Breaking the Circle, Part 2: Circling the Break

This is where the 7 Stars 8 Steps system (the foundation of Baguazhang) comes in.

When your opponent has successfuly broken your circle, you may have to walk their circle, essentially circling the break.

(Pictures to come)

Breaking the Circle, Part 1

I have been getting a lot of questions about the name of the school and how it applies to the martial arts.

The name has a number of different meanings for me, but in the Daoist Martial Arts, it has a particular meaning. I'll outline it in a general sense here.

Part 1: The Circle

In the Daoist Martial Arts, we view defense as a personal defnsive circle.

When we attack, we are attempting to attack out opponent's centerline (basically the spine), which we call "Duan Huan" or "Breaking the Circle".

Our goal in defense is to redirect their attack around the outside of the circle.