i think those of us who practice the circle walking will fully appreciate this inspiring performance… amazing
it seems a whole new dimension of practice has emerged - the goal of being able to walk the circle, with a ball on my head… now THAT would be some funky sh!t. 
it’s inspirational to say the least… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg-SsuQ2oII&feature=related
Imagine circle walking around an isolation…
I have seem circle walking, and no one will tell me what is achieced by it.
circles, circles, circles… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i83sRWz1FVY&feature=related
That’s pretty cool. I appreciate the fluidity in their movement.
[QUOTE=Lee Chiang Po;977556]I have seem circle walking, and no one will tell me what is achieced by it.[/QUOTE]
There is nothing to say about what it achieves.
Come visit me and I will SHOW you what it achieves.
These vids would be even more amazing and potentially deadly, if they had Umpa Loompas in them. :eek:
[QUOTE=Lee Chiang Po;977556]I have seem circle walking, and no one will tell me what is achieced by it.[/QUOTE]
For starters it makes you good at circle walking.
That alone is priceless.
[QUOTE=dimethylsea;977765]For starters it makes you good at circle walking.
That alone is priceless.[/QUOTE]atleast we know where we are going…
[QUOTE=Boston Bagua;977647]There is nothing to say about what it achieves.
Come visit me and I will SHOW you what it achieves.[/QUOTE]
Boston is a long way to travel just to see someone walk in circes. I have asked this question before and pretty much got the same answers. So, nothing is achieved by walking in circles then. In that case, why bother?
LCP
[QUOTE=Lee Chiang Po;977556]I have seem circle walking, and no one will tell me what is achieced by it.[/QUOTE]
What does walking in straight lines achieve?
[QUOTE=Scott R. Brown;977864]What does walking in straight lines achieve?[/QUOTE]you get further away from where you started walking??
[QUOTE=Lee Chiang Po;977849]Boston is a long way to travel just to see someone walk in circes. I have asked this question before and pretty much got the same answers. So, nothing is achieved by walking in circles then. In that case, why bother?
LCP[/QUOTE]
Lee…
Alternately if you didn’t want to go to Boston you could always go visit Dale’s teacher Dr. Painter. I’m sure he or some of the senior students there would be able to show you what walking in circles is good for. They are in Texas like you.
Is centerline theory and angling off it a part of your martial arts practice? This is a serious question..
If you practice angling off the main vector of an opponent’s movement then this clip by Kumar Frantzis might be edifying..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na5-yjetsIM
The stuff he is talking about is pretty much axiomatic for all bagua people (I don’t know of any bagua people who would disagree with what he is saying).
Most things that the circle walk trains COULD be trained by practicing linear footwork. I spent alot of time with my first bagua teacher stepping up and down the floor. Jump step, full step. Pivot. Jump. Turn-around. Repeat ad nauseum.
But “burning in” the circular patterns of walking makes the feet reflexively circular in their motion.
Rootedness, balance, power in the step, alignment between the hips and the head while in motion.. all that stuff is trained in the circle walk. But if we didn’t do it in circular patterns we wouldn’t have all these things while moving in circular trajectories.
That’s what I meant by “circle walking alot makes you better at circle walking”.
you’ve ALL been wasting your time!
the “r3al truth™” rev3aled!
[QUOTE=uki;977877]you get further away from where you started walking??[/QUOTE]
And yet if you continued walking…you would still end up where you started once again!
i dont know diddly squat about bagua i just like the style but i thought circle walking was some sort of qigong routine and used to practice structure correct?
[QUOTE=Scott R. Brown;977890]And yet if you continued walking…you would still end up where you started once again!:)[/QUOTE]
(marijuana joint falls out of mouth)
bro you just blew our minds:eek:
[QUOTE=goju;977894]i dont know diddly squat about bagua i just like the style but i thought circle walking was some sort of qigong routine and used to practice structure correct?[/QUOTE]
Yeah, that’s a pretty decent generalization.
I see circle walking as a method of training mind/body integration. Just the practice of walking the circle itself, without the incorporation of palm changes is a good method of practicing good body alignment while in motion. It is also a good way to practice continuous transitional movement without breaking ones root.
There are several principles involved with proper body structure in Bagua and it can be quite the meditation practice trying to maintain all of these principles while in motion.
[QUOTE=goju;977894]i dont know diddly squat about bagua i just like the style but i thought circle walking was some sort of qigong routine and used to practice structure correct?[/QUOTE]circle walking is a form of qigong, then again, so are most exercises if one applies the right intention behind the movements and so forth.
[QUOTE=Scott R. Brown;977890]And yet if you continued walking…you would still end up where you started once again![/QUOTE]yet only if the path was linear on a sphere and the person had enough spacial skills to guide them, otherwise this statement is only partially correct… if it were an another plane of existence that was not sphereical in nature, one would simply walk for eternity.
[QUOTE=Chris-H;977930]
There are several principles involved with proper body structure in Bagua and it can be quite the meditation practice trying to maintain all of these principles while in motion.[/QUOTE]the same wisdom can be applied to all movements concievable in the mind.