Bamen

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The term Bamen ( Chinese  八 门  - "eight gates") describes the eight hand movements of the 13 basic types of movement (Shisanshi) of Taijiquan .

No. Bamen Trigram Compass direction
1. Bang Qian south
2. Lü Kun west
3. Ji Can east
4th On Zen north
5. Cai gene Northwest
6th Lie Dui southeast
7th Zhou Li Northeast
8th. Kao Sun southwest

A distinction is made between the four straight hand movements (Sizheng) and the four hand movements directed into the corners (Siyu). Peng , Lü , Ji and An are the four straight hand movements , Cai , Lie , Zhou and Kao are the four oblique hand movements. Each hand movement is assigned a trigram ( bagua ) and a direction.

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