Monkey Palm Change of Sun Style Baguazhang
How to Perform the Monkey Palm Change
The Monkey is associated with the Dui trigram. Dui is a marsh or lake, the single Yin line above the double Yang lines representing water lying on the earth. Dui represents the mouth in the body. In the martial arts, it is the Embracing palm and the right side of the waist.
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