Andrea's Training Notes on Ma Gui Bagua

2.8 Dragon Spinning Body Change

轉身掌 zhuan shen zhang

This can also be translated as Revolving Body Change or Rotating Body Change. It trains striking to front and rear, and single zhuangzhang.

Description: Starting in dragon form with the left hand up.

Action One: Koubu, baibu into liaozhang (‘draw up the cloak’), the same as the double palm change.

Action Two: Step the leading (left) foot forward, start to do a chuanzhang with the right hand in movement. Push off the left leg to step the right foot further forward before it lands, and step into a back and front single zhuangzhang. The right hand changes from chuan to zhuang while in movement forward. Bring in the left foot to a small mabu.

Action Three: Koubu the right foot in front (toes pointing to outside the circle) to tanzhang with the right arm behind the body.

Action Four: Left chuanzhang, releasing the left foot to step forward softly. Step the right foot forward and right palm up chuanzhang. Step forward in the direction of the previous tanzhang.

Action Five: Turn and go back with a drop stance thread palm.

Action Six: Go directly to dragon form for walking. You have changed sides.