Palm Changes

"Mother Palms" (mu zhang, 母掌)

These palms are also commonly refered to as the "palm changes". The particular ones we practice are also called the Bagua Nine Palace Old Eight Palms (ba gua jiu gong lao ba zhang, 八卦九宮老八掌)

Palm 1 - "Single Palm Change" (dan huan zhang, 單換掌)

Palm 2 - "Double Palm Change" (shuang huan zhang, 雙換掌)

Palm 3 - "With the Flow Palm" (shun shi zhang, 順勢掌)

Palm 4 - "Behind the Body Palm" (bei shen zhang, 背身掌)

Palm 5 - "Pull out the Body Palm" (chou shen zhang, 抽身掌)

Palm 6 - "Rubbing Body Palm" (mo shen zhang, 磨身掌)

Palm 7 - "Turn Over the Body Palm" (fan shen zhang, 翻身掌)

Palm 8 - "Turn Around the Body Palm" (hui shen zhang, 回身掌)