Has anyone out there in the I.M.A world seen the Sun Zhi Jun video of baguazhang from china?I was just wondering if it would be a good instructional video.

It's a well produced tape that catalogues the Cheng Ting Hua forms. It's not instructional, it's basically a demonstration of their basics and forms.

Recently a new set of VCDs featuring Sun Zhijun's Bagua has been released in China. It covers more material than the old tape that has been circulating for several years already:

"Swimming Body Bagua Linked Palms" by Sun Zhijun:

1.Bagua Rotating Palms, Bagua Mother Palms, Bagua Linked Palms (Bagua Zhuan Zhang, Mu Zhang, Lian Huan Zhang)
2.Bagua 64 Palms (64 Zhang)
3.Bagua Fighting Body Spear (Bagua Zhan Shen Qiang)
4.Bagua Broadsword (Bagua Dao)
5.Bagua Straight Sword (Bagua Jian)
6.Bagua Double Battle-Axes (Bagua Shuang Yue)

It shows how fit and skilful; Sun still is in spite of his age (about 70), but I agree that it is not the best instryctional material.

Jarek

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