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The Tian family’s Yin Yang Bagua Zhang originated in the area around the Ermei and Qingzhen Mountains of Sichuan Province. It was transmitted from the Daoists Bi Yun and Jing Yun during late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty. Tian Hui was the ninth-generation-continuator and had made outstanding contributions on revealing, organizing and practicing Bagua Zhang. He spread, promoted, and wrote books of YinYang Bagua Zhang to the public. The works “Python form palms” and “Lion form palms” in Tian family’s YinYang Bagua Zhang are part of the “Chinese Wushu Literati Archive” series, and included in the “China’s Wushu Complete Encyclopedia”. Mr. Tian Keyan who is the Tenth-generation-continuator did indepth and meticulous research and exploration on the theories and combat techniques and formed a complete theoretical system of teaching.FeaturesTian family’s YinYang Bagua Zhang is one of three main Bagua Zhang systems in China. It integrates the crane-walking and roc-spanning powers, the soft and hard, uplifting and elegant, impressive and graceful styles. Tian family’s YinYang Bagua Zhang is the martial arts styled as twisting, spanning, sitting and lifting. This style integrates offense with defense and combines the internal with the external. The origin of this style occurred when the Chinese ancestors combined the “Book of Changes” with the YinYang truth. Following the Eight-Trigrams way, they observed the actions of animals and environmental changes. Tian family’s YinYang Bagua Zhang was created from these observations being studied and practiced over several generations. The practice routines is divided into eight forms: Python, Lion, Tiger, Bear, Snake, Horse, Monkey, and Eagle. “Ba” means eight, “Gua” means form, and “Zhang” means palm. One “Zhang” palm is divided into eight postures. Each posture is divided into three different “Cheng” movements. The total is one hundred and ninety-two Chengs. Each Gua is clearly distinctive. The style of Tian family’s YinYang Bagua Zhang is integrated with the soft and the hard, powerful and majestic — transmitting China’s exquisite traditional culture. Tian family’s YinYang Bagua Zhang took the meaning of YinYang and the Eight-Trigrams and applied it to the theories and principles of the palms. The actions of the YinYang Bagua Zhang eight forms routine involve the practitioners adjusting the upper, middle and lower sections of their body. The Eight-Trigrams are eight different symbols: Qian, Kan, Gen, Zhen, Xun, Li, Kun, and Dui which correspond to and form the changing ways of YinYan and Bagua. The postures of crane walking and eagle spanning also correspond to the eight directions: East, West, South, North, Northeast, Northwest, Southeast and Southwest of YinYan and Eight-Trigrams. The movements also mimic the arc in the YinYan fish. There are eight characters, eight directions, eight body-sections, eight steps, eight posture-palms, eight energies, eight coincidences. It’s looks like Ling Xiaoyo do.