Circle Walking with the 8 mother palms is a unique feature of Baguazhang

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The eight mother palms form the core of Baguazhang. These eight mother palms are as follows:

1. Single-Changing Palm, or Dan Huan Zhang
2. Double-Changing Palm, or Shuang Huan Zhang
3. Smooth-Flow Palm, or Shun Pu Zhang
4. Back-Body Palm, or Bei Shen Zhang
5. Turn-Body Palm, Fan Shen Zhang
6. Circle-Body Palm, or Zhuan Shen Zhang
7. Rotating-Body Palm, or Xuan Zhuan Zhang
8. Return-Body Palm, Hui Shen Zhang

The eight mother palms are practiced in Circle Walking, which is unique in Baguazhang. Strictly speaking it is not walking in circles but in hexagons or bagua.

Each mother palm incorporates eight typical Baguazhang techniques forming a sequence. The eight sequences consisting sixty four techniques are linked together into a set, called the Swimming Dragon Baguazhang Set.

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