The Way of Bagua - A523X
By Li Yun Zhong

This is a book from a grand student of the famous teacher, Cheng Ting Hua. Besides some good photos of the turns in this style there are interesting text sections of Li's teacher, Lu Xue Xi and grand teacher Cheng. (see translation below)

Other features include:

Pictures of Lu Xue Xi

Photographs of Single Change Palm, Double Change Palm, Comfortable Change Palm, Turn Body Change Palm, Rotate Body Change Palm, Twirling Change Palm,Fist Spinning Palm, Spinning Change Palm

Comments on Bagua Patterns Three Threads Palm, Millstone Palm

Free forms: Even Holding Palm, Round Ball Palm, Holding Ball Palm, Holding Palm, Penetrate the Forest Palm, Horizontal Opening Palm, Driving Stake Palm, Double Flapping Palm, Searching Palm, Slanting Palm

About Cheng Ting Hua

Li Ren Ping also talks about Wushu's origins and Bagua's Dao

1.First get a master who understands the principles whether you start early or late.
2. Unify the breath and you have bagua.
3. Unified breath becomes 8 trigrams, 4 shapes, twin powers (yin and yang)
4. From Yin and Yang through Bagua to Non-Duality.
5. Then the 64 transformations and the 72 hidden steps are mutually useful.
6. Structure is use, use comes from structure, usage is the origin, movement is the way. and numerous other topics.

Bagua Linked Palms 八卦連環掌 - TC 810
By Wang Shu Jin 王樹金

Very little has to be said about this famous instructor, who is still respected at his grave site twice a year in Taiwan. This is a nicely reproduced text with pictures of Wang himself demonstrating the title form. A good addition to a martial library as Wang was very famous indeed and is still well known.

BaGua Swimming Body - TC 701
By Wang Shu Jin 王樹金

Here is a very famous book in the Ba Gua Zhang world. This is the first text written on the "Swimming Body" Ba Gua. It was produced by the well known instructor Wang Shu Jin. These old photos show Wang himself . Wang was considered by some to be one of the best fighters in Asia. His BaGua was extremely powerful and is recorded by a number of martial artists, Asian and Western. Here is an edition of his book with photographs of Wang himself posing for the postures.

DRAGON Shape BaGua Swimming Body Palm - TC 321
by Dian Hsiao Tian

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$15.95 Traditional Chinese Characters;
260 pages, Softbound Photographs

This book is by the author of the Xing Yi Ten Animal text we sell (TC 106). The photographs are not old but clear showing strong form. Each circle is explained with clear, columnar Chinese characters and about two photos per page so they aren't two small. The practitioners form is good and highly demonstrative. We have very few copies of this.

Yin Yang BA PAN ZHANG-TC 311
by Ren Zhi Cheng

Published first in 1937, Ba Pan refers to "eight flat things"and can translated as levels. This lineage claims Yin Fu. Whatever the exact lineage, this is one of the most flavorful representations of BaGua you'll see. The twist are extreme and exciting. The spirit of the BaGua completely realized with tremendous monkey-like actions. Just for the photographs, a treasure. Contents include: Explanation of practice, Big BaGua, Ba Pan holds, Ba Pan Saber, Ba Pan Spear, practice drills, four generations of Ba Pan. Special items mentioned are Monkey and Chuan Lin (Forest Penetrating) movements. We have the same thing in our LION Books reprint (LBRP-C034) —elsewhere on this page— format which is larger and has notes but this is a neatly done edition with a beautiful cover.

Dragon Form Bagua Palm- TC 205
by Wang Bai-Nien

This book has been reprinted many times. It is one of the first ever published on the art of BaGua. What's unusual about this thin by very nicely done edition is that, unlike so many of the others, this one contains the original PHOTOGRAPHS not the line drawings taken from them. And what's even better is that some of the photos are not even bad. This text is by Wang Bai Nien student of Li Cun Yi, a famous second generation student of Dong Hai Chuan.

WuDang Bagua Palm- TC 204
by Yuan Chu Tsai

A522X Cheng Branch Gao Style Bagua Palm
by Liu Shu Xing, Ge Guo Liang and Li Xue Yi

Master Liu Feng Cai was a direct student of Gao Yi Sheng. He did a wonderfully organic and non-commercial Bagua. This is compiled of students of that style and is one of the major books on the Gao Branch of the larger Cheng style Bagua. This oversized edition is mostly line illustrations of the Pre Heaven Eight Circling Palms and the Post Heaven 64 "linear" Palms for which the Gao style is known. There are discussions of the style, lineage, fundamentals, weapons (not illustrated), notes on the "animal" palms, internal training and famous personages in the Bagua history. A nicely down book with front photos in color.

Classic Reprint: C007X BaGua Palm Concise Course
by Yin Yu Zhang

This 1932 edition was reprinted in 2002. If you are a BaGua enthusiast, this is an essential text for your shelf, as it contains photographs of Yin Fu's son performing BaGua. Classic photographs illustrate positions from the Eight Palm Changes. Circular diagrams with red annotation show corresponding stepping patterns. Textual notes include many key points about footwork. A thinner than usual book for this price, but Lion went to great effort to add the complementary text and diagrams mentioned above. Just a classic.

Lion Books #B302 (Bagua Fighting) ( Break the wall)
by Yen Te Hua

#B304 Swimming Body Continuous BaGua Palms
(Yu Shen Lien Huan BaGua Chang)
by Tu Chao T'ang

Classic Reprint: C028X True Writings on the BaGua ChiMen Spear
by Sun Hsi Kun

Lion Books #A511  Dragon Form BaGua Swimming Body Palms
by Chen Yun Ch'ing

This is by a student/son of the famous teacher and historian CHEN PAN LING, one of the top martial academicians of the last century . Clear illustrations and text with pictures of Chen and his complete lineage in the different arts. This book speaks about Chen Pan Ling's instruction and gives some key points on the practice of BaGua. Changing Palms pictured with directions...

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Classic Reprint: C034X Yin Yang Ba Pan Zhang
by Ren Zhi Cheng

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$13.95 Traditional Chinese Characters;

Originally published in February, 1937: Tian Jin. Ba Pan refers to "eight flat things" like eight pans and thereby translates as 8 levels. This lineage claims to come from another origin than Tung Hai Chuan and is somewhat an item of controversy which has even created correspondence with our friend, the esteemed martial historian, Professor Kang Ge Wu of BeiJing. Whatever the exact lineage, this is one of the most flavorful representations of BaGua you'll see. The twist are extreme and exciting. The spirit of the BaGua a completely realized with tremendous monkey-like actions. Just for the photographs, a treasure. Contents include: Explanation of practice, Big BaGua, Ba Pan holds, Ba Pan Saber, Ba Pan Spear, practice drills, four generations of Ba Pan. Special items mentioned are Monkey and Chuan Lin (Forest Penetrating) movements. There are a number of reasons for the "Ba Pan" designation which you will encounter if you study BaGua long enough. One explanation is that the Ba Pan are the parts of the body. Another is that the Pan are the essential 8 coiling actions. Lineage: Ren Zhi Cheng learned from Li Zhen Qing who was supposedly a co-student of Dong Hai Chuan under Dong Meng Lin.