Though thirty spokes

may form the wheel,
it is the hole within the hub
which gives the wheel utility.

Dao De Jing, Chapter 11

Baguazhang Curriculum

Bagua Warm-ups

Reeling and Pulling the Silk Drills

1. Pulling Silk (Chang Zhao-Dong)
2. Twisting Silk (Chang Zhao-Dong)
3. Separate Heaven and Earth (Chang Zhao-Dong)
4. Push the Pillars to form "T" (Chang Zhao-Dong)
5. Embrace the Sun (Cheng Ting-Hua)
6. Lion Carries Ball (Cheng Ting-Hua)
7. Old Man Casting Line (Chang Zhao-Dong)
8. Four Corner Kicking (Fu Zhen-Song)

Coiling Sets

1. On Guard (Yin Fu)
2. Rise, Drill Fall and Overturning Palm (Yin Fu)
3. White Snake Spits Out Tongue (Yin Fu)
4. Yin and Yang palm (Yin Fu)
5. Heaven Overturning Palm (Yin Fu)
6. Intercepting, Pounding Palm (Cheng Ting-Hua)
7. Green Dragon Turns its Body (Cheng Ting-Hua)
8. Hurricane Palm (Fu Zhen-Song)
9. Coiling Elbows (Fu Zhen-Song)
10. Serving Tea Cups (Chang Zhao-Dong)
11. Lion Rolls Ball (Chang Zhao-Dong)
12. Piercing Palm (Cheng Ting-Hua)
13. Coiling Waist Palm (Cheng Ting-Hua)
14. Lazy Dragon Rolls on Beach (Fu Zhen-Song)
15. Splitting Palm (Cheng Ting-Hua)

Plum Blossom Iron Shirt

1. Fusion of the Five Gates
2. Fusion of the Five Sides
3. Turtle and Water Buffalo
4. Phoenix Spreads Wings
5. Iron Bridge Bar

Whipping Sets

1. Enticing Palm
2. Thunder Palm
3. Lightening Palm
4. Splitting Palm
5. Hooking and Seizing Palm
6. Crushing Palm
7. Piercing Palm
8. Vibrating Palm

Bagua Eight Animal Hand Techniques

1. Twin Fishes (R/L)
2. Tiger Licking Whiskers (R/L)
3. Double Dragon's Coiling Palms (R/L)
4. Snake Shakes Head (R/L/F/B)
5. Bear Palm (R/L)
6. Monkey Palm/ Enveloping Palm (R/L)
7. Phoenix Folding Elbows (R/L)
8. Unicorn/Intercepting Palm (R/L)

Eight Animal Kicking Sets

1. Lion Crossover Stomp
2. Snake Front Snap
3. Falcon Free Swinging Kick
4. Bear Thunder Kick
5. Unicorn Crescent Kick
6. Monkey Back Kick
7. Phoenix Scooping Kick
8. Dragon Coiling Kick

Eight Animal Elbow Sets

1. Bear Straight Forward Lunge
2. Lion Cross-Over Hook
3. Dragon Roll and Slice
4. Falcon Fold and Split
5. Monkey Turn and Split
6. Unicorn Intercepting Uppercut
7. Snake Half-Split
8. Phoenix Spreads Wings

Bagua Stepping Training

Yin and Yang Straight Line Sets

1. Bear Palm/Monkey Palm (Four Corners Stepping)
2. Lion Thunder Palm/Vibrating Palm (Spinning Ba Stepping)
3. Falcon Splitting Palm/Phoenix Throwing Palm (Stealing Step)
4. Snake Piercing Palm/Overhead Coiling Dragon palm (Snake Step)

Bagua Form Training

Prenatal Baguazhang (Secret Eight Palms)

1. On Guard Left
2. On Guard Right
3. Hands Floating Across Water
4. Embrace Ball at Lower Dantian
5. Embrace Ball at Middle Dantian
6. Embrace Ball at Upper Dantian
7. Big Pong Spreads Wings
8. Lion Carrying Ball
9. Dragon Exposes Claws
10. Monkey Scaling Tree
11. Lion Becomes Phoenix
12. Coiling Dragon Striking Obliquely
13. Heavenly Palms Strike the Pagoda
14. Step Back to Repulse the Monkey
    (Repeat form on other Side)
    

Postnatal Baguazhang

1. Lion Training
2. Unicorn Training
3. Falcon Training
4. Snake Training
5. Dragon Training
6. Phoenix Training
7. Monkey Training
8. Bear Training
   

Rolling Palms Fighting Sets

1. Sticking and Trapping
2. Bagua Qin Na
   

Two-Man Fighting Sets

1. Yin Fu Fighting Fighting Sets
2. Cheng Ting-Hua Fighting Sets
3. Liu De Kuan Fighting Sets
4. Fu Zhen-Song Fighting Sets
5. Chang Zhao-Dung Fighting Sets

Neigong Training

1. Principles of Internal Development
2. Functions of Internal Development
3. Shen Xing (Metaphysical Boxing)

Weapons Training

Staff

1. Eight Immortal Staff
2. Fishing Pole Staff
3. Hung Family Stall
4. Mizong Staff
5. Bagua Staff
6. Taiji Staff
   

Sword

Traumatology