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System of Internal Martial Arts is comprised of Bagua Zhang, Taiji
Quan, and Xing-i Quan learned by Dan Vasquez. Bagua Zhang Our
Bagua Zhang and Xingyi is a very rare system that comes from the
Founder of Baguazhang, Tung Hai Chuan and Famous Xingyi Master Zhang
Zhao Dong. It was created during the time when Master Zhang
Zhao Dong met Tung Hai Chuan. Master Zhang Zhao Dong was introduced to
him by his friend Cheng Ting Hua (a Famous Bagua Master.) Master Tung
Hai Chuan accepted Zhang as his student. (Master Tung only
accepted accomplished Kung Fu Masters, and Master Zhang Zhao Dong was
one of his last students before he died.) There are only records of
Master Zhang Zhao Dong studying with Master Cheng Ting Hua after Tung's
death, but the style that Master Tung taught him was virtually unknown
and undocumented. This art was preserved because it
was taught to a Not-so-famous master named Jian Song Yan.
Master Jiang was a General in the Chinese Army, and was one of Zhang
Zhao Dong's best Xingyi and Bagua students. Master Jiang was also
Tutored by Masters Li Tsun Yi and Yin Fu. Unfortunately, Master Jiang
Song Yan's Estate was burnt down during the Cultural Revolution, and
all of his belongings were destroyed except for a sword. This sword was
later found by Master Wang Shi Qing and was restored. Master Jiang Song Yan had taught these arts to a Master Zhang Kui Wen from the age of 9. Master Zhang currently resides in Shen Yang City, Liaoning, China. Master Zhang taught these arts along with Wu Style Tai Chi and Mizong to Master Wang Shi Qing. Dan Vasquez learned from Master Wang. The system is comprised of The Xingyi 5 element Forms followed by the 12 Animals Forms. There is a 5 Element Linking Form that is taught after that. Then there are the Old 8 Palms that are very complex and physically demanding. (Most people will have a hard time learning these.) These are followed by a Bagua Linking form. There is a Bagua Knife, and Staff as well. It seems that the Xingyi was meant to be the basics to the Bagua, but I have added some Basic Palm changes of the Sun Style to prepare students for the Zhang Zhao Dong/Tung Hai Chuan Bagua. |
| Tai Chi Quan Our Tai Chi
Chuan comes from the Famous Wu Yu Xiang Family. Master Zhang Kui Wen
learned his Wu Style Tai Chi from Master Yan Zhi Gao, who learned from
Hao Wei Zhen (Hao Style Tai Chi). Master Zhang also learned the Yang
Ban Hou Small Frame. Master Wang Shi Qing learned these arts and also
learned Sun Style tai Chi from one of Master Sun Lu Tang's top
students, He Fu Fheng. The Tai Chi systems are taught accordingly: Sun Style is taught around the time the Five Elements of Xingyi are taught. Once the student has learned the whole set, and can demonstrate the set and applications without error, the student moves on to begin studying Wu Style. |