Pa Kua: Eight Trigram
Boxing
By Robert Smith & Allen Pittman. 6" x 9", 96 pages, paperback.
This book outlines the history of Pa-kua, a style of boxing based on the
eight (pa) trigrams (kua) of the I Ching-and gives a thorough account of
the philosophy behind the art. Fully illustrated are the basic techniques,
the eight palm shapes, and the eight traditional methods of "walking
the circle |