![]() ![]() ![]() The creation of Baguazhang as a formalized martial art, is attributed to Dong Haichuan ( 董海川), who is said to have learned from Taoist and Buddhist masters in the mountains of rural China during the early 19th century. Bāguà zhǎng literally means "eight trigram palm", referring to the bagua "trigrams" of the I Ching ( Yijing), one of the canons of Taoism. ![]() It is more broadly grouped as an internal practice (or neijia quan). Baguazhang or Pakua chang ( Chinese: 八卦掌 pinyin: Bāguà Zhǎng) is one of the three main Chinese martial arts of the Wudang school, the other two being T'ai chi and Xing Yi Quan. ![]()
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