Phoenix Palm Change of Sun Style Baguazhang
How to Perform the Phoenix Palm Change
The Phoenix is associated with the Sun trigram. Sun represents the wind, the single Yin line below the double Yang line representing movement under heaven. Sun is associated with wood. It represents the limbs and lower back in the body, and the Windmill, or Hurricane Palm, in the martial arts.
The Phoenix is Rolling the Ball Palm with a unique rolling the ball palm change.
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