Introduction

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=160 BGCOLOR="#333333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="0d3dedc2ddualp.gif"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="150691e0.gif" border=0 width="105" height="30" ALT="Baguazhang Characters" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Introduction</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Origins"><U><B>Origins</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Development"><U><B>Development</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Founders Bio"><U><B>Founder's Bio</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Family Tree"><U><B>Family Tree</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id15.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Masters"><U><B>Masters</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Systems"><U><B>Systems</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sets"><U><B>Sets</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Weapons"><U><B>Weapons</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id48.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Featured Articles"><U><B>Featured Articles</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Discussion Room"><U><B>Discussion Room</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id57.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tea Room"><U><B>Tea Room</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id40.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Members Rooms"><U><B>Members' Rooms</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Baguazhang Teachers"><U><B>Baguazhang Teachers</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id78.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photos"><U><B>Photos</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Baguazhang Links"><U><B>Baguazhang Links</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id63.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="FreeForAllLinks"><U><B>Free-For-All-Links</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id5.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Free Email Service"><U><B>Free Email Service</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Us"><U><B>About Us</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id64.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Search Engines"><U><B>Search Engines</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id65.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U><B>Contact Us</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id67.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Email Mailing List"><U><B>Email Mailing List</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id54.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Search Engine"><U><B>Search Engine</B></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="0d464643.gif"> <div> <B>BAGUAZHANG CITY</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >     |     </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000BF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="BAGUAZHANG CITY"><U>home</U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> Introduction</div> <div> <I><B>Baguazhang</B></I> (pronounced "ba-gwa-shang") is condsidered to be one of the three branches of th<I> </I><I><B>neijia</B></I> (internal family or system) of Chinese <I><B>wushu</B></I>. The other two internal martial arts are <I><B>Taijiquan</B></I> (T'ai Chi Ch'uan) and <B>Xingyiquan</B> (Hsing-Yi).</div> <bR> <div> Baguazhang's name was derived from the <I><B>Yijing</B></I> (Book of Changes), that is some 3,000 years old, yet is ancient wisdom is timeless. It became so influencial that is has become a rich source for both Confucian and Daoist philosophy.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>