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Cheng Style Baguazhang is the style of Baguazhang descended from Cheng Tinghua, the fourth disciple of Baguazhang's founder, Dong Haichuan (Yin Fu was the first, followed by Ma Weiqi and Shi Jidong). Kung fu and wushu are popular terms that have become synonymous with Chinese Martial arts. The hundreds of different styles and schools of Chinese martial arts (中國武術 are collectively called Kung Fu (功夫 Wushu (武術 Kuoshu This article is specifically about the term "kung fu" This article is specifically about the word "Wushu" For the modern exhibition sport see Wushu (sport. San Soo is a form of Chinese martial arts also known as Kung Fu San Soo and San Soo Kung Fu The Shaolin Monastery or Shaolin Temple ( is a Chan Buddhist temple at Song Shan in Zhengzhou City Henan Province The Wudang Mountains ( also known as Wu Tang Shan or simply Wudang, are a small Mountain range in the Hubei province of China, just Biography Contemporary accounts There are two known extant accounts written by contemporaries of Bodhidharma Dong Haichuan (董海川 was born on the 13th of October 1797 (or 1813) in Zhu village Ju Jia Wu Township Wen An County, Hebei Province Huo Yuanjia ( Fok Yuen Gap (c1868-1910 was a Chinese martial artist and co-founder of the Chin Woo Athletic Association, a martial arts school in Shanghai Wu Ch'uan-yu or Wu Quanyuo (吳全佑 (1834–1902 was an influential teacher of T'ai chi ch'uan in late Imperial China. Yang Lu-ch'an or Yang Luchan, 楊露禪 also known as Yang Fu-k'ui (楊福魁 (1799-1872 born in Kuang-p'ing ( Guangping) was an influential teacher of the Hong Kong action cinema is the reason why Hong Kong film industry 's is so well known Wushu, also known as modern wushu or contemporary wushu, is both an exhibition and a full-contact Sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts Wuxia or Wǔxiá ( Mandarin ùɕiɑ̌ Hanyu Pinyin: Wǔxiá, Cantonese Pinyin: mou5 hap6 Taiwanese/Hokkien bu hiap Bāguàzhǎng is one of the major " internal " (aka Nèijiā) Chinese martial arts. Cheng Tinghua (also known as Cheng Yingfang) (程廷華 (1848-1900 was a renowned master of Chinese Neijia (internal martial art Bagua Zhang. Dong Haichuan (董海川 was born on the 13th of October 1797 (or 1813) in Zhu village Ju Jia Wu Township Wen An County, Hebei Province Yin Fu (尹福 ( China, Jixian (冀县 Chanhuaicun (漳淮村 1840 - China 1909 June 28) was a Baguazhang (a Ma Weiqi (馬維棋 (1851 - 1886 was also a disciple of Dong Haichuan in the Martial art of Baguazhang.

Cheng Tinghua was from Shen County; he later moved to Beijing where he had an eyeglasses shop located next to the Fire Spirit Temple on Si Shuai Street in the Flower Market Plaza. Therefore, he was called Eyeglasses Cheng. [1]

During the boxer Rebellion (July 1900) Cheng swore to defend his country from the enemy. One day, around the government buildings near the Yong Ding Gate, Cheng met ten of the enemy and subdued them all and none dared to advance. The officers were furious, and ordered a large patrol with rifles to surround Cheng. Cheng calmly used piercing palm to evade them. Then he turned around, leaped up on top of a wall and walked away. They did not have pity on him when he was on the wall and he perished in a hail of bullets. [2]

The special characteristics of Cheng Style Baguazhang are:

Due to Cheng Tinghua's extensive background in shuaijiao throwing techniques before learning baguazhang, Cheng style tends to emphasize throwing techniques, while Yin style tends to emphasize striking techniques. Shuai jiao ( is the modern Chinese term for Wrestling. In a Western context the term refers specifically to Chinese and Mongolian styles

Each Cheng substyle uses as its technical basis eight basic palms (Badamuzhang 八大母掌), from which more complicated linking forms are derived.

Of the eight basic palms, only the first three (Laosanzhang 老三掌) are considered to be the oldest and passed down by Cheng Tinghua himself before his death in 1900. [4]

These three palms are:

Cheng style has many substyles, some of the lineages for which are given below:

References

  1. ^ Jingru, Liu and Youqing, Ma. Dong Haichuan (董海川 was born on the 13th of October 1797 (or 1813) in Zhu village Ju Jia Wu Township Wen An County, Hebei Province Cheng Tinghua (also known as Cheng Yingfang) (程廷華 (1848-1900 was a renowned master of Chinese Neijia (internal martial art Bagua Zhang. Sun Zhijun (孫志君 is a well-known present-day teacher of Cheng style Baguazhang, living in Beijing, China Sun Lu-t'ang (Sūn Lùtáng 孫祿堂 1861-1932 was a renowned master of Chinese Neijia (internal martial arts and was the progenitor of the syncretic art of Sun style “Classical Baguazhang Volume II: Cheng Shi Baguazhang (Cheng Family Baguazhang). ” Trans. Joseph Crandall. Pinole, California: Smiling Tiger Martial Arts 2001.
  2. ^ Jingru, Liu and Youqing, Ma. “Classical Baguazhang Volume II: Cheng Shi Baguazhang (Cheng Family Baguazhang). ” Trans. Joseph Crandall. Pinole, California: Smiling Tiger Martial Arts 2001.
  3. ^ Jingru, Liu and Youqing, Ma. “Classical Baguazhang Volume II: Cheng Shi Baguazhang (Cheng Family Baguazhang). ” Trans. Joseph Crandall. Pinole, California: Smiling Tiger Martial Arts 2001.
  4. ^ ChinaFromInside.com presents... BAGUAZHANG - Interview with Mr. Liu Jingru, Cheng Style Baguazhang expert from Beijing
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