The Neijiaquan Podcast - An Internal Martial Arts Podcast

In this episode we discuss the founder of the Yin Style of Bagua Zhang Yin Fu, aka Thin Yin. We discuss Yin's early life, his meeting the founder of Bagua Zhang, their training together and eventually having a falling out and Yin going out on his own. Enjoy

A short clip from our latest Patreon Episode on The Spiraling Energy Body Neigong. 

In this episode we discuss the creation of the "South Gate Ba Gua Zhang" school of Cheng You Lung. Cheng You Lung was the eldest son of Cheng Ting Hua, the founder of the Cheng Style of Bagua Zhang. We also discuss the Great Liu De Kuan, student of both Dong Hai Chuan and Cheng Ting Hua and his connection to the school as well.

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In this episode we look a  few different accounts of Cheng Ting Hua's tragic death and the we look at some of the characteristics of his Bagua Zhang. We finish up with some final thoughts from Sun Lu Tang's book. Our Patreon Episode this week concludes our discussion on the famous Buddhist master Tanxu Fa Shi with a look at the Buddhist text The Heart Sutra.

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In this episode we look at the life and times of Spectacles Cheng Ting Hua, the founder of the Cheng style of Bagua Zhang. First we look at a short article on Cheng Ting Hua by Liu Jing Ru from 1999 http://www.smilingtiger.net/cheng.html . Then we discuss the Pa Kua Journal article (Journal 3-2 Jan/Feb 1993) on Cheng's life and finally we look at some of Cheng's advice on Bagua Zhang from Sun Lu Tang's book.  After the episode is a clip from our Patreon episode on Liu Hung Chieh's Buddhist teacher Tanxu Fa Shi, the full episode and much more is available on our Patreon page. 

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In our final episode on Sun Lu Tang we discuss Sun's Bagua and its connection to Taoism and its use as a method of Taoist Cultivation. 

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In this episode we continue our discussion on Sun Lu Tang's Bagua Zhang. We examine the concepts of using Taoist Nei Gong in Bagua Zhang. As well as the concepts of Wuji and Taiji and how they relate to Bagua practice. 

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We continue our discussion of Sun Lu Tang's Bagua book, first his brief description of the origins of ba gua zhang. Then we look some further connections between the I-Ching and Ba Gua Zhang then we wrap up by looking at Sun's 9 points for practice.

In the Patreon only portion we discuss how to use and develop spirals in the technique of "rise, drill, overturn and fall" and discuss the difference between, turning, twisting, and spiraling the arms.

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In this episode we discuss Sun Lu Tang's Bagua and the Taoist Book of Change (I-Ching) from Sun's bagua book available on Brennan Translations. For extended episode check out our Patreon. www.theneijiaquanpodcast.com

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This is a clip from a recent Patreon episode where we discuss the chi or etheric body.

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