The dragon bagua zhang system of third-generation master Fu Zhen Song was one of the most powerful martial arts styles to emerge from 1920s China. Fu Zhen Song had a reputation as a skilled fighter and uncompromising teacher, and his dragon bagua style was renowend for its exrensive catalog of whirling body movements and fighting techniques.

Fu Zhen Song's Dragon Bagua Zhang is the first book to present this challenging system in a step-by-step format, including palm forms, stepping patterns, and training methods. Written by Fu's formal disciple Lin Chao Zhen and translated by Wei Ran Lin and Rick L. Wing, this edition also features and extensive history of the lineage and development of the dragon bagua form. The text is accompanied by 150 photographs of the late masster Lin Chao Zhen demonstating the form, as well as an illustrated two-person practice set that teaches the system's applications for self-defense and sparring.

'Speak to any native of Southern China about Bagua Zhang and the name Fu Zhen Song will quickly come up in the conversation. Fu was largely responsible for the intorduction of the Northern internal martial arts systems to the Southern Chinese, and his coiling movements, lightning-quick footwork, spinning maneuvers, and thunderous palm strikes are legendary. All students of bagua zhang will benefit greatly from the material that has been provided in this book, and I applaud Wei Ran Lin and Rick L. Wing for their efforts in providing Lin Chao Zhen's book to the English-speaking world.'-Dan Miller, publisher and editior, Pa Aua Chang Journal

'The Chinese martial art of bagua zhang has a long and illustrious history of training manuals, and Fu Zhen Song's Dragon Bagua Zhang carries on this grand tradition. Lin Chao Zhen was a direct student of Fu Zhen Song, and his closeness to that renowned teacher is reflected in the detail shown in the various technique in the book. I highly recommend this important and informative training manual.'-Brian L. Kennedy, coauthor of Chinese Martial Arts Training Manuals: A historical Survey

'This concise volume not only introduces Fu Zhen Song's unique dragon bagua form but also provides extensive historical notes about Fu's connections to many of the most well-known martial artists of his time. This book will be a valuable addition to any student's collection.'-John Groschwitz, translator of The Zingyi Boxing Manual: Hebei Style's Five Principles and Seven Words

Contents

Preface to the 1997 English edition
Preface to the 2010 edition
Part One General history of Fu-style Bagua Zhang
Chapter 1 Fu Zhen Song, third-generation bagua zhang master
Chapter 2 Lin Chao Zhen, formal disciple of Fu Zhen Song
Chapter 3 Fu-style bagua zhang forms-Weapons; Palm changes
Chapter 4 Features of Fu-style bagua zhang
Chapter 5 Advice on learning bagua zhang, based on Master Lin's experience
Chapter 6 The song of dragon bagua zhang-The song of dragon bagua zhang
Part Two Dragon bagua zhang by LIn Chao Zhen
Preface by Sun Bao Gang
Preface by Huang Jian Heng
Preface by Su Yi Biao
Chapter 7 Basic knowledge of bagua zhang
The style and features of dragon bagua
How to learn bagua
Chapter 8 The dragon bagua form's basic skills
Bagua palms
Bagua stepping
How to practice the basic skills of bagua
Chapter 9 The movements of the dragon bagua form
Names of the movements in the dragon bagua form
The dragon bagua form
Chapter 10 Fu-style bagua zhang push hands
Chapter 11 Driectional line drawings form the Chinese edition of dragon bagua zhang
DVD series
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