The Cheng School Gao Style Baguazhang Manual
Gao Yisheng's Bagua Twisting-Body Connected Palm
$62.75
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
15 August 2013
Summary
In its first English-language edition, this highly detailed training manual offers a complete history and theory of Gao-style bagua zhang as well as step-by-step instruction in basic techniques and empty-hand forms.
This detailed training manual is a complete guide to Gao baguazhang, as preserved through the lineage of Liu Fengcai. The youngest of the major bagua lineages, Gao bagua shows the influence of taiji quan, xingyi quan, and shuai jiao. It incorporates traditional bagua weapo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781583946077 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1583946071 |
| Author: | Gao Yisheng, Liu Fengcai, John Groschwitz, Vincent Black |
| Publisher: | North Atlantic Books,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Blue Snake Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 15 August 2013 |
| Weight: | 760g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 178mm x 234mm |
Gao Yisheng
GAO YISHENG (1866-1951) was a student of Cheng Tinghua and the creator of Gao-style Baguazhang.
LIU FENGCAI (1908-1987), Gao’s nephew, studied with him in Tianjin, China, and became the head of his own branch of the system.
LIU SHUHANG (1947–) began studying with his uncle Liu Fengcai at age fifteen. He is currently eighth Duan in the Chinese Wushu Association and Secretary of the Cheng School Gao Style Baguazhang Research Committee. He lives in Tianjin, China.
VINCE BLACK has studied martial arts and Chinese medicine with numerous renowned masters, including Adriano Emperado, Hsu Hong-Chi,Li Ziming, Wang Shitong, and Li Guichang. A Doctor of Oriental Medicine for thirty years, he founded the North American Tang Shou Tao Association in 1990 to research, preserve, and teach traditional Chinese martial and healing arts.
JOHN GROSCHWITZ is a certified instructor in the North American Tang Shou Tao Association, teaching Shen Long Xingyi and Gao-style Bagua. He received a BA in Chinese from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MA in East Asian Studies from Stanford University.
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