Basic Building Blocks of Bagua Self-Defense

With more than 600 photos and detailed descriptions, you will learn the basic concepts and principles behind one of the most beautiful martial arts -- the internal art of Baguazhang. You will learn 25 ways of achieving the three main goals of Bagua self-defense: Uprooting your opponent, Unbalancing your opponent, and controlling your opponent's Center. Beyond that, you will learn 25 more concepts -- also known as Key Words -- that contain important self-defense techniques. By the end of the book, you will receive step-by-step instruction in more than 130 effective Bagua self-defense techniques. Sifu Ken Gullette does much more than demonstrate, he provides detailed instruction with an emphasis on internal body mechanics. Ken has students all over the world who study his DVDs, ebooks, and are members of his online internal arts membership website. He has 41 years of martial arts experience and is a tournament champion and champion instructor. He believes the best fighters begin with the basics and work up. In a real self-defense situation, the techniques that work against a motivated adult attacker are simple and direct techniques. You will learn something regardless of your style of Baguazhang. Ken studies Cheng style, but his teaching focuses on the body mechanics that generate internal power for any style. This ebook is a companion to Sifu Gullette's popular DVD, "Basic Building Blocks of Bagua Self-Defense," available through Amazon and through Ken's websites, www.kungfu4u.com and www.internalfightingarts.com.