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