Bagua Zhang fundamentals : from circle walking to advanced practices
Howard, Kent, 1950-2017
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This clear, step-by-step guide to the fundamentals of the Chinese internal martial art of Bagua Zhang lays out the principles, practices, and underlying philosophy of this most cerebral and ingenious of martial systems. Leading readers from the most basic precepts of Bagua Zhang practice through to the most advanced techniques, Kent Howard draws on his deep understanding of the art and his decades of teaching to set students on a path toward mastery. Numerous easy-to-follow photographs illustrate the exercises and principles involved in chapters that explain the core practice of circle-walking, body actions, posture and alignment, post standing, fluid motion, generating power, absorbing and redirecting energy, whole-body power, striking while in motion, and much more.
Main title:
Author:
Howard, Kent, 1950-, author
Imprint:
Berkeley : North Atlantic Books, 2017.
Collation:
224 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9781623171049 (pbk)
Dewey class:
796.815019
LC class:
GV1112
Language:
English
BRN:
1961684
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