Bagua Zhang is an internal martial art and form of energy cultivation that manifests from the wuji state of primordial awareness. From primordial awareness the taiji wheel spins generating the realms of form with eight characteristics called trigrams. There are four cardinal and intermediate patterns of qi flow. Each pattern has a direction, location, season, age, color, symbol, mantra, mudra, channel, point, form, add infintum... and palm change. The foundation of Bagua Zhang is the walking of the circle. Stepping in a continual circular motion gathering all of the energies of the eight directions while the eight palm changes create circles within the circles like the planets of the solar system rotating and revolving at the same time. Once practitioners can perform all of the eight palm changes their channels have been opened and they can connect with the energies of the eight directions and develop their own unique style based on their own set of circumstances and interactions with the variable energies of others who enter the Bagua sphere.

The Eight Trigrams Palms are:
1.Single Palm Change The Green Dragon Turns its Head.
2.Double Palm Change The Pigeon Spirals Through The Sky, White Snake Shuffles Throught The Grass.
3.Invading Palm The Green Dragon Locks His Tail, White Snake Shuffles Through The Grass.
4.Back Palm The Sparrow Enters The Forest, Green Dragon Rotates Its Head and Zero's on the Grab, Monkey Clears The Branches.
5.Spiraling Body Palm The Sparrow Enters The Forest, Walking Horse Turns Its Head, White Ape Offers The Fruit.
6. Double Holding Palm The Lion Rolls The Ball.
7. Body Milling Palm Wave The Fan at The Door, Pheonix Spreads Its Wings, Sparrow Pecks Water, Reverse The Windmill, Green Dragon In Flight.
8. Liberation Palm Sleeves Flapping In The Wind, Rolling Anaconda, Sparrow Enters The Forest, Croutching Tiger Engenders Its Meal, Green Dragon Rotates His Body.