Bagua palm is a kind of boxing with palm changing and turning. Because of its crisscross movements, it is divided into four directions, four corners and eight directions, which is similar to the eight diagrams in Zhouyi, so it is named Bagua Palm. Some old boxing scores of eight diagrams palm often use hexagrams to explain boxing theory, and eight hexagrams represent the basic eight palms.
The main functions and practice methods of Bagua Palm.
Bagua Palm is a kind of boxing widely spread in China, and it is the embodiment of Yin and Yang Palm's health, fitness and self-defense. It takes the eight-pile method as the palm work, integrates eight hands into one, and is based on one to eight steps of swing, buckle and forward footwork. It takes walking in circles as the basic movement route and palm technique as the core. In the process of turning around, the whole body is one step, and the steps are like running water. Posture requirements are: twist and turn to be coordinated and complete, walk like Youlong, and turn like an eagle.