I remember learning this with you years ago. I can't remember the context - were we learning 2-part stepping? I thought we were but you mention at one point in this video that "in a sense" it's like 3 part stepping. I like your comment below about how at faster speeds the front foot pulls the body forwards.
Hi Rupert. There are various stepping techniques in bagua: mud stepping always uses the pulling of the front leg; at slow speeds, mud stepping uses the pushing off from the rear heal to shit weight but, when walking at faster paces, drops this component in order to create fluidity and continuum. Otherwise, fast walking produces inertia -- the very quality bagua seeks to obliterate. Of course there are a number of modifications to this principle that are well beyond the scope of this medium.
I remember learning this with you years ago. I can't remember the context - were we learning 2-part stepping? I thought we were but you mention at one point in this video that "in a sense" it's like 3 part stepping. I like your comment below about how at faster speeds the front foot pulls the body forwards.
Nicely done - thank you.
eee explains why i get xing yi and bagua but not tai chi. easier for me to move from my legs/ hands
Do you not pull from the front and push from the back a bit too?
Hi Rupert. There are various stepping techniques in bagua: mud stepping always uses the pulling of the front leg; at slow speeds, mud stepping uses the pushing off from the rear heal to shit weight but, when walking at faster paces, drops this component in order to create fluidity and continuum. Otherwise, fast walking produces inertia -- the very quality bagua seeks to obliterate. Of course there are a number of modifications to this principle that are well beyond the scope of this medium.