This episode will focus on Baguazhang, one of the three so-called internal styles of Chinese martial arts. Bagua became quite well-known and influental in Beijing during the early Republic. It developed into a number of substyles, some of which took roots in Taiwan. Our guest speaker and new member of the Gongfu Crew, Carsten Stausberg, learned Yizong Bagua from Luo Dexiu over the course of several years in Taiwan. He was kind enough to share his insights into the training method with me.

More info on Carsten and his teaching and training on his Instagram channel (carsten.stausberg) and on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@casitor1)