Beginning Bagua is probably the most down to earth, practical book about Baguazhang currently available. It is written with the goal of providing concrete, directly useful information on Bagua. This book covers the basics of body use stepping, static posture training, Qigong, key movements, striking and throwing applications, circle walking as well as how Bagua's intellectual framework applies to martial tactics and to general training. Much of what you will find in this book is useful not just to practitioners of Bagua, but to martial artists in general. Beginning Bagua is extensively...

Meditative breath and movement are potent tools for personal transformation, for health development, stress release and as tool of martial arts. Learn the movement principles which you can apply that give special advantages over 'static' meditation. Moving into Stillness will give you a series of step by step techniques that are easy to learn and which you can use to cultivate states of deep peace, to free your self from habits of thought, action and emotion, as well as exercises to support martial skill. This book is more than a set of techniques though. Written by Edward Hines, a senior...