Jiang Rongqiao's baguazhang DVD
As taught to Sha Guozheng, performed and explained by Luo Jinhua. Run time 60:41
In Mandarin with English subtitles. Luo Jinhua is an indoor student of Sha Guozheng, one of the best known of Jiang Rongqiao's students. This is the eight turns that are in the book that I translated. I have seen Sha Guozheng and his students, and Luo Jinhua is an excellent representative of that style. Luo Jinhua is a seventh degree rank in China.
This set of eight changes was developed by Jiang Rongqiao when he was older, and was intended to be accessable to older practitioners. I remember one of my students saying "I like this form - no kicks!" It does have low stances, but it is not necessary to drop fully into them.
Luo's performance has a different flavour from what I learned from Huan Dahai, but my book translation, the diagrams of Jiang Rongqiao, the photos of Cai Yuhua, the video of Luo Jinhua, and my translation of Luo's video go a long way in describing this style.
My translation is available in pdf format (see CD). I don't like the DVD's translation much.
