Glossary | The Walking Circle

Posted by Laozi on May 13, 2010 in Glossary | 0 comments

In the beginning there was nothing but a formless chaos. Out of this chaos, there was born an egg. When the egg split the heavy yolk sank...

Posted by Laozi on May 13, 2010 in Glossary | 0 comments

Cosmology is an account or theory of the origin of the Universe, and by extension man’s place in it. Many martial arts take their name or...

Posted by Laozi on May 8, 2010 in Glossary | 0 comments

In 2852 BCE Fu Xi is credited with creating the Eight Trigrams (Bagua). The trigrams of the Bagua, and the hexagrams of the Yi Jing are...

Posted by Laozi on May 8, 2010 in Glossary | 0 comments

Taijiquan (Tai Chi Chuan) translates as supreme ultimate fist, or great extremes boxing. The concept of Taiji is found in both Daoist and...

Posted by Laozi on May 8, 2010 in Glossary | 0 comments

The Pinyin system is the accepted standard for the romanization of Chinese characters. Pinyin means spell sound and is used to teach the...

Posted by Laozi on Apr 26, 2010 in Glossary | 1 comment

Baguazhang Eight Trigram Palm, or Baguazhang (Pa-Kua Chang), is the youngest of the Chinese internal martial arts with much of its growth...