Bagua & Xingyi an Intersection of the straight and the curved:
An anthology of Articles from the Journal of Asian Martial Arts Compiled by Michael A DeMarco, M.A. is
an amazing book spanning years of in depth articles from the Journal of Asian
Martial Arts about the Chinese Internal Arts of Bagua, Xingyi and Taiji.
In the name of full disclosure I am a
lineage holder and teacher in the Gao Bagua Yi Zong lineage which is featured
heavily in this book.
Over the last 20 + years of my
learning, teaching and training these arts I have read or heard about most of
the articles in this book but to see them finally collected in one edition is
really a great resource for any practitioner of the Internal Marital Arts
(IMA).
The articles span multiple generations
of practitioners of Bagua Zhang/ Pa Kua Chang (the eight trigram palm) and
Xingyi Quan/ Hsing I Chuan (mind-shape boxing) so the depth and breadth of the information
can inform the new practitioner or the advanced student. I have read and re-read most
of the articles included in the book countless times and have always gained a
new perspective on the arts.
Owen Schilling is a 20 year practitioner and teacher of Xingyi Quan, Bagua Zhang and Tai Chi Quan, a lineage holder in the Yi Zong School and the lead instructor at Boulder Internal Arts in Boulder, CO.
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