Dragon Palm Change of Sun Style Baguazhang
How to Perform the Dragon Palm Change
The Dragon is associated with the Zhen trigram. Zhen represents Thunder. The two Yin lines above the single Yang line represent clouds building for a storm. Zhen is arousing and represents the feet. In the martial arts, it represents the left side of the body and the Upholding palm.
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