by Gao Ji Wu and Tom Bisio
photos by Valerie Ghent
In this ground-breaking book, Gao Ji Wu reveals some of Ba Gua Zhang's formerly “secret” techniques. The Attacking Hands of Ba Gua Zhang gives the reader an in-depth look at Ba Gua's Seventy-Two Techniques (Qi Shi Er Zhao) and the Sixty-Four Hands (Liu Shi Si Shu) as they were passed down from the great boxer Liu De Kuan, himself a student of the art’s founder Dong Hai Chuan. Never before presented in their entirety, the Seventy-Two Techniques are key self-defense applications, that make Ba Gua an effective fighting art. Both the Seventy-Two Techniques and the Sixty-Four linear forms or “Sixty-Four Hands” are direct, practical applications of Ba Gua's characteristic circular palm changes.
This Chinese-English dual-language edition of The Attacking Hands of Ba Gua Zhang contains hundreds of photos that clearly illustrate the movements and their self-defense applications. Included are rare photos of the renowned Ba Gua master Gao Zi Ying (Gao Ji Wu's father) performing the Seventy-Two Techniques. A valuable companion volume that builds on Gao Ji Wu's previous book, The Essentials of Ba Gua Zhang.
384 Pages
More than 670 photos
