Some bagua videos

[northstar]

What are your opinions on these (http://www.beijingbagua.com/videos.html) videos?

[Waidan]

Well...that first technique looked pretty weak, to tell the truth.

The initial block looks like a detached movement (arm moves without cooperation from footwork/body), and from what I can see he makes no attempt to move out of harms way (just relying on the intercept succeeding). I don't know if I'd be so quick to say it's "wrong", but at least I'll say if I were demonstrating a technique I felt was indicative of bagua strategy, it wouldn't look much like that.

Also, watch his back foot reset (stutter-step) before his near foot steps forward. A time-waste and a big no-no.

Haven't gotten to see the other techniques yet, just thought I'd comment on that one.