Bajiquan
Bajiquan ( Chinese 八極拳 , Pinyin Bājíquán - "fist of eight extremes") is a Chinese martial art . Like " Taiji ", "Baji" is an old philosophical term from Daoism that describes the limits of the eight spatial dimensions.
Li Shuwen (1860–1934), was considered the founder of the martial art in the Qing Dynasty . His students were u. a. Huo Dian Ge , bodyguard of the last emperor of China Puyi ; Li Chenwu, Mao Zedong's bodyguard ; and Liu Yun Qiao , mentor of Chiang Kai-shek's bodyguards . The first report about it comes from a Chinese Muslim from Mong Village in Hebei Province in northern China . The current system was originally operated in parallel with the Pi Gua Zhang system ("hanging hand edge"). A unified style is taught today because the two systems complement each other.
features
The Bajiquan is characterized by direct, close work on the opponent, whereby the entire body moves as a unit and its power potentials should add up. According to a traditional formulation, the "whole body should become a fist". The pronounced hand-to-hand combat orientation, which is aimed at bridging the long and medium combat distance as quickly as possible, makes use of sophisticated body mechanics that are very effective but difficult to learn and whose flexible application requires long and hard training as well as meticulous body and partner work . In the infight, elbow holding and throwing techniques are preferably used, while one's own body mass is used to control the opponent. Therefore, in addition to the physical structure of the body and the concentrated use of energy potentials, it is important to have as complete control as possible of the opponent, whose central line and body's center of gravity are constantly under pressure. Although very direct, closely oriented towards the opponent and powerful in the attack, the implementation of the Baji melee concept nevertheless requires great suppleness and high flexibility in adapting to the movements of the opponent in a very narrow space. Certain external training features such as the well-known loud "stamping" are used to train the practitioner's attention for the important lowering of the body and to set an acoustic fixed point that marks the end of a complex, holistic movement: "When a part of the body moves , all parts move; if one part stands still, the whole body stands still. " In important areas, the Baji shows a greater overlap with other "inner" styles such as Tai Chi or Xingyi .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nick Wong: Wu Tang and the Three Levels of a Martial Artist. In: Vice Sports. March 2, 2016, accessed July 2, 2017 .