Bagua Mastery Program by Bruce Kumar Frantzis [Repost]

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Bagua Mastery Program - Bruce Kumar Frantzis - Modules 1 to 9 [54 mp4, 63 mp3, 37 pdf]

Bagua Mastery Program (1 to 9)

This unique internal arts training program consists of the most extensive material ever published on learning bagua for martial arts, health and meditation. The program contains over 36 DVDs, 17 CDs and 1000+ pages of instruction plus private online forums. Bagua beginners will build a solid, step by step foundation while experienced practitioners will learn hidden, internal techniques to take their art to an entirely new level!

Module 1 Bagua Foundation Building

Module 1 starts by explaining the context of bagua and how to use this program. One of the most important elements is knowing how to warm up your body, so you start by learning the Bagua Internal Warmup Method. This is a powerfully effective approach to getting a larger return on your practice time.
You will also learn the Bagua Dynamic Stepping System, the foundation for bagua walking techniques. All serious students want to start by practicing and perfecting straightline walking.
As part of Module 1 youll receive the following print documents:
Introduction: How to Use the Bagua Mastery Program [34 pages]
Learning Bagua: Physical, Energetic and Mental Principles [23 pages]
Bagua and the Sixteen Neigong [45 pages]
Bagua Skills: Twisting [21 pages]
Bagua Internal Warmup Method [65 pages]
Building a Foundation for Bagua: A Dynamic Stepping System [91 pages]
Circle Walking and Taoist Meditation: Overview [43 pages]

Module 2 Bagua Circle Walking

Circle Walking can give your body all the aerobic exercise it needs. It brings up a vortex of energy from the earth through your body, which energizes, nourishes and strengthens your body from the inside out. It also sets the stage for using Circle Walking in Taoist meditation.
In Module 2, well transition from straightline walking to Circle Walking basics. Youll spend some time learning the basic footwork for walking a clockwise and counterclockwise circle.
As part of Module 2 youll receive the following print documents:
Learning to Walk the Circle: Circle Walking Basics [35 pages]
Circle Walking adn Taoist Meditation: Intermediate Meditation 1 [16 pages]

Module 3 Bagua Body Unification and Direction Changes

The simplified turn for changing direction while Walking the Circle will be taught in this Module. It works out the basic kinks of getting used to reversing direction—including maintaining your balance and not getting disoriented. The complete turning method is the fundamental technique of reversing direction germane to bagua, and will be taught in Module 7.
My strategy here is to ensure that when you begin focusing on the Single Palm Change posture and Dragon Body that you have a solid foundation. Otherwise, youll build in a destabilizing force that can make all future complete turns unbalanced and break the flow you generate while walking.
You will also learn the Bagua Body Unification Method in this module, which is comrpised of three exercises. Many move their bodies with very little internal connection, so these unification exercises will firmly connect all parts of your body in a relaxed way without causing physical tension. Unification exercises open up key energy channels in the body and provide a simple and relatively concrete path for your mind to enter into your body.
As part of Module 3 youll receive the following print documents:
Bagua Body Unification Method [84 pages]
Circle Walking Basics: Changing Directions and Important Considerations [54 pages]
Circle Walking and Taoist Meditation: Intermediate Meditation 2 [13 pages]
In Modules 13 you will receive over 528 pages of pure content…with hundreds of diagrams.

Module 4 Bagua Energy Postures

In Module 4, the circle of learning begins anew. You will learn my Bagua Energy Posture Series. A bagua energy posture involves the position of your arms while you Walk the Circle being relatively fixed in relation to your body, so they do not move in space. Bagua energy postures, like the standing postures of tai chi, hsingi and qigong are used to develop a strong foundation for all moving practices in the world of chi.
In Module 4, you will learn the first four postures of the series. Although many dozens of bagua energy postures are widely practiced, all derive from the complete system of twohundred static arm postures within the Taoist monastic tradition. Each posture opens up specific energy channels within the body. I designed my energy postures series, consisting of twelve in total, to open specific energy channels in a progressive manner and connect chi flows in very deliberate ways to help you advance to the Single Palm Change.
As part of Module 4 youll receive the following print documents:
Bagua Applications: Tai Chi Shifting Weight from the Back to the Front Leg [12 pages]
Bagua Energy Postures [130 pages]
Circle Walking and Taoist Meditation: Intermediate Meditation 3, Parts 13 [18 pages]
All bagua energy postures are designed to serve three primary purposes:
1. Physically open and strengthen particular areas of the middle or upper body.
2. Seamlessly connect, integrate and open different parts of the arms with all parts of the torso, spine, head, waist, hips and legs.
3. For intermediates, connect specific energy channels and flows within the physical and etheric energy bodies.

