Wudang Xing Yi Quan(form-and-will boxing)
Boxing Techniques
Wudang boxing techniques include Wudang Chunyang Quan, Taiyi Wuxing Quan, Simplified Wudang Quan, Wudang Taiyi Xiaoyao Palm, Songxi Short Strike, Tai Chi Changquan, Wudang Pili Palm, Lightning Hongyang Palm, Bagua Xihun Palm, Wudang Qiankun Tiezhang Gong, Wudang Tian Shi Palm, Yinyang Wuxing Zhuihun Shou, Wudang Fenjin Cuogu Chanlong Shou, Liangyi Dianxue Shu, Wudang Wuxing Zhongshou Fa, Huangni Yinshou Zhang, Wudang Taiyi Mianzhang, Wudang Taiyi Xiaoyao Palm, Wudang Yinyang Bagua Zhang, Wudang Secret Tai Chi Quan, Wudang Chunyang Quan, Wudang Ye Family Boxing, Zhang Sanfeng’s Original Tai Chi Quan, Thirty-Six Yinyang Hands, Yumen Liuhe Quan, Wudang Taihe Quan, Youshen Bagua Zhang, Yunfang Tai Chi Quan, Jiuzhou Cudgel, Wudang Shengong Tai Chi Quan, Sihe Yi Tai Chi Quan, Longxing Bagua Zhang, Hunyuan Palm, and Eighteen Forms of Tai Chi, among others.
Wudang Bagua Zhang(wudang eight diagram palm) is a boxing technique that integrates offensive and defensive moves with guiding methods in circular walking. Later practitioners often follow the connection lines of the eight trigrams when circling. Taking standing桩 (stake standing) and walking as basic skills, it uses circular walking as the fundamental movement form. The walking routes include the Yin-Yang fish, Bagua diagram, and Jiugong (nine palaces). It gives full play to the advantages of the palms, using palms instead of fists for striking and replacing hooks with palms for grabbing, forming the characteristic that almost all techniques in this palm system are palm methods. Bagua Zhang is not only a combat technique but also a fitness method.