Bagua and Xingyi: An Intersection of the Straight and Curved

Bagua & Xingyi an Intersection of the straight and the curved: An anthology of Articles from the Journal of Asian Martial Arts Compiled by Michael A DeMarco, M.A. is an amazing book spanning years of in depth articles from the Journal of Asian Martial Arts about the Chinese Internal Arts of Bagua, Xingyi and Taiji.In the name of full disclosure I am a lineage holder and teacher in the Gao Bagua Yi Zong lineage which is featured heavily in this book.Over the last 20 + years of my learning, teaching and training these arts I have read or heard about most of the articles in this book but to see them finally collected in one edition is really a great resource for any practitioner of the Internal Marital Arts (IMA).The articles span multiple generations of practitioners of Bagua Zhang/ Pa Kua Chang (the eight trigram palm) and Xingyi Quan/ Hsing I Chuan (mind-shape boxing) so the depth and breadth of the information can inform the new practitioner or the advanced student. I read and re-read most of the articles included in the book countless times and have always gained a new perspective on the arts. And i recommend this book to friend and students on a regular basis.

I especially liked the chapter with Allen Pittman

Lots of treasure in this book. A Lot of ideas and concepts are talked about here which would usually require an understanding of the traditional Chinese internal martial arts.

This is the best overview of the Yi Zong school in print. I say overview only because it interviews multiple teachers, but it also has great depth.

Great book a lot of information that didn`t know , been doing Baguazhang for years

I was surprised that the articles chosen were so uneven in their content and value. There are some great articles, such as Pittman’s excellent Ba Gua article, but some others are very pedestrian. Sadly, the photos are very low quality and were not formatted for the kindle version.

Very little new information. A lot of this material has been previously published.

Wonderful compilation of articles I am so glad to have found.