Sunday, August 30, 2009

An old man with a young body -- a Ba Gua master


Pictured to the left, Sun Zhi Jun (in a photo taken many years ago) is doing Ba Gua "extended mud walking." Notice the extension of the legs and the low stance.






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ere is a link to a beautiful video of Master Sun Zhi Jun (pictured above) as a much older man of 74, walking the Ba Gua circle. In the video, it is easy to see how limber and strong he is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndY4jMB9w6U

What are the physiological processes at work? An interesting, and, hopefully, productive mystery.

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