This Is Real Bagua

In this video, you'll see the Eight Mother Palms clipped from a practise session in Spain. I've studied bagua with my teacher, Taoist Lineage Holder Bruce Frantzis, since 1994. The palms are accompanied by a discussion on Taoism, Lao Tzu and the genuine, millennia-old origins of our bagua system.
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[@stefanstrasser3279]

We are looking forward to practice according to the upcoming Bagua program you put together. Thank you and your teachers very much for your efforts and your kindness to share it with us!

[@PaulCavel]

You're welcome, Stefan. I'm grateful to be able to share the art with so many people who are training the art with me now! www.paulcavel.com/bagua

[@azlaroc12]

Thank you for sharing this profound and beautiful art. My skills are meager, but the benefits of the circle and its many offshoots are have made a difference in my body and energy as well as to help me access the deep interior of my body, which has had its share of injuries and surgery. It’s simply a bottomless well. 🙏

[@PaulCavel]

One step at a time... the slow road leads to success. Thanks for the comment!

[@kenclose8261]

I would like to hear about meditation aspects and clearing the mind within bagua. Fantastic video

[@PaulCavel]

I've got more on bagua and meditation on my blog, e.g. see www.paulcavel.com/blog/circle-walking-meditation and www.paulcavel.com/blog/bagua-for-pain-relief

[@ttfan3257]

Thank you. Useful

[@PaulCavel]

Thanks for the comment, I'm glad it's helpful.

[@sethhinman1045]

Baguazhang was invented by Dong Haichuan in the 18th century. He learned Taoist circle walking and combined them with martial arts he already knew.
To say Lao Tzu knew Bagua is ridiculous. There was no Lao Tzu. He was an invention of different authors.

[@PaulCavel]

What are your sources? Maybe you're not aware of the oral tradition of Daoism, as most are not. My source is Daoist Lineage Holder Bruce Frantzis, the only living master of the lineage publicly teaching the Water tradition, which has been passed down from master to master in an unbroken chain for 4,000 years. I highly recommend two of his books which would be highly educational for anyone interested in bagua or the I Ching: "Bagua & Tai Chi" and the "Daodejing: The Oral Tradition", both of which are available on Amazon. Thanks for commenting, Seth.

[@sethhinman1045]

@@PaulCavel Sources? I guess just Google. Baguazhang was originally called Zhuang Zhang or "turning palm" - the I Ching references didn't come until later. Sun Lutang later added more Taoist correlations and theories further on. The 64 hexagrams and 8 trigrams are meant as a template for the martial art. There's no magic to it. Taijiquan developed around the same era too.
If someone is telling you they're teaching you a 4000 year old Taoist Bagua system you're being sold a bill of goods, sir. Taoism itself is about 2500 years old.

[@PaulCavel]

Google... I encourage you to do your research. I would recommend starting with learning about Daoist Master Bruce Frantzis and Daoist Grandmaster Liu Hong Jie. Yes, the Fire tradition is around 2,500 years old, but the Water tradition, Old Daoism, is much, much older. Tai chi is actually much younger, only around 300 years old. Bagua was not originally practised as a martial art, that came later. I cover more on this and lineages in this video - th-cam.com/video/2Clsr9PHuyQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=xMI5O_yYpuvySWWo. Wishing you good luck!