Ba Gua Basics Flashcards
Facing Downward palm
fǔ
Facing up / upward lifting palm
yāng
Strait outward vertical palm
shù
Embrace / embracing palm
bào
Chop / cut / seizing palm
pī
Thumb lift / enticing palm
liǎo
Finger thrust / splitting palm
tiǎo
Twisting / Drilling
luó xuǎn
Trigram name English / Chinese
Element quality
Solid
Solid
Solid
Heaven / qián
Metal
Originating: single palm change
Trigram name English / Chinese
Element quality
Broken
Solid
Solid
Lake / duì
Metal
Joyous: push pole
Trigram name English / Chinese
Element quality
Solid
Broken
Solid
Fire / lǐ
Fire
Clinging: embracing palm
Trigram name English / Chinese Element quality Broken Broken Solid
Thunder / zhèn
Wood
Keeping Still: arm pull/break from flower hiding under the leaf
Trigram name English / Chinese Element quality Solid Solid Broken
Wind / xún
Wood
Gentle: head throw with possible spin out.
Trigram name English / Chinese Element quality Broken Solid Broken
Water / kǎn
Water
Abysmal: tiger lift
Trigram name English / Chinese Element quality Solid Broken Broken
Mountain / kèn
Earth
Arousing: black bear turn around; take the helmet from the back of the head
Trigram name English / Chinese Element quality Broken Broken Broken
Earth / kūn
Earth
Receptive: flip stick (stem of inside sweep to the outside hand/single change palm).
Wood floating
Chicken
piāo mù
jī
Cloud carrying
Big eagle ( roc )
Monkey
tuó yún
hóu
péng or dà yīng
Dragon
lóng
Spinning
Lion
zhuàn
shī zǐ
Tiger
hǔ
Eagle
yīng
Unicorn
Rhino
qí lín
xī niú
Sky horse
Falcon
tiān mǎ
sǔn
single change palm
dān huàn zhǎng
double change palm
shuāng huàn zhǎng
return body palm
zhuǎn shēn zhǎng
back body palm
shēn hòu zhǎng
cover body palm
gài shēn zhǎng
swim body palm
yóu shēn zhǎng
spin body palm
xuán shēn zhǎng
follow through palm
suí dào dǐ zhǎng
4 Characteristics of Ba Gua
Walk
Look
Sit
Turn Over / Roll Over
