BAGUAZHANG - 'ORIGINAL TUNG' Form

created by Jiang Rongqiao

 

Preparation

- Lean against a horse to ask questions

- Hide a flower under a leaf

- Wild Goose leaves the flock

 

 

First Palm Change

- Purple Swallow fans its tail

- Close the door to push out the moon

- Hide a flower under a leaf

- Wild Goose leaves the flock

 

Second Palm Change

- Purple Swallow fans its tail

- Close the door to push out the moon

- Fierce Tiger leaves its cage

- Golden Pheasant spreads its wings

- Plant a flower by a tree

- Embrace Moon against the chest

- Remove helmet from behind the head

- Hide a flower under a leaf

- Wild Goose leaves the flock

 

Third Palm Change

- Purple Swallow fans its tail

- Close the door to push out the moon

- Hawk soars to the sky

- White Snake coils its body

- Embrace moon against the chest

- Fair Lady offers a book

- Tai Shan presses down

- Golden Eagle ripping the body I

- Golden Eagle ripping the body II

- Monkey picking fruit

- Monkey sitting in a cave

- Unicorn spits out a book

- Purple Swallow seizes water

- Embrace moon against the chest

- Hide a flower under a leaf

- Wild Goose leaves the flock

 

Fourth Palm Change

- Purple Swallow fans its tail

- Close the door to push out the moon

- Golden Pheasant spreads its wings

- Plant a flower by a tree

- Remove helmet from behind the head

- Clouds drifting above Szechuan road

- Golden Pheasant spreads its wings

- Plant a flower by a tree

- Black Dragon coils its waist

- Reign in the Wild Horse

- Open the robe

- Push the mountain into the sea

- Bat swoops down

- Purple Swallow seizes water

- Hold moon against the chest

- Hide a flower under a leaf

- Wild Goose leaves the flock

Fifth Palm Change

- White Ape offers the fruit (walking)

- Big Roc spreads its wings (walking)

- Cross arms

- Present the clothes

- Sweep thousand soldiers I

- Sweep thousand soldiers II

- Hawk turns over

- Kingfisher strikes at fish

- Embrace moon against the chest

- Monkey steals the peach

 

Sixth Palm Change

- Purple swallow fans its tail

- Rhinoceros looking at the moon

- Heavenly Ruler holds up the pagoda

- White Snake spits out the mushroom

- Fierce Tiger leaves its cage

- Golden Pheasant spreads its wings

- Plant a flower by a tree

- Remove Helmet from behind the head

- Embrace moon against the chest

- Hide a flower under a leaf

- Wild Goose leaves the flock

 

Seventh Palm Change

- Lion holds a ball

- Lion rolls the ball

- Lion pounces on the ball

- Lion opens its mouth

- Lion sticks its tongue out

- Lion turns its body

 

Eighth Palm Change

- Heavenly Horse walks in the sky

- Mount the horse and draw the bow

- Golden Snake coils round a Willow Tree I

- Wild Horse crashes through the corral I

- Golden Snake coils round a Willow Tree II

- Wild Horse crashes through the corral II

- Liu Hai plays with the toad

- Big Python turns on its back

- Black Bear thrusts its paw

- Fierce Tiger leaves its cage

- Golden Pheasant spreads its wings

- Plant a flower by a tree

- Remove helmet from behind the head

- Embrace moon against the chest

- Hide a flower under a leaf

- Wild Goose leaves the flock

Jiang Rong Qiao published a book on the form and there are 2 English translations I know of -

One by Joseph Crandall (Classical Baguazhang Vol. I - BAGUAZHANG LIANXI FA
available from www.kunzhi.net) and the other from Andrea Falk (www.thewushucentre.ca)