Dong Haichuan (13 October 1797 or 1813 – 25 October 1882) is regarded as a skillful martial artist and widely credited to be the founder of Baguazhang. [1] Most, if not all, existing schools of Baguazhang place Dong Haichuan at the beginning of their lineage.

We do know that Dong was originally born and raised in Wen An, Hebei province and later moved to Beijing, where he taught the palace guards a new and unique martial art style that he claimed he had learned from “an old Daoist man” in the mountains.

Dong Haichuan (1797 or 1813 – 1882) was born in Zhu village, Hebei Province, China. He is regarded as a skillful martial artist and is widely credited to be the founder of Baguazhang. Most, if not all, existing schools of Baguazhang place Dong Haichuan at the beginning of their lineage.

Jan 21, 2018 · The legends, stories, tall tales, and fables that surround the life of Dong Hai Chuan are more numerous than the number of times he walked around a circle during the course of his sixty-nine years. Since Dong has been glorified in pulp hero novels and martial arts fairy tales, separating the fact and fiction of his life story is not an easy task.

Bāguàzhǎng (八卦掌); literally “Eight Trigram Palm,” is one of the three main internal Chinese Martial Arts systems of the Daoist Wudang School (other two systems being Taijiquan and Xingyiquan”).

Dong Haichuan (Oct. 13, 1804 - Dec. 15, 1880) had a strong interest in the martial arts since his time growing up in Zhujiawu village, Wen'an county, just south of Beijing. As a youth, he first began training Six Harmony Fist from a man named Cangzhou Li.

Tung Hai Chuan (Dong Haichuan) was a highly skilled martial artist renowned for the development of Pakua Chang (The 8 Trigrams Palm), one of the primary Wu Tang Martial Arts taught today at Imperial Combat Arts.

Dong Haichuan (13 October 1797 or 1813 – 25 October 1882) is regarded as a skillful martial artist and is widely credited to be the founder of Baguazhang. Most, if not all, existing schools of Baguazhang place Dong Haichuan at the beginning of their lineage.

Ma Gui (also known as Ma Shiqing) (Chinese: 马贵; pinyin: Má Guì) (1847–1941 [1] or 1851–1941 [2]) was an accomplished master of the internal Chinese martial art of Baguazhang, and was the first disciple of Yin Fu, who in turn was the first disciple of Baguazhang's founder Dong Haichuan.

Dong Haichuan 1797 – 1882. Bagua Zhang is the most recently developed of the three main Chinese internal martial arts, the other two being Taiji and Xing Yi. It originated with Dong Haichuan who began demonstrating and teaching it in the mid 1860's in Beijing. Bagua Zhang quickly established its reputation as a very effective fighting system.