Hi;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyomQGwg_l4&search=baji
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiRbVEXWJ-s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irrNnzKodBY&search=baji
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SztmRaV19m0&search=baji
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7UtE8Um1nc&search=baji
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKxhtBbiQxE&search=baji
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxC15c_TzWA&search=baji
have fun.
what the hell was that baby video about … ill have to watch it with sound tomorrow.
w00t wu-tang baby!!
It looks rather more like chen style taiji than baji to me.
Yes.
me luv Ba Ji, too.
the first clip is master Wu Lian Zhi performing Ba Ji Xiao Jia.
and then there is also a clip of Master Liu performing Ba Ji interlink forms and some students practicing Xiao Ba Ji and some two men practices.
Usually we start with Chan/silk reeling or entanglement to open the door/arms, move in close and deliver attacks.
May be the Chan and Kao aspects would make people think it is like Chen Tai Ji.
Yes, there are similarities but also differences between the two.
These are better baji clips. I believe they were taken in the 80s.
Wu Lian Zhi’s baji has changed over the years. It has become more like chen style taiji.
:
http://johnswang.com/sc1/BJ1.wmv
http://johnswang.com/sc1/BJ2.wmv
http://johnswang.com/sc1/BJ3.wmv
http://johnswang.com/sc1/BJ4.wmv
http://johnswang.com/sc1/BJ5.wmv
http://johnswang.com/sc1/BJ6.wmv
http://johnswang.com/sc1/BJ7.wmv
http://johnswang.com/sc1/BJ8.wmv
http://johnswang.com/sc1/BJ9.wmv
http://johnswang.com/sc1/BJ10.wmv
:
http://johnswang.com/sc10/rt1.wmv
http://johnswang.com/sc10/rt2.wmv
http://johnswang.com/sc10/rt3.wmv
http://johnswang.com/sc10/rt4.wmv
http://johnswang.com/sc10/rt5.wmv
http://johnswang.com/sc10/rt6.wmv
http://johnswang.com/sc10/rt7.wmv
http://johnswang.com/sc10/rt8.wmv
http://johnswang.com/sc10/rt9.wmv
http://johnswang.com/sc10/rt10.wmv
http://johnswang.com/sc10/rt11.wmv
http://johnswang.com/sc10/rt13.wmv
http://johnswang.com/sc10/rt14.wmv
http://johnswang.com/sc10/rt15.wmv
http://johnswang.com/sc10/rt16.wmv
thanks for the clips.
SPJ
When is your Baji book due out?
Thanks
Jake
Hi;
Thanks for asking. The publisher is still ironing out the Chinese fonts. Some words are corrupt.
The pictures are in a better order, now.
It is a very concise book and catches the flavors of the style with some classical moves with explanations.
May be in a month or so.
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Make sure you let us know, and post something on EF too. YOu will sell out ASAP!
Cheers
Jake
The production department finalized the book.
It is on the way to the printer department.
It will take a few weeks before I get the hardcopy for galley proof.
It was a headache to solve the Chinese characters.
SPJ:
Here is some old footage from Taiwan in the late 1970s that you might remember. The baji is primarily at the end of the clip.
Bob;
Thanks for the link.
Somehow, my window player will not play it.
:o
because it was made with a mac. download quicktime to watch it.
WM;
Thanks a lot. I am now able to see the TV footage.
It started with Tang Lang (plum flower, six harmony and then 7 stars) and then Ba Ji Lian Huan, Xiao Ba Ji etc.
I think the female singer in the background was Yang Yeng and the guy singer’s wife was Xia Tai Fong. the male singer was Zhou Seng.
The song was about the colonel Xie. He led 800 hundreds soldiers defending at the warehouse near Su Zhou river in Shanghai. They were to deter the Japanese advancing army while the main Nationalist force retreating.
It was very patriotic. But kind of wierd to practice Ba Ji at the same time.
At the time, Taiwan was derecognised by US. There was a slogan said the calmness in the midst of storm. Feng Yu Zhong De Ning Jin on the TV, too.
Thank you very much. RAF.
watching the old TV footage, mensch I feel old.
But when you see people in their 70’s or 80’s still practicing Ba Gua or Tai Chi. I feel young.
Xiao Ba Ji is said to have all the basic elements of Ba Ji fist. to see the techniques Si Qi Shu.
Da Ba Ji has all the wonders and “secrets” of the style. to know the arts Zhi Qi Yi.
Ba Ji Lian Huan/interlink is the forms that link both Xiao and Da Ba Ji.
When the first time I saw Xiao Ba Ji and Ba Ji Lian Huan, it was an instant love affair. I thought I “may” see what they meant. Da Ba Ji, I had no idea what was going on.
The moves in the new book are from Ba Ji one man drill or Dan Da and some classic moves. A few are similar in Xiao Ba Ji. Xiao Chan is the same. did not discuss much on Kao. It is a very straightforward and concise book.
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For people who are interested in the Ba Ji intro and review book.
It is available for pre=order at Barnes and Noble.
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&isbn=1425932134&itm=2
Ba Ji is now very popular in Japan.
Here are some paragraphs from a Japanese book on explanations of 6 big opening or Liu Da Kai.
Ti: rise
Kua: use of the hip
the abstracts are reposted from the cn-wu forum.
the paragraphs are from this book
The book title is the fighting theory of Ba Ji fist.
Here is another link. picture 5 is Kua. picture 3 is Ti. click on the pictures for a better view.
