Bagua Dao by Guo Zhenya (translated by Joseph Crandall)(Glossy Paperback, 50 pages, 8 1/2" x 11") This classic Bagua weapon's
form was handed down by Dong Haichuan and is presented here for the first
time in English by top practitioner and insightful translator, Joseph Crandall.
What's interesting to me is that I had learned nearly the exact same form
year's before Crandall translated the book. I still have a copy of
the first edition in Chinese. Therefore, because it came from two
different strands of Dong Haichuan's lineage, I believe in its legitimacy.
A video of this form, performed with the traditional 4 1/2 foot
long, 8 lb. combat steel broadsword can be found currently under
the Bagua demonstration forms section and a special joining the
book and video is located on our Specials page with other book
and video combinations.
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