Qilin Palm Change of Sun Style Baguazhang
How to Perform the Qilin Palm Change
The Qilin is associated with the Kun trigram. Kun represents the Earth and is the mother of the trigrams. Kun is pure Yin, represents the receptive and service. In the body, it is the belly, and in the martial arts it is the Returning Palm.
Begin with the initial toe-in step of the Single Palm Change.
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I don’t understand how this palm change has any martial applications, but I don’t care, I love the quick circles and the challenge of stopping on one leg!