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身體基本的筋（勁）路系統

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身體基本的筋（勁）路系統

一、話說四年前

拙作「騎馬步要領」（以下簡稱「騎文」）在2001年發表於「台灣武林」第六期，四年來輾轉流傳，引起一些注意和討論，有些同好反應：「此文偏重在下半身襠的筋路連結，那麼上半身如何呢？」，事實上上半身的筋路系統比下半身複雜多多，不容易說明白，但是既然有人不恥下問，我只好野人獻曝，略提一下個人的心得，一來對求知者做個交代，二來也算是增補「騎文」的續集吧。

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Ability v Application

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                                                  Translated by David Alexander

The process of studying Baguaquan is first to train ability and then to study methods of application. Ability includes basic ability -i.e. basic skills – and applied ability – i.e. forms, San Shou, weapons etc. If applied ability is insufficient then the student must backtrack to reinforce basic ability and go to and fro like this several times, like kneading dough or forging steel. When the student is proficient in ability the teacher will introduce methods of application and do some demonstrations of applications so that the student can learn by analogy and understand fully without the need for words while being flexible and adaptive.

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The tree of Bagua Quan

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Translated by David Alexander

Bagua Quan is a teaching system (I believe that other martial arts should also be like this). In my first book (Bagua Quan Foundation) I explained things through the medium of text and illustrations. However martial arts is like a kind of pictorial language in which knowledge depends entirely on ‘physical experience’, Words and illustrations are only a way of noting things down and do not make it easy for a person to understand. Consequently I am making public (via youtube video clips) the principal empty-hand training forms in Bagua Quan. I hope that those interested will be able to study them further.

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