NEW BOOK! The Attacking Hands of Ba Gua Zhang
by Gao Ji Wu

In this ground-breaking book, Gao Ji Wu reveals some of Ba Gua Zhang's formerly “secret” techniques. The Attacking Hands of Ba Gua Zhang gives the reader an in-depth look at Ba Gua's Seventy-Two Techniques (Qi Shi Er Zhao) and the Sixty-Four Hands (Liu Shi Si Shu) as they were passed down from the great boxer Liu De Kuan, himself a student of the art’s founder Dong Hai Chuan. Never before presented in their entirety, the Seventy-Two Techniques are key self-defense applications, that make Ba Gua an effective fighting art. Both the Seventy-Two Techniques and the Sixty-Four linear forms or “Sixty-Four Hands” are direct, practical applications of Ba Gua's characteristic circular palm changes.

This Chinese-English dual-language edition of The Attacking Hands of Ba Gua Zhang contains hundreds of photos that clearly illustrate the movements and their self-defense applications. Included are rare photos of the renowned Ba Gua master Gao Zi Ying (Gao Ji Wu's father) performing the Seventy-Two Techniques. A valuable companion volume that builds on Gao Ji Wu's previous book, The Essentials of Ba Gua Zhang.

The Attacking Hands of Ba Gua Zhang ($29.95)
384 Pages
More than 670 photos

Book Publication Date: February 28th. Order now to receive your copy as soon as they are available – on or before February 28th.

Special Offer: Order The Attacking Hands of Ba Gua Zhang with The Essentials of Ba Gua Zhang and receive a $5.00 discount.

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What readers say about the Essentials of Ba Gua Zhang:

“This new book is nicely formatted with big clear pictures and direct translations of many of Ba Gua's key points from the “songs.” A very good effort for anyone interested in any branch of the Ba Gua Tree.”
—Plum Publications

"The photos in this book are among the very best in clarity and capturing logical moments in the ba gua movements."

NEW BOOK!  Strategy and Change
An Examination of Military Strategy, the I-Ching and Ba Gua Zhang
by Tom Bisio

Strategy and Change is an engaging meditation on the application of strategy to all facets of human interaction. Of equal interest to the business person, military theorist, martial artist or anyone negotiating the uncertainties of the changing world.

How do you achieve success and prevail in a chaotic world? Chinese strategists have grappled with this fundamental question for centuries. Chinese thought advocates understanding the natural order of the world in order to harmonize and flow with it. One of the key ideas that permeates both The Art of War and the I Ching and even the martial arts is that success is achieved by blending with and adapting to the constant change manifesting around us. By aligning oneself with the changing circumstances, opportunity and success unfold naturally.

Strategy and Change looks at these ideas by examining military strategy and its connection with the I Ching (the Classic of Change) and the internal martial art Ba Gua Zhang (Eight Diagram Palm).

Strategy and Change includes discussions of:

• The Eight Intentions/Dispositions - a unique, flexible and organic system of strategic thinking used for centuries.
  
  
• Examples of successful strategies from history's great commanders including Alexander, Napoleon, Shaka Zulu, Hannibal, Belisarius, Sun Tzu and Mao Tze Tung.
  
  
• I Ching theory and its relevance to Military Strategy and martial arts.
  
  
• An analysis of The 36 Stratagems, a Chinese primer of strategy.
  
  
• Advice from the renowned Chinese strategist Zhuge Liang, whose insights into strategy and leadership are widely studied by Asian businessmen today.

Available from Barnes & Noble, amazon.com, and Outskirts Press.

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