Wu Li Zhi – Xiao Baji

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Mandarin Chinese Bjquán (traditional Chinese: pinyin, Japanese: Hakkyokuken) is a Chinese martial art known for its short-range force and elbow blows.
It originated in Hebei Province in Northern China, but it is now popular across the world, particularly in Taiwan.
Kai men baji quan means “open-gate eight-extremities fist” in Chinese.
Origins
Baji quan was originally known as bazi quan, or “rake fist,” because the fist is held loosely and slightly open and struck downwards in a rake-like motion.
Because the term was deemed vulgar in its native dialect, it was altered to baji quan.
The name baji is derived from the Daoist classic, the Yijing (I-Ching), and means “expansion in all directions.”
It signifies “including everything” or “the universe” in this context.
Wu Zhong (1712-1802) was the first reported baji quan instructor.
Wu Xiufeng and Li Shuwen (1864-1934) were two famous professors who championed the style.
The latter was from Cangzhou, Hebei, and was known as the “God of Spear Li.”
He was a Peking opera Wu Shen (martial male character) by training and a skilled combatant.
“I don’t know what it’s like to punch a man twice,” he famously said. Huo Dian Ge (bodyguard to the last Emperor of China, Pu Yi), Li Chenwu (bodyguard to Mao Zedong), and Liu Yun Qiao were among Li Shuwen’s trainees (secret agent for the nationalist Kuomintang and instructor of the bodyguards of Chiang Kai Shek).
Baji quan has now earned the moniker “bodyguard style.”
Ma Feng Tu and Ma Yin Tu established baji as a requirement for all students at the Central Guoshu Institute (Nanjing Guoshu Guan).
Baji quan is related to Piguazhang, another Hebei martial art.
Wu Zhong, the earliest traceable teacher in the baji lineage, is supposed to have taught both techniques as a unified combat method.
They finally broke away, only to be recombined in the late 18th to early 19th centuries by Li Shuwen.
There is a saying that demonstrates the complementing nature of these two styles: “Gods and devils alike will be afraid when pigua is added to baji.
Heroes will groan when baji is introduced to pigua, knowing they are no match for it.”
There are various baji quan families now, including the Han, Huo, Ji, Li, Ma, Qiang, Wu, and the Wu-Tan branch from master Liu Yunqiao.
The training differs somewhat between the versions, but the core is the same.
Wu Lian Zhi is the bearer of the Wu family baji quan lineage in China.
He accumulated information and documents over the course of more than 50 years of instruction, which were passed down from generation to generation.
Features
Strategy and tactics
The Baji fist is noted for forcing opening the opponent’s arms (qiang kai men) and mounting assaults at the high, mid, and low levels of the body (san pan lian ji).
It is particularly effective in close combat because it emphasizes elbow, knee, shoulder, and hip attacks.
Baji quan tactics stress attacking significant places of vulnerability, such as the thorax (trunk of the body), legs, and neck, either blocking an attack or approaching an opponent.
The “six great ways of opening” (liu da kai) are as follows:
Ding: pushing forward and upward with the fist, elbow, or shoulder.
Bao: clasping one’s arms as though embracing someone.
It is frequently followed by Pi (splitting).
Ti: raising the knee to hit the opponent’s thigh, or rising the foot to hit the opponent’s shin, etc.
Dan: with just one move.
Kua: using the hip.
Entanglement with rotation around the wrist, elbow, and shoulder, according to Chan
Body and stepping methods
Footwork in baji quan has three distinct characteristics:
Chuang Bu Zhen Jiao Nian These remarkable procedures are tied to traditional Chinese medicine, which holds that all parts of the body are linked, either physically or spiritually.
Forms
Baji routines are classified as either armed or unarmed.
There are 20 fist forms in all, including 12 Baji Small Structure Fists, a Baji Black Tiger Fist, a Baji Dan Zhai, a Baji Dan Da/Dui Da, a Baji Luohan Gong, and a Baji Si Lang Kuan.
Liu He Da Qiang (spear), Chun Yang Jian (sword), San Yin Dao (sabre), Xing Zhe Bang (staff), Pudao, and Chun Qiu Da Dao are the eight weapon forms (a long two-handed heavy blade, used by Generals sitting on their horses).
Methods for generating and expressing power
Baji’s main techniques are elbow strikes, arm/fist punches, hip checks, and shoulder strikes.
All techniques are done with a short power that has been developed through training; baji is well-known among Chinese martial artists for its quick motions.
Baji emphasizes on in-fighting, approaching from a greater distance with a characteristic charging step (zhen jiao).
The core of baji quan is found in jin, or techniques of distributing power, notably fa jing (explosive power).
The style includes six distinct types of jin, eight various methods to strike, and many power utilization concepts.
The majority of baji quan’s movements are one-hit push-strikes from close range.
The majority of the injury is inflicted by the transient acceleration that goes up from the waist to the limb, which is amplified by the zhen jiao charging step.
Many years of practice are required to perfect the mechanics of jin, and baji quan is recognized for its hard lower-body training and focus on the horse posture.
It has a higher horse posture than other Long Fist techniques.
There is also “the arrow-bow posture,” “the one-leg stance,” “the emptiness stance” (xbù), “the drop stance” (pbù), and more styles.
There are eight distinct hand positions, as well as several styles of breathing and zhen jiao.
The six Major Characteristic Powers are as follows:
slipping (Xia Chen or Chen Zhui)
Thrusting (Chong)Extending (Cheng)Entangling (Chan)Crossing (Shi Zi)Inch (Cun)
Baji emphasizes being more direct, ending in forceful, quick attacks that left an opponent unable to continue.
Nonetheless, certain styles are formed from the primary ideas or conceptions of baji quan on how to attack the opponent:
There are eight positions (Ba shi)
Method of eight motions (Ba shi gong)
Method of eight motions (Ba shi chui)
Double There are eight positions (Shuang ba shi) The Buddha Guards’ eight positions (Jingang ba shi) The dragon style has eight poses (Longxing ba shi) Many of these forms are either based on or blended with Shaolin-style Luohan fist.
Although the phrase ba shi can also relate to baji, it should be noted that it is also used in xingyi quan.
Shi Zhan Ying Yong & Kai Men Ba Ji Quan Xie Xiao Jia Yi Lu
This VCD includes demonstrations and breakdowns of Baji Quan methods such as: Wu Li Zhi (Wu LianZhi), seventh generation of Kai Men Baji Quan, performs Small Baji (Xiao Baji) (Open Gate Baji Fist).

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