Gao Bagua founder Gao Yi Sheng with Students 1940

Gao Bagua founder Gao Yi Sheng with Students 1940

Bagua - Gao Style Bagua Cane!

 

 

Early in his life Gao Yi Sheng (founder of Gao Style Bagua Zhang) broke his leg in an accident involving a cart. The leg was not properly set and he walked with a cane for the rest of his life, because of this he developed this "Bagua Cane" form.

Colorado Gao Bagua Zhang - Gao Yi Sheng Quote - Internal Kung Fu

Move and walk like a dragon, the palms like the wind.

When acting, one cannot retain any kind emotions.

If the heart is compassionate and the face soft, in the end there is no victory.

Black hands and a ruthless heart makes men fear.
 

From Gao Yi Sheng’s (Founder of Gao Style Bagua) “old” Bagua manual

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The Cheng School Gao Style Baguazhang Manual - New!

The Cheng School Gao Style Baguazhang Manual:

Gao Yisheng's Bagua Twisting-Body Connected Palm

 

 

 

"In its first English-language edition, 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 weapons, pre-heaven palms, and animal forms in addition to sixty-four individual post-heaven palms and their accompanying two-person forms. A unique synthesis of health-building techniques, Daoist theory, and practical fighting applications, Gao-style bagua is an example of the finest internal-arts traditions.

The original manuscript for The Cheng School Gao Style Baguazhang Manual was completed by the art's founder, Gao Yisheng, in 1936. It was not published at the time, but handed down to his student Liu Fengcai, who edited and published the first Chinese edition in 1991 with the help of his own student Liu Shuhang. In 2005, Liu Shuhang published a revised and expanded version, and this was again expanded and reissued in a third edition in 2010. Now, the manual has been translated and fully updated for its first English-language edition. Including over 400 photos showing step-by-step techniques and forms, the manual documents the fundamentals of the art as well as detailed descriptions of techniques and empty-hand forms, laying the groundwork for advanced training. This edition includes rare photos of important masters in the Gao lineage, lineage charts, biographies, and other updates, making it the essential companion for anyone studying Gao style and a useful guide for any practitioner of baguazhang or other Chinese martial arts."

 

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Bagua Zhang - Gao Style - Yi Zong School - Single Palm Change

Matt Autrey demonstrating movement and application from Bagua Zhang - Gao Style -  Yi Zong School - Single Palm Change.  Footage taken here in Boulder, CO at our Matt Autrey Seminar, here at Boulder Internal Arts.

Gao Style Bagua Zhang - 64 Linear Palms - Tianjin

"Gāo Pài Bāguà, Hòutiān Liùshísì Zhǎng
(Gao Style Bagua Zhang, Post-Heaven 64 Palms)
Demonstrated by master Zhang Jianguo of Zhang Fuhai's lineage of Gao style Bagua.
Zhang Fuhai studied under master Gao Yisheng in Tianjin for over 10 years before bringing his style of Bagua to the Cangzhou region." TheaSinensisSerpenti

Gao Style Bagua Jian

Gao style Bagua Jian
Demonstrated by master Wen ZhongShi. Wen Zhongshi originally studied Liu He Quan as a child before beginning to learn Gao style Bagua from master Zhang Fuhai. Master Zhang Fuhai had studied Bagua Zhang with master Gao Yisheng in Tianjin for over 10 years before bringing the system to Cangzhou where it is still taught today. From the TheaSinensisSerpenti

Gao Style Bagua Zhang - Hou Tien - Post Heaven 64 Palms

                       Gao Style Bagua Zhang, Post-Heaven 64 Palms

Gao Style Swimming Body Bagua from Tianjin, China

Gāo Shì Yóu Shēn Bāguà Zhǎng - Demonstration of a simplified version of GaoYisheng's Bagua Zhang Pre-Heaven palm changes. From TheaSinensisSerpenti

Gao style Bagua Dao

Chen Baozhang demonstrating the Gao style Bagua Dao as practiced in the Liu Fengcai lineage.

Gao style BaGua Cane

Gāo Shì Bāguà Zhǎng, Wénmíng Guǎi / Gao Style Bagua Zhang, Civilized Crutch
This set was devised by master Gao Yisheng, who often carried canes as an unobtrusive weapon.
Gao style BaGua Cane

Gao Style Bagua Eagle Form

Gao style BaGua Straight Sword forms

Gao style BaGua Jian