Baguazhang

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Summary: This book is embarrassingly poor.
Review: This book is embarrassingly poor. The continuity from photograph to photograph can only be followed by someone knowledgeable in this form of Baqua and even then it is a challenge. Some of the interpretations of the forms are clear and make sense. Other interpretations are such a reach as to be, well laughable. Frankly Mr. Montaigue may well be skilled in what he is teaching but this effort does him no favors. However the paper stock in quite nice.

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Summary: a complete system of fake bagua
Review: When I 1st started reading this I wanted to laugh at the humorous misinfo Mr. Montaigue passes off as bagua. Then I realized that people have had so little access to the art they actually believe this absolute piece of garbage. 1st off, to claim bagua is essentially a dim-mak art is to show that Erle is quite entirely ignorant of the true nature of our work. It can play a factor but a small part of it. We don't simply 'pounding palm'-crash thru defences and poke at 'death-points' you poor fool. Much needs to be understood about how the gings are developed & nurtured. Your supposed techniques are external not internal, I'm sorry you have decieved yourself so long. Maybe your teacher never explained it, didn't know it, or hid it from you; either way U do not understand. I cross referenced Mr Montaigue's website & witnessed an even more disturbing example of fajin (external fajin?) If you really believe that is fajin you need to find a teacher to bring you back to the beginning. There is more to the power than those 'techniques' that leak out your Qi everywhere (& even worse what is there is off focus anyway). There is much to be said about the pure subtlety of what is expressed by bagua rather than take it down to this disgraceful level. I feel most sorry for people like the guy from SD that loved this book...do yourself a favor and keep this book as a reference to what baguazhang is not...or ignore what I'm trying to share with you & learn some fake external form of an internal art. You've been warned.