Baguazhang

Baguazhang in its essence is a method of understanding and training one’s physical and mental self and how one interacts with that which is outside oneself.

One of the areas towards which I have great respect for the art is in its wholeness. Baguazhang is perhaps the most far-reaching of the physical/mental arts that I know of. This capacity for breadth in its study is one of its greatest strengths, though some might also view it as a drawback.

Baguazhang is a simple art, in the end. It just seeks to understand everything, as it is, and to provide one with the tools to influence. Sure, it has a process. If it did not, there would be no way to reach its goals or to help others along towards those goals. It is not merely a philosophical construct, it is a roadmap, it is directions, it is both, by necessity, the finger pointing the way, and the moon.

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