The Circles Of The Pa Kua Universe

Walking the circle of Pa Kua Chang one is able to create one's own universe. This is a universe that is filled with wondrous beauty, and yet silent and solitary. The reason for for this amazement is to be found in the simplest of geometries--the circle.

As one walks the circle there are circles within circles, and on into infinity. This is a simplicity that just keeps wrapping upon itself until it transcends and takes the martial artist into fantastic realms. Within this configurizing there are five specific circles.

The first circle is obviously the circle that one is walking on. The power of this circle is from the rim of the circle, where one plants his feet, to the center of the circle. This tension, from rim to axle, set up a motor which endlessly pulls the practitioner in, even as he orbits out.

The second circle is the circling of the legs. This circle is something of a wave form as one imagines a point of power traveling up the legs, through the tan tien, down the legs, into the ground, and repeating step after step after step. The tension here is between the ground and the tan tien.

The third circle is the circling of the torso. As one walks the torso is turned back and forth, step to step, move to move. The power here comes from the stretching of the muscles around the torso.

The fourth circle is the circling of the arms. The arms circle around and around, never ending, stretching the shoulder joints gently, and stretching all muscles attached to the shoulder. The tension here is the pulling of those muscles around the joint.

The fifth circle is the circling of the hands. The hands turn over and swoop and configurate all over again in never ending motion. The power here is a spiraling power that twines the muscles around the bones themselves.

Let us summate here by saying that if one walks the circle, with proper attention to detail, one need never look elsewhere for fitness. Torso, limbs, hands...everything is feeding each other, always twining and circling and spiraling and orbiting and...until there is no end. And one is brought to the realization that one is a marvelous creation with everlasting potential, and that potential is easily realized if one merely continues the exercise of walking the circle.

By: Al Case

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Al Case has 40+ years in the martial arts. A professional writer for the MA magazines, he is the developer of Matrixing Technology. You can view his unique research at MonsterMartialArts.com