White Cloud Martial Arts Academy
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Ba Gua Zhang
Ba Gua is a martial art based philosophically on the eight trigrams of the I Ching and physically on the circular pictogram that represents them. This fighting system is designed for combat against multiple opponents and emphasises the importance of footwork to the White Cloud student.
Through it's primary training method of 'circle walking' the study of Ba Gua will help the student develop flexibility in the hips and torso, powerful leg muscles and by constant practice of the intricate steps and sharp turns they will also acquire the skill to move around one opponent or weave between several.
Along with the physical aspect of 'mud walking' Ba Gua, for those who want it, also gives the more adept students a taste of the internal martial arts and allows them, with proper training, to generate power over short distances (Fa Jin) and optimise the strikes through correct alignment of the joints and limbs.
Open handed forms
There are two Ba Gua forms taught at White Cloud, one circular (shown here) and the other linear.
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The Ba Gua Dao
​The Ba Gua Sabre is a visually impressive weapon, with a blade that is over 1 metre long.
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This over sized sword may at first seem unwieldly and impractical, but the user soon becomes accustomed to it's weight and learns to handle the blade, keeping it in a state of continuous motion and balance.
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The form itself is the longest, and most intricate of all in the White Cloud syllabus, for this reason it is only ever taught in sections and very few people and got through all of them!