BA
MEN (Eight Gates style)
Though
almost unknown in the West Ba Men or Eight Gates style is popular
in China particularly in the North-West.
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This is one
of the few books
on Eight Gates Boxing. It
contains a basic form and then
three representative sets: Ten Heavenly Stems, 10 Row Hands
and Tong Bei Boxing all
available in our VCD section. |
When
was Ba Men Boxing was created? By who?, On what is based its
original principles and theory? Conclusions have not yet been reached.
Some have speculated that it was Wen Tuo Suo, though the system's
lineage is usually associated with Yan Shan (Yan Mountain): it is
not settled. The separate data are just now being analyzed. Ba Men
Boxing's fundamental theory and principles
There
is a Ba Men Boxing Manual in existence. It gives many classic
correlations such as the Eight Trigrams, Chien, Kun, Zhen, Kan, Gen,
Dui, Xun and Li. These are said to correspond to the Eight Military
Tactics developed by Zhu Ge Liang, and concealing the Ten heavenly
Stems, 12 Earthly Stems, Five Elements and Six Cycles.
Also, according to Ba Men's theory, Emperor Huang Di created Eight
Battle Arrays: Heaven, Earth, Wind, Cloud, Flying (Dragon) , Martial
(Tiger), Bird and Snake. An eight pattern is also seen correlated
to weapons: Whip, Mace, Hammer, Claw, Hook, Sickle, Spear and Stick.
The
practice of Ba Men Quan has some of the following characteristics:
its movements are fast and strong; long and short motions are mixed
with many changes, it is practical but fluid with numerous angle changes
and lively footwork.
Single
hand forms include:
Ten
Heavenly Stems,
Ten Row Hands
Tong Bei Quan
Jin Gang Fist
Seven Star Fist
Drunken Boxing
Eight Tigers Boxing
Mei Hua Boxing
Shi Tzi Tan (a very famous form in many systems)
and more.
Ba
Men Fighting theory is based on the phrase "Yi Fan Wu",
one attack becomes five. It uses many classic skills all incorporated
into its wide base of movements:
Zhan
(spread)
Pi (split)
Tiao (poke)
Liao
(lift)
Za (smash
Kan (hack)
Lu (capture)
Dai (bring)
Po (crush)
Chan (wind)
Gun (roll)
Tuo (separate)
Wan (draw)
Ji (press)
Kao (lean)
