style is described, as per wikipedia "The lion is pure Yang energy, or hardness, and is one of two animals represented by a pure trigram; the other is the Unicorn. The lion trigram is characterized by powerful and ferocious full-body force generated from the waist. The lion's eight striking methods are: sweeping, cutting, chopping, hooking, shocking, blocking, seizing and grasping."
I am hoping within a few years I will be able to implement the techniques better into my own style of fighting, which still carries much Chung Do Kwan, Moo Duk Kwan, and Krav Maga. A form of it looks like this;
Dog style gong fu places emphasis on sweeps and ground, and appears as such;
The styles complement each other as lion grounds the opponent, and dog style controls combat which is below waist and on ground. I however think it is too flashy, and has as mentioned above, implemented high kicks.
Shishi bagua also drew upon elements of lion gong fu. Think a cross between the above yin-style video, and this form;
. The movements employ much further rotation of hips and legs, though does not contain the high kicks of lion style.
There was an individual before who mentioned no one had seen the style of bagua I do. I am still working to incorporate bagua into my fighting style, so I readily admit I am not as skilled as the people in this video in terms of combat, using bagua. Shishi bagua is very similar to Yin-Qian style, though the grasping techniques have been altered to strikes which carry through. Essentially, should one say palm strike, it would be aimed to next, go past the target, using the momentum as a swing to ground the opponent. Qian emphasizes low kicks, which when combined with carrying techniques assist in placing people on ground. Against people of Alec's level and above, I am not comfortable employing the techniques fully, though am practicing to better incorporate them into my own combat style. Shishi bagua employs elements of dog style, but I have found that it does not work well for me in Baguazhang. I am simply just not acrobatic enough, or perhaps too lazy, so until I can better master those elements of the style, I have switched out dog style sweeps for high level kicks from TKD and mid-level kicks from muai thai.
Yin-Qian style is described, as per wikipedia "The lion is pure Yang energy, or hardness, and is one of two animals represented by a pure trigram; the other is the Unicorn. The lion trigram is characterized by powerful and ferocious full-body force generated from the waist. The lion's eight striking methods are: sweeping, cutting, chopping, hooking, shocking, blocking, seizing and grasping."
I am hoping within a few years I will be able to implement the techniques better into my own style of fighting, which still carries much Chung Do Kwan, Moo Duk Kwan, and Krav Maga. A form of it looks like this;
The styles complement each other as lion grounds the opponent, and dog style controls combat which is below waist and on ground. I however think it is too flashy, and has as mentioned above, implemented high kicks.
Shishi bagua also drew upon elements of lion gong fu. Think a cross between the above yin-style video, and this form;
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