Baguazhang Bannerman – Baoding Wrestling

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[Dowager Empress Cixi and YSB Guards returning to Beijing in 1902/  Chang Dong Sheng demonstrating wrestling and weapons engagement in the National Army Combat Class]

Yin Style Bagua Bannermen were distributed among the Beijing-Tianjin area in the northern military port towns during the late Qing Dynasty. Baoding/central Hebei is the seat of important governors of Zhili and Beiyang New Army officials. The Eight Animal Systems of the Men Baozhen/Xie Peiqi branch shares ancestry with Baoding Wrestling branching from Chang Dong Sheng.