Everything is spinning crazily. The fact that facts are scarce does not prevent them from flying at us, relentlessly. We spend our hours looping and diving, just to keep upright. In times like this, Bagua sounds just about right. It is no wonder that people recognize that Bagua is the truth-speaker of a relatively untruthful […]
Apr
28
2020
28
2020
Apr
23
2019
23
2019
Vince Black on Li Zi Ming’s Bagua Zhang
One of our favorite items at Plum is the Pa Kua Chang Journal CD, containing the entire 38-issue run of more than 1,000 pages. The original journal, published by Dan Miller, is a treasure for the martial and Bagua community. In many cases entire issues are devoted to a single topic, and contain interviews with […]
Nov
8
2016
8
2016
May
8
2016
8
2016
Li Tianji’s Xing Yi Legacy; Andrea Falk’s Dictionary
Plum is adding another text by Andrea Falk, a translation of significance to Xing Yi practitioners: Li TianJi’s The Skills of XingYiQuan; 311 pages, with hundreds of illustrations. This is a thorough text on the style handed down to Li Tianji from his father, Li Yulin. It’s very well laid out with sections covering basic […]
Jun
15
2015
15
2015
XingYi Quan – The Five Elements: Shifu Adam Hsu
Admittedly, the prospect of sitting down to three DVDs about Hebei XingYi Quan is intimidating at best. Yet, almost immediately, you are taken into a story of practice, of history and, most importantly, Shifu Hsu’s absolute command of his topic. His enthusiasm and dedication become contagious even through the subtitles. And always there is his […]
Oct
27
2014
27
2014
Two Bagua Classics in new translation
Dedicated Bagua teacher, Andrea Falk, offers up her translation of Jiang RongQiao’s Bagua Zhang Eight Palms form AND Yan Dehua’s Bagua Applications. Not only are these clear, accessible translations, but the Jiang text has additional posture photos from teacher Cai YuHua. Falk herself learned the Jiang style from sifu Huan Dahai, an apprentice of Jiang’s. […]
May
7
2014
7
2014
Cheng Style Gao Branch
I don’t generally post series which are Chinese Only DVDs but I am coming to the conclusion that the Gao style of Bagua is not only healthy and filled with information but a style that may eventually dominate the Bagua world. I am from the Yin Fu lineage and I really like a number of […]
Jan
9
2014
9
2014
Bagua Nei Gong from Tom Bisio
That untiring instructor, Tom Bisio, has just sent us a new series aimed at outlining and teaching the 9 stages of Nei Gong training that live under the Bagua tent.
Nov
25
2013
25
2013
Aug
19
2013
19
2013
Aug
13
2013
13
2013
What Are You Waiting For?
Yes, you read it correctly. The FIRST English language edition of Shifu Sun’s treatise on Swimming Body Bagua Zhang (400 pages!), along with a DVD, will arrive shortly from China…
Mar
12
2013
12
2013
Bagua Zhang’s 8 Animals: First the seminar, now the Book (and DVD!)
It’s not our way to just ‘bang something out,’ so the basic manual turned into a larger project, and soon we had a fully illustrated and photographed, 144 page book, not just on the Eight Animals…
Nov
23
2012
23
2012
Oct
30
2012
30
2012
Fundamentals of Pa Kua (Bagua) Returns…
Now these have been unavailable for quite a time: like years!
Aug
3
2012
3
2012
A Perfect Companion…
This DVD nicely parallels the book offering the entire set, the breakdown and a generous dose of applications which are classical and practical at the same time…
Jun
18
2012
18
2012
Gao JiWu on DVD …
We are delighted to find not only is it now on DVD, not only is it subtitled in English but it is less …
Dec
16
2011
16
2011
My Bagua Book #2: Hitting My Friends
My manuscript is nearing its finish and now is the time to fill the remainder of the designated vacant white squares with photographs.
Nov
23
2011
23
2011
May
14
2011
14
2011
Dragon Bagua, in Color
Here’s a nice book from one of Li Zi Ming’s students. (Li Zi Ming is one of the most famous instructors of the 20th century a student of Liang Zhen Pu.)
May
3
2011
3
2011
Kang #2 Here, Bagua Power
Here is the SECOND DVD in our exclusive Plum Series…
