Bagua Curriculum
Gao System
The 24 Tactics
- Chop
- Hand Sword
- Double Chop
- Elbow backfist
- Double palm strike
- Pressing down
- Weeding
- Spear
- Punch
- Palm strike
- Direct clamping
- Direct Clamping with stepping
- Indirect clamping
- Indirect Clamping with steps
- Push
- Crossing
- Crossing with steps
- Cross Pull and Push
- Dart Throw
- Filing
- Slap down
- Rotate head and hips in circles
- Turn Head Left and Right
- Meditation/Prayer
The 64 Linear Movements
| 1 | L i g h t
|
S n a k e |
Open | Depress, reverse clamp, pull down, and push |
| 2 | Uphold | Low cross (deflect/dodge) and push | ||
| 3 | Support | Cross and cover; shake (lift up), pull down and push | ||
| 4 | Search/Feel | Cross, eye poke, and one-hand push | ||
| 5 | Erect | Wardoff, high reverse clamp, high rollback, pulldown, push | ||
| 6 | Carry | Heng chuan (depress), double rising blocks (forearms), double backfist/forearm strikes | ||
| 7 | Cover | Pullback, step forward to elbow and palm strikes | ||
| 8 | Bind | Wardoff, direct clamp scoop, support and heng chuan (tsuan chuan) | ||
| 9 | W a t e r |
D r a g o n |
Cut | Reverse cross, low lock/cut/drag (low direct clamp), heng chuan, cover and lunge punch |
| 10 | Conceal | Cross, direct clamp to nose, circle to lift arm, palm strike, back fist | ||
| 11 | Hack | Play guitar, left & right lead spears (lay hands on), step behind (arm-release) & direct clamp | ||
| 12 | Scrape | Wardoff, Reverse-clamp-Cross, scrape-down (chop), fair lady | ||
| 13 | Two | Cross, low lock-drag & heng chuan, snake deflection & single chop, hold [head] & chop down | ||
| 14 | Tiger | Monkey tall-man cross, pull-down & push | ||
| 15 | Snatch | Two-handed cross, pull down & toe in, push to rear, turn (180º) to diagonal flying | ||
| 16 | Jade Bracelet | Cover (#7), snake deflection, pull-apart and wedge kick | ||
| 17 |
M |
T i g e r |
Pierce | Left and right spears (lay hands on), erect (#5) |
| 18 | Move | Wang-hawkish reverse clamp, step behind double clamp, pull & push | ||
| 19 | Plunder | Cover & cross, cross & palm strike, fair lady | ||
| 20 | Block | Front inside block (heng chuan), rising block to press | ||
| 21 | Stop | Diagonal flying, hawk strike, pull & push, turn (180º) to diagonal flying | ||
| 22 | Capsize | Dragon stance low forearm block, backfist, (heng chuan), low spear, palm strike, tsuan chuan | ||
| 23 | Leak | Snake deflection & hawk spear (cover and spear) | ||
| 24 | Roundabout | Diagonal flying, hawk spear, turn (360º) into fair lady, front push | ||
| 25 |
T |
S w a l l o w |
Push | Cross, pull-down, push |
| 26 | Present | Ward-off, scoop, and throw over (push) | ||
| 27 | Girdle | Pull-back, spinning elbow/hook (360º), punch | ||
| 28 | Neck | Cross, cross, push | ||
| 29 | Tinge | Cross, rising palm, circle & uphold, reverse palm, heng chuan | ||
| 30 | Connect | Deflect & cover, wedge kick, clamp, snake deflection, push | ||
| 31 | Follow | Rollback, press, cross, pull apart | ||
| 32 | Sticky | Wrap up, eye poke, palm strike, backfist | ||
| 33 | W i n d |
H o r s e |
Pry | Open (#1), Open (#1), turn (360º), elbow, backfist |
| 34 | Bout | Penetrate (#17), lock and drag (#9), elbow, backfist | ||
| 35 | Sink | Elbows drop, lead tsuan, pao | ||
| 36 | Tripod | Depress, scrape off, reverse and lead peng chuans, step behind lock/drag, elbow, backfist | ||
| 37 | Traverse | Rollback, elbow, backfist | ||
