Who is the representative of Bajiquan, the founder of Bajiquan?

The founder of Bajiquan is Wu Zhong. At the same time, Wu Zhong passed on the art of systematically summarizing and sorting out the various boxing techniques, instruments and qigong that he had mastered for decades, taking the strengths of all families, repeatedly refining and integrating them into one, integrating them into one, creating a Bajiquan system with both internal and external cultivation, and practicing both inside and outside, with "six openings", "eight moves" and "-big" as the main structure, so that Bajiquan can be widely disseminated, passed down from generation to generation, prosperous, and famous at home and abroad.

Early life experience. Wu Zhong is the great-grandson of Wu Shimeng, his grandfather Wu Yushu and father Wu Tianshun are both good at martial arts and have extraordinary skills. Wu Zhong is intelligent by nature, and he can recite it by sight, and has practiced martial arts since he was a child.

Wu Tian taught with great talent, carefully taught martial arts, and Wu Zhong's martial arts were refined. In the tenth year of Qianlong (1745), Wu Zhong studied under Ma Shengbiao, carefully studied art for 12 years, and made great progress in his skills, and obtained the 32 styles of Taizu and Shaolin knife techniques.

In the twenty-second year of Qianlong (1757), Ma Shengbiao died of illness, and Wu Zhong posted a teacher. A couple with strong martial arts came to Houzhuang Ke Village to carefully teach their skills, Wu Zhong devoted himself to studying, and his martial arts grew day by day.

The descendants of Bajiquan include Wu Zhong, Wu Rong, Wu Nan, Wu Buqing Zhongyu, Li Dazhong, Wu Kai, Zhang Keming, Wu Huiqing, Huang Sihai, Zhang Jingxing, Li Guizhang, Cao Jingtian, Wang Jingxiang, Zhang Xueyuan, Tian Jinzhong, Yin Shuchun, Huo Qingyun, Cui Hongqi, Huang Yuzhu, Zhu Xiaotian, Wang Jian, etc.

Bajiquan is a type of boxing in Chinese martial arts. The word "eight poles" in this boxing method was originally a paleogeographical concept, which originated from the Han "Huainanzi Qi Xingxun" "between heaven and earth, Kyushu eight poles". Today, the term "Eight Extremes" is used in martial arts, which means "to reach the far reaches of all directions".

Bajiquan is a short punch boxing method, and its movements generally pursue a strong, unpretentious and rapid style. In terms of technical techniques, it is important to take inch by inch, and to hit hard and open. It really has the characteristics of suffering, helping, squeezing, leaning, collapsing and shaking as generally described.

Bajiquan exerts force on the heels, walks on the waist, and runs through the tip of the world's cover, so the explosive power is great, and it is very rich in the characteristics of technical strikes, and there is a tendency of "shaking the arms and hitting the sky, stomping and shaking Kyushu". Therefore, in the traditional Chinese martial arts circles, there is a saying that "Wen has Tai Chi to calm the world, and Wu has eight extremes to determine the world".

On June 7, 2008, Yueshan Bajiquan was approved to be included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. On May 24, 2021, the Bajiquan declared by Dongcheng District, Beijing was approved to be included in the fifth batch of national intangible cultural heritage representative projects, project number -28.

BajiquanThe founders have three sayings:

The origin of Bajiquan is known and placed, and there are different theories so far. One said, originated in the Ming Dynasty, because in Qi Jiguang.

In the book "Ji Xiao New Book - Boxing Jing Jieluo Chapter", it was mentioned that "Bazi Boxing" is "Baji Boxing".

Second, it is the Southern Song Dynasty.

The second abbot of Yueshan Temple in Jiaozuo, Henan Province, Chongcang, Canggong mixed with the empty phase Zen master to teach Shaolin boxing, and founded the "Bajiquan", because it is located in Mingyue Mountain, also known as "Yueshan Bajiquan". The third said that it was created by the wandering master of the No. 1 "leprosy" in the late Ming Dynasty, and then stared at Wu Zhong.

Features of Bajiquan.

Bajiquan takes the head and feet as the Qiankun, the shoulders, knees, elbows and hips as the four directions, the arms front and back are opposite, and the dantian.

Holding the yuan in ** is the meaning of creating a door. To lead the qi with the intention, to destroy the force, three plates and six points inside and outside the unity, the leakage of the magnificent, the eight directions of the force through the body is the eye, the whole body is the hand, the movement is changing, the change is the change, the transformation is the spirit, its wonder is endless.

Bajiquan attaches great importance to the practice of offensive and defensive techniques. Pay attention to usage'Suffer, shoulder, squeeze, lean', see the seams, drill when there is a gap, do not move, do not fight, see the move.

The founder of Bajiquan is Wu Zhong. Wu Zhong (1732 1822), known as Hongsheng, Hui nationality, was a native of Houzhuang Ke Village, Haifeng County (now Qingyun) in the Qing Dynasty, and the founder of Bajiquan. "Wu Family Tree" records that Wu's ancestral home is She County, Anhui Province, and in the third year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1405), the ancestor Wu Rong specially granted the Cangzhou Salt Transportation Branch of Hejian Mansion to move to Cangzhou, Hebei, and during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty (1573 1620), the sixth generation of Wu Shimeng of the Wu family settled in Houzhuang Ke Village.

Character experienceIn the forty-third year of Qianlong (1778), Wu Zhong traveled south alone, came to the South Shaolin Temple in Fujian, held a pole three in and out of the Shaolin Temple, none of the hidden weapons were on his body, and he was praised as "God Wu Zhong" by the monks and the officials of the town temple, and his prestige shook the Quartet. When this matter reached the capital, the general of Fuyuan, who was known for his martial arts, and the king of Qinqin County, Yinyu, summoned Wu Zhong to Beijing to try his martial arts. When the two were learning martial arts, they agreed to use the 殳 (long pole used to practice martial arts) as a tool, and the end of the gun was painted, and the one who wore more was defeated.

After a few rounds of fighting, Yinyu's eyebrows were painted, and he didn't even notice it, suspecting that Wu Zhong had used illusions. Changed to use batter to smear at the end, the two fought again, Yinyu used the front and back to Wu Zhong to point to Wu Zhong's body, Wu Zhong used the method of jumping and dodging and other light body to break it, and suddenly used a golden rooster independence, white crane wings move, the batter was smeared again between the eyebrows of Yinyu, Yinyu still did not notice, and finally convinced, so he worshiped Wu Zhong as a teacher, and left him in the county palace to teach his own method, and also taught the Royal Forest Army Baji boxing method.