Sparrow Hawk Palm Change of Sun Style Baguazhang
How to Perform the Sparrow Hawk Palm Change
The Sparrow Hawk is associated with the Li trigram. Li represents Fire, the single Yin line between the two Yang lines represents the radiance of a fire burning. Li is visualizing and represents the eyes on the outside of the body and the heart on the inside. In the martial arts, it is the Lying Palm.
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