| 38 | Break | Armbreak, lead spear, filing, behind step filing | ||
| 39 | Fold Up | Low block, cross, peng chuan, peng chuan | ||
| 40 | Drill | High lion, dive down and spin around, elbow, backfist | ||
| 41 | F i r e |
C o m p r e s s B |
Fly Over | Cross, low knee kick, low turning kick (360º), low side kick, back fist |
| 42 | Trample | (#7), (#1), diagonal flying to rear, hawk-spear, low kick, double slap down, #5 kick around, low side kick, back fist | ||
| 43 | Pendulum | Cross, low toe kick, kick around, low side kick, back fist | ||
| 44 | Hang | Cross, wedge stomp (false step), heel stomp, step around, low side kick, back fist | ||
| 45 | Kick | Cross, low toe kick, cross, low toe kick, lion posture, kick around, low side kick, back fist | ||
| 46 | Cut | Cross, front kick, cross, kick around, low side kick, back fist | ||
| 47 | Tread | Cross and low toe kick, direct clamp and cut down (#5), kick around [straight ahead], low side kick, back fist | ||
| 48 | Follow | Two handed cross, low kick, pull (180º), push, turn (180º) to diagonal flying | ||
| 49 | E a r t h |
B u t t o n H |
Armpit | Depress, start reverse clamp [high backhand slap], low poke [abbreviated #1] |
| 50 | Press | Triangle step: step back mabu, rollback, cross, push | ||
| 51 | Knave | Bounce step double deflection (high and low), reverse palm (pi), lead palm (pi) | ||
| 52 | Corral | Roll back, press, step behind (sideways), erect (#5) [i.e., reverse clamp, cut down, pull and push] | ||
| 53 | Crush | Deep front stance poke over shoulder, single change, push | ||
| 54 | Bump | Rise-drill, lunge-yin-fist, step behind block and chop | ||
| 55 | Fasten | Cross-hand block, step forward separate hands, step behind block and chop | ||
| 56 | Move | Ward off, wrap under (lower part of direct clamp), step forward, press | ||
| 57 | L a k e |
W h i r l w i n d |
Pound | Starts like #6 (deflect across body and backfist), two foreknuckle punches (rear and front) while bamboo stepping |
| 58 | Lining | Extend lead arm, deflect by lightly withdrawing arm to waist and rotating palm up while retreating diagonally to cocking position, repeat on other side, push | ||
| 59 | Perch | [Three grab spear] Depress with lead (left) hand, step foward to cock and clamp down with right hand, clamp high (throat) with left hand, step into right lunge while slapping down with right back palm | ||
| 60 | Groin | Sink into lead leg chicken stance while holding ball, step forward to indirect clamp, retreat to cocked while slapping down with back of palms, step forward while lifting palms | ||
| 61 | Sway | Sway twice then do #4 | ||
| 62 | Flash | Retreat to play guitar, left and right spears, heavy right forearm while slapping over with left, slap under with right | ||
| 63 | Lateral | [Like 40 except arms are like Kuo’s monkey with wrists unbroken and fingers pointing up] | ||
| 64 | Dash | Deflect in, step forward,deflect down, double kick (or knee and kick), turn (180º) push, turn (180º), diagonal flying |
The 8 Mother Palms
| 1. Snake, House of Light (1-8) |
| 2. Dragon, House of Water (9-16) |
| 3. Tiger, House of Mountain (17-24) |
| 4. Swallow, House of Thunder (25-32) |
| 5. Horse, House of Wind (33-40) |
| 6. Compressed Body, House of Fire (41-48) |
| 7. Button Hole, House of Earth (49-56) |
| 8. Whirlwind, House of the Lake (57-64) |
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