During the summer, in early June, I’m going to be teaching the baguazhang double palm change in California at Menlo College.
We will cover how to do the Bagua Double Palm Change and we’ll also be covering some of the baguazhang single palm change because the single palm change is also part of double palm change.
At the end of every one of the eight main baguazhang palm changes you’re always reverting back to single palm change. You do it differently depending upon which of the eight palm changes you’re dealing with because each one of them relates to the energy of the trigram of the I Ching.
Earth and Heaven Trigrams
The baguazhang double palm change is related to the I Ching trigrams of Earth and Heaven. Whereas the single palm change is a very bright yang energy, or a pure light, the double palm change is about the sinking of energy into the Earth from Heaven.
The bagua double palm change brings this energy from heaven down in an extremely heavy fashion especially from a martial art perspective for fighting applications. It’s this heavy smothering energy as well as the ability to drop down to the ground to move towards the Earth that make this such an important energy to manifest while fighting.
Whereas the bagua single palm change is very yang, the double palm change is very yin. It’s the beginning of the four palm changes which have to do with mixing both yin and yang, but primarily yin and with a small part yang.
With the single palm change you go to the third, fifth and seventh palm changes. They’re also mixed palms however they are more about the primarily yang energy with some ying.
Bagua for Health, Meditation and Martial Arts
I will teach this course from three perspectives. As in most courses there will be a group there who will focus just on the health aspects. From another perspective I’ll also be showing the martial art applications. Lastly I’ll also be trying to show how some of this would have some relevance to meditation.
This summer there’s definitely a larger emphasis on the martial arts than there is on the meditation because of the nature of this specific palm change. So if you are into martial arts then this would be a great course for you.
Also some people have asked that I show some of the stuff about the third baguazhang palm change and the wind trigram. The third palm change is very much about playing with the energy and riding the waves of the energy around the etheric body. Exactly how far we’ll go with that and where it will go will depend upon the group and what people are up for and where they want to happen.
If you’re interested in marital arts then both the Bagua double palm change and the wind palm change are important. I have not taught these palm changes for many years.
Course Information
Whatever your interest, this course is going to have lots of new material. We have a few slots open and if you want to find out more and register learn more online at: Bagua Double Palm Change or you can call our office at 415 454-5243
Look forward to seeing those who are able to make it!
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Not related to the post, but I was wondering if Sifu Frantzis has any opinion on “spontaneous chi flow” exercises such as those taught by Sifu Wong Kiew Kit. His followers say that Zhan Zhuang can be dangerous if an internal energy flow is not generated first, while some Zhan Zhuang teachers, such as Master Lam Kam Chuan say that spontaneous chi flows can be dangerous and that people in China have been institutionalisd through practicing them. As a beginner trying to navigate his way safely through all the Chi Gung techniques on offer, I would greatly appreciate Sifu Frantzis’ opinion on this issue, should he feel like addressing it in a blog post. Thanks!
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Hey bruce. Love your stuff.
This comment isn’t really about this course in particular, but it relates to it or maybe it doesn’t.
I have question about knee injury and the internal martial arts.
I had my ACL reconstructed about 3 months ago so it is still recovering.
I was wondering are any of the arts doable with an “not-so-top-notch” knee and better yet are they beneficial to creating a strong and healthy knee.
I figure that all of the chi gung and standing postures that come with it are perfectly fine, but I have a interest in studying in the arts as well.
Santi shi for one I think would be great to build strength in the legs.
So are there things that I should be aware about considering my predicament? Any specific practices that would be awesome? Horse stance? Anything that I should avoid?? Anything that I should pay special attention to? Would greatly appreciate any and all insights concerning this area.
Thx.
Yours,
Jones
P.s. Maybe you would like to write a blog post about it (knee problems and internal martial arts)?? ;p
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bruce
wow, what an incredible class!
Both the double palm and the san ti were gold mines for the internal martial artist, whether the main interest was meditation, health, or fighting, you really taught so much good stuff.
And it was great seeing and working on so many fighting applications, again, a gold mine of stuff to study.
And showing how the meditation and energetic work are directly applied in realistic combat? so awesome…
words cannot fully describe.
Now I gotta go practice…:-)
much thanks.
richard shapiro
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