Ba Gua Zhang – Tian Shi Yin Yang

The Tian family’s Yin Yang Bagua Zhang originated in Sichuan Province, near the Ermei and Qingzhen Mountains.
It was passed down from the Daoists Bi Yun and Jing Yun during the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.
Tian Hui was the ninth-generation-continuator who had made significant contributions to the discovery, organization, and practice of Bagua Zhang.
He popularized, promoted, and wrote books about YinYang Bagua Zhang.
The works “Python form palms” and “Lion form palms” in Tian family’s YinYang Bagua Zhang are part of the “Chinese Wushu Literati Archive” series, and included in the “China’s Wushu Complete Encyclopedia”.
Mr. Tian Keyan, the Tenth-generation-continuator, conducted extensive and meticulous research and exploration on the theories and combat techniques, resulting in the formation of a complete theoretical system of teaching.
Features
The YinYang Bagua Zhang system of the Tian family is one of three major Bagua Zhang systems in China.
It combines crane-walking and roc-spanning abilities, as well as soft and hard, uplifting and elegant, impressive and graceful styles.
Tian family’s YinYang Bagua Zhang is a martial arts style that twists, spans, sits, and lifts.
This style combines offense and defense and the internal and external.
When the Chinese ancestors combined the “Book of Changes” with the YinYang truth, they created this style.
They observed animal behavior and environmental changes using the Eight-Trigrams method.
Tian family’s YinYang Bagua Zhang was created from these observations being studied and practiced over several generations.
Python, Lion, Tiger, Bear, Snake, Horse, Monkey, and Eagle are the eight types of practice routines.
“Ba” denotes eight, “Gua” denotes form, and “Zhang” denotes palm.
Eight postures are divided into one “Zhang” palm.
Each posture is broken down into three distinct “Cheng” movements.
One hundred and ninety-two Chengs is the total.
Each Gua is clearly identifiable.
The style of Tian family’s YinYang Bagua Zhang is integrated with the soft and the hard, powerful and majestic — transmitting China’s exquisite traditional culture.
Tian family’s YinYang Bagua Zhang took the meaning of YinYang and the Eight-Trigrams and applied it to the theories and principles of the palms.
The actions of the YinYang Bagua Zhang eight forms routine involve the practitioners adjusting the upper, middle and lower sections of their body.
The Eight-Trigrams are eight different symbols: Qian, Kan, Gen, Zhen, Xun, Li, Kun, and Dui which correspond to and form the changing ways of YinYan and Bagua.
The postures of crane walking and eagle spanning also correspond to the eight directions:sEast, West, South, North, Northeast, Northwest, Southeast and Southwest of YinYan and Eight-Trigrams.
The movements also mimic the arc in the YinYan fish.
There are eight characters, eight directions, eight body-sections, eight steps, eight posture-palms, eight energies, eight coincidences.
It’s looks like Ling Xiaoyo do.