Piguaquan

At Wutan UK HQ teacher training in Southampton today I did some Pigua (Piguachang / Piguazhang / Pikua) for the first time so did a little research. As always I start with wikipedia - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piguaquan.

Piguaquan (Chinese: 劈挂拳; lit. 'chop-hanging fist'), also known as Piguazhang (Chinese: 劈挂掌; lit. 'chop-hanging palm') due to its emphasis on palm techniques, is often practiced along with Bajiquan (Chinese: 八极拳; lit. 'eight extremes fist')[1] and is a style of wushu (Chinese martial arts) that features explosive, long-range power. It originated in Cangzhou, a prefecture in Hebei Province of North China, but today is also well known in other locales, including Taiwan. Piguaquan's power is from the accelerational force of the arms which are often in rotation. The hip movement in Piguaquan is more subtle and gentle compared to Bajiquan, because you only need enough to guide the big chops whereas in Bajiquan, the hammers, punches, elbows and swings rely completely on the quick and powerful rotation of the hips, and sink to bring its power out.

Our martial arts brother from Wutan NJ has put up a lot of content on-line, that I have added below.

Amongst all the amazing moves and techniques, a small learning point - cloud hands can also be referred to as plough (plow) hands!

And lastly some thing a little different from the Taiping Institute…