Cheng Baguazhang

<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> <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Introduction"><U><B>Introduction</B></U></A></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> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#666633" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>BAGUAZHANG CITY</B></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> Cheng Baguazhang</div> <div> <B>Cheng Baguazhang</B>   |   <A HREF="id82.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fan Baguazhang"><U>Fan  Baguazhang</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id46.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fu Baguazhang"><U>Fu Baguazhang</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id53.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Gao Baguazhang"><U>Gao Baguazhang</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id80.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Gong System"><U>Gong System</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Jiang Baguazhang"><U>Jiang Baguazhang</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id79.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Liang Baguazhang"><U>Liang Baguazhang</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id81.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sun Baguazhang"><U>Sun Baguazhang</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Yin Baguazhang"><U>Yin Baguazhang</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id83.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Synthesized Systems"><U>Synthesized Systems</U></A></div> <bR> <div> The Cheng Tinghua system of Baguazhang is probably the most popular of Baguazhang form practised today, in its various incarnations.</div> <bR> <div> Cheng Tinghua had many wushu friends, including those from Taijiquan and Xingyiquan, and would often exchange techniques and knowledge with them. </div> <bR> <div> Throughout his life, his Baguazhang continuously evolved. </div> <bR> <div> Six Harmonies Baguazhang - this comes from the lineage of Cheng Tinghua's oldest son - Cheng Yulong. It is more fluid than most of the other forms of Baguazhang.</div> <bR> <div> Nine Palace Baguazhang (Jiu Gong Baguazhang) This method was developed by Liu Bin (a Daoist scholar). The forms are very elaborate in this system an there appears to be a Xingyiquan influence.</div> <bR> <div> Cheng Village Baguazhang - this method is derived from the teachings of Cheng Tinghua's middle son.  Cheng would periodically return to his home village and teach. The method is similar to Six Harmonies Baguazhang, but use the same amount of fluidity.</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>