Gao Style Bagua Zhang - 8 Motherpalms 八母掌 - Moving Stake Methods

 

Gao Style Bagua Zhang - 8 Motherpalms 八母掌 - Moving Stake Methods

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1. Lower Pressing Posture – 下按式 Xia An Shi
2. Holding The Taiji Ball Posture – 抱太極 Bao Taiji (or Double Stem Palm – 雙把掌 Shuang Ba Zhang)
3. Floating Wood Palm – 漂母掌 Piao Mu Zhang (or Dragon Rising To Heaven – 龍升天 Long Sheng Tian)
4. Support Spear Palm – 托槍式 Tuo Qiang Shi (or Lion Opening Its Mouth – 獅子張口 Shizi Zhang Kou)
5. Upper and Lower Vertical Palm – 上下立掌 Shang Xia Li Zhang (or Piercing Heaven Hitting Earth – 指天打地 Zhi Tian Da Di)
6. Double Holding Palm – 雙抱掌 Shuang Bao Zhang (or White Monkey Offers Peaches – 白猴獻桃 Bai Hou Xian Tao)
7. Double Crashing Palm – 雙撞掌 Shuang Zhuang Zhang
8. Turning Palm – 轉環掌 Zhuan Huan Zhang (or Single Palm Change – 單換掌 Dan Huan Zhang)

The Names of the 8 Motherpalms vary slightly depending on school and lineage but movements are more or less the same. The 8 Motherpalms are both fundamental and advanced practice.