Oriental Martial Arts Society

About Oriental Martial Arts Society

Adult Class training in Baguazhang. The name translates to "Eight Trigram Palm" refering to the trigrams of the I Ching- the Taoist Book of Changes and contains the best of Shaolin and Taoist fighting methods.

The core of the system is the Circular Form which is performed around the perimeter of a circle with much twisting and turning. Bagua mostly uses the palms to fight rather than the fists and has several low kicks. Below are a few things covered in class

Circle Walking;

Circular Form of Chiang Jung Ch'ioa;

Animal Forms;

Two Person Training Sets;

Bagua Qigong;

How to fight with Bagua;

Wudang Hand Weapons and Two Person Training Methods;

Classes are taught by Chris Davies 6th Degree with over 40 years of Martial Arts teaching and training.

Everyone welcome to come and try classes.

Venue: Queen Margaret University Campus, Edinburgh.

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