Module 5 Bagua Single Palm Change Posture

Holding the palm posture of the Single Palm Change (SPC) while Walking the Circle focuses and develops the chi of the body, mind and spirit more than any other independent single technique in the world Taoist chi arts. It has tremendous value on every level from health to spirituality.
Besides the formation of the palm itself, a palm posture also includes how your arms and torso both externally and internally mold or morph to hold the palm position. Together they are called the Upper Body Palm Posture. Both strongly influence all aspects of your bodyenergymind while walking This module focuses on learning to hold the Single Palm Change Upper Body Palm Posture while Walking the Circle and changing direction using only the simplified turning method.
In addition, you will learn Postures 5 and 6 of the Bagua Energy Posture Series.
As part of Module 5 youll receive the following print documents:
Bagua Applications: Twisting and Coiling Silk in Tai Chi [10 pages]
Circle Walking and Taoist Meditation: Intermediate Meditation 3, Part 4 [6 pages]
Single Palm Change Palm Posture: The King of All Postures [48 pages]

Module 6 Bagua Dragon Body

The Dragon Body is distinct to bagua. It should only be learned after stabilizing the Single Palm Change posture. The Dragon Bodys form has the following two qualities as you Walk the Circle: Waist turns toward the center of the circle and the Torso maintains the four points and all of the other alignments of the preceding sections.
In this module, you will learn how to safely turn your waist into the center of the circle in incremental stages. In addition, you will learn Postures 7 and 8 of the Bagua Energy Posture Series
As part of Module 6 youll receive the following print documents:
Bagua Applications: Creating an Elastic Body [4 pages]
Bagua Dragon Body [34 pages]
Circle Walking and Taoist Meditation: Intermediate Meditation 4, Parts 13 [16 pages]

Module 7 Bagua Complete Direction Change and Advanced Energy Postures

In Module 7, you will learn the complete footwork for changing and reversing the circles direction. First, you use a toein step to turn your torso from the waist and shrink your body into itself, toward your bodys centerline. Then, you use a toeout step to turn your torso to the outside of your bodys centerline and in the opposite direction ?from which you started.
I teach the classic bagua method for changing direction, as traditionally it has shown itself to be the best way to develop the expansive energy qualities of mud walking in the legs, allowing the chi to circulate all the way to the toes. After these two qualities are stabilized in a practitioners body, the toeout step is incorporated into bagua energy postures and the Single Palm Change with more complex combinations of waist turning and straightstepping, toein and toe ?out footwork.
You will also learn the final four postures (912) in the Bagua Energy Posture Series. These four postures develop your energetic body to its highest level, opening up and working with the channels of your body. So they should only be practiced by intermediate practitioners who have a solid grounding in the first eight postures.
As part of Module 7 youll receive the following print documents:
Circle Walking Direction Change: Complete Footwork [108 pages]
Bagua Applications: The Calligraphy in Bagua [6 pages]
Circle Walking and Taoist Meditation: Meditation 5, Parts 12 [8 pages]

Module 8 Bagua Single Palm Change Warmup

In this module, you will learn a physical and energetic warmup that will help make the Single Palm Change one single, fluid movement as you change directions while Walking the Circle.
The central goal of the Single Palm Change warmup is to integrate arm movements with foot movements as you Walk the Circle. Later, because youll be familiar enough with the movements already, changing direction wont be so overwhelming.
As part of Module 7 youll receive the following print documents:
Single Palm Change Warmup and Transition [120 pages]
Circle Walking and Taoist Meditation Meditation 5, Part 3 [10 pages]

Module 9 Bagua Heaven Palm Change and Changing Directions

All of the techniques and principles in the previous modules will now be applied as one integrated whole while you Walk the Circle and change direction using the Single Palm Change. This module puts all of the components you have learned together so you can do the Heaven Single Palm Change. Once you have reached this module, youll have already built a solid foundation from which to learn the Single Palm Change.

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