The Pa Kua Chang
of the
Wu Tang Physical Culture Association

Lao Ba Zhang - Tung Hai Chuan's 'Old Palms'  Tape or DVD

Starring Sifu Frank Allen
The Baguazhang of the Wu Tang Physical Culture Association: 
Lao Ba Zhang - Tung Hai Chuan's Original "Old Palms"

This basic training set of palm changes was taught  as one of the fundamental practices in  the original Ba Gua Zhang school of the founder of the art, Tung Hai Chuan. These palm changes train the practitioner's body to attain and maintain the shapes, postures and movements of Ba Gua while also presenting the basic fighting applications of the art. Along with the "Eight Ba Gua Qigong Exercises",  which are also presented here, and the "Steady Posture Walking Practices", which can be seen in the 
Wu Tang PCA Eight Energies Circle Walking video, the "Old Eight Palms" or "Lao Ba Zhang" set is one of the three blocks upon which a solid foundation of Ba Gua Zhang practice is built.

Running Time: Approximately 60 minutes

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Frank Allen

Frank Allen is the Director and Chief Instructor of the Wu Tang P.C.A. which he founded in 1979. His over two and one half decades of training in the Internal Arts is augmented by his knowledge of physical movement and anatomy, which was acquired during his years as an Army Physical Therapy Technician during the late 1960's.

Frank has been the student of  Taoist Energy Arts Master B.K. Frantzis since 1976 and Frantzis has certified him to teach the art of Pa Kua Chang. Frank also studied the Internal Martial Arts for five years with B.P. Chan, at the William C.C. Chen School of Tai Chi Chuan and has been the student of Western Boxing Master Verne G. Williams from 1985 to 2000.

 
Baguazhang also known as Pa Kua Chang

Pa Kua Chang is a 200 year old martial art that is founded upon a 3,000 year old system of Taoist Meditation. At its highest levels, it becomes a method of physically manifesting the patterns of change which are presented in the I Ching, or Classic Book of Changes. For health, Pa Kua offers all of the internal benefits of Tai Chi, while being aerobic exercise, which also stretches and tones the muscles. Its trade mark Palm Strikes and Circle Walking defense, along with an array of kicks, punches and throws, made Pa Kua the martial art of Beijing's elite bodyguards of the late 1800's. We teach the Original Beijing Pa Kua of  B.K. Frantzis which he learned in Beijing from Master Liu Hung Chieh; The Combined Form of Jiang Rong Qiao as taught by B.P. Chan and The Old Palm Changes of  Professor Kang Ge Wu of  Beijing Martial Arts Historian Fame, as brought to the States by Jiang Jian Yee.

 

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