3rd Palm Change from Yin Fu Ba Gua Zhang with Sifu Ray Hayward

Double Palm Change applications with Sifu Ray Hayward

Single Palm Change from Yin Fu Ba Gua Zhang - Sifu Ray Hayward

Bagua For Health Seminar w/ Sifu J. R. Roy

                    

               Sifu Roy holding ' The Golden Rooster Stands On One Leg' from Yin Bagua Zhang

                                        Bagua Zhang For Health Seminar

with

Sifu J. R. Roy

Sunday October 22nd 2023

8-9:30am No Experience Required

9:30-Noon Advanced (Prior Bagua Experience Required)

at

J. R. Roy Martial Arts Studio

1 Osgood Street

Greenfield MA 01301

$35 for one - $60 for both 

(10% discount for current JRRMAS students)

Email Sifu Roy to Register:

Email Sifu Roy

吕紫剑 Bagua Master Lu Zijian

Yin/Yang Bagua Zhang circle walking

 Using my Bagua poles to practice figure eight walking that I learned from Master Zhang Jie back in the early 1990's. If you learned this from me, today is a good day to review. Let me know if you need help.

My Bagua Zhang training spot in Leyden - Bagua for Health -

I've been focusing on my Bagua Zhang (Pa-Kua) training recently. 

Bagua is a VERY healthy method to practice.

 

There are lot's of benefits to derive from a regular, consistent Bagua practice.

The health benefits are too numerous to mention here; 

The short of it is, it's good for your health on all levels! 

(i.e. Physical, Mental, Emotional and Spiritual)

If you know some Bagua circle walking and/or Changes;

 Here's a little reminder to DO them before you forget them! 

Nudge, nudge.............

IF you need a reminder or tune up....Just email me; JrroyMartialArts@gmail.com

(FYI - I'm only teaching Bagua Zhang privately these days.)

PS - Thanks for the poles Lenny;^) I'm putting them to good use!

 

Bagua Zhang

Bagua Zhang video 

Bagua Zhang Yin/Yang circle walking

From the Cheng Ting Hwa Bagua Zhang system 

- Yin/Yang circle walking -

I learned method from Master Zhang Jie in the early 1990's

Bagua training--GM Liu Yun Qiao

Bagua training--GM Liu Yun Qiao

Bagua Zhang circle walking

Bagua Zhang, Walking in the Snow....From one of Sifu's recent Bagua Zhang practices.

An advanced circle walking exercise he learned from Master Zhang Jie using two circles inside a larger one.

There is a specific path to follow with each foot placement directed by the mind, aware of direction, number of steps and whether it's a hook or swing step. Amazing results from this type of practice for health, meditation and martial arts skill.

Bagua Zhang changes 1 and 2

Bagua Zhang changes 3 and 4

Bagua Zhang changes 5 & 6

10 Execises #10

Here is the final installment #10 of 10. Please refer to the "10 Exercises #1" post for some history and comments on these truly marvelous exercises. If you click on the Label "10 Exercises" on the left, all 10 exercises will be grouped together on one page.

The 10 Exercises are required material in the American Karate-do (youth and adults), Little Dragons and Bagua Zhang programs.

Thank you Master Leung Kay-Chi for sharing them with me all those years ago [Bow].

Lesson 1:

Learn them,

commit them to memory,

continue to refine them,

then, do them daily.....

10 Exercises #4

10 Exercises #1

At a recent Bagua Zhang class Sifu leads the group through the '10 Exercises'.

I learned this set from Master Leung Kay-Chi in the park in Boston during the summer of 1979, when I first started to study Bagua Zhang.

These 10 Exercises are shot in real time (with 10 repetitions each exercise) and will be published one per post. This is the first of ten posts: #1 Exercise, nine more posts to come.

I have a number of variations that I use for the various martial arts and classes that I teach. This particular set of posts will be the originals (as I remember them) that I learned from Master Leung.

Many thanks to Master Leung for sharing these very special exercises with me all those years ago. I've been practicing them regularly now for three decades and have taught them a few thousand times. I have seen excellent results, especially for those that have practiced them regularly (daily), over an extended period of time (decades).

Lesson 1:

The 10 Exercises are excellent calisthenics!

Do 100 repetitions each and see what I mean!!

They are also an excellent set of Qigong exercises....

With T'an T'ien Breathing..

Do them slowly with mind intention...

They will help you to develop correct inner and outer principles and feelings

that lead to excellent martial arts skills, balance and whole body power!

They will help you to cultivate robust health:

A strong, flexible, coordinated body and.....

a calm and centered mind......

Joint Locking, how to practice it safely and have it contribute to health maintainance

JRRMAS Staff member JK assists Sifu in an explanation of how to correctly practice Joint Lock's.

Lesson 1:

These practices can injure your joints if not practiced properly,

Always practice with respect for each others range of motion limitations.

Injury is guaranteed if you practice to quickly and use too much external muscular force....

Instead, concentrate on the exactness of your fulcrum and lever....

and proper body positioning, listening skills and leverage.

Speed is good.....

up until the point where the slack is taken out of their joint

then you must go slowly giving them time to 'slap out'

Going slowly at the point that the joint lock is 'activated' ......

will gradually increase the strength and the range of movement in the joint

Then instead of injuring the joints

they are slowly being strengthened and stretched!

Sifu

Bagua Zhang, 1st Yin Fu Set, Change #3

Sifu and JRRMAS Staff members BL and WF practice the third change in the first Yin Fu Set.

Lesson 1:

Because Bagua Zhang is moving meditation

with a focus on correct body mechanics,

T'an T'ien breathing

The mind is controlling the bodies movements,

with low single leg squats for strength and flexibility

and standing on one leg for balance

twisting the limbs and trunk for circulation.

With all of the 'principles of Bagua Zhang' that are going on simultaneously,

regular DAILY practice of Bagua Zhang

WILL:

improve and maintain your overall health

and well being!

You will become Stronger (in your overall constitution),

more apt to be Centered (especially in high stress situations)

Calmer in your approach to everyday life

More apt to have a positive attitude in general

and especially towards life little surprises!

Sifu