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 enlarge | Author: Erle Montaigue
Publisher: Paladin Press
Category: Book
List Price: $45.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 274491
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 152
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.5
ISBN: 1581600372
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.7148
EAN: 9781581600377
ASIN: 1581600372
Publication Date: July 1, 1999
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 a complete system of fake bagua October 29, 2003
10 out of 16 found this review helpful
When I 1st started reading this I wanted to laugh at the humorous misinfo Mr. Montaigue passes off as bagua. Then I realized that people have had so little access to the art they actually believe this absolute piece of garbage. 1st off, to claim bagua is essentially a dim-mak art is to show that Erle is quite entirely ignorant of the true nature of our work. It can play a factor but a small part of it. We don't simply 'pounding palm'-crash thru defences and poke at 'death-points' you poor fool. Much needs to be understood about how the gings are developed & nurtured. Your supposed techniques are external not internal, I'm sorry you have decieved yourself so long. Maybe your teacher never explained it, didn't know it, or hid it from you; either way U do not understand. I cross referenced Mr Montaigue's website & witnessed an even more disturbing example of fajin (external fajin?) If you really believe that is fajin you need to find a teacher to bring you back to the beginning. There is more to the power than those 'techniques' that leak out your Qi everywhere (& even worse what is there is off focus anyway). There is much to be said about the pure subtlety of what is expressed by bagua rather than take it down to this disgraceful level. I feel most sorry for people like the guy from SD that loved this book...do yourself a favor and keep this book as a reference to what baguazhang is not...or ignore what I'm trying to share with you & learn some fake external form of an internal art. You've been warned.
 Difficult, takes much time to understand. November 22, 2002
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
The information is good, and looks almost exactly like Chian rong-qiao's form presented in his book.
It took me a lot of time to understand this book, and unfortunately with such a complex art as bagua, you will find it hard to comprehend exactly how some of the forms are performed.
In the fourth palm change, the spinning around to a point behind you is so obscure, you can be sure to throw in the towel right away.
The rest of the book is great though, however expect to have to xerox the pages into a flip book to make it easier to work with when training, otherwise the book is so cumbersome it is rediculous unless you have book holders.
I recommend getting park bok nam's 2 books on pa kua chang also, so that you can understand the concepts a bit better.
Looking back I thought this was easy, but to a beginner, you might as well have cancer, as it is so difficult to start out with this book, as with any book, however by far this is one of the *BEST* I have seen.
Bogus Bagua March 21, 2000
13 out of 20 found this review helpful
Ok someone must have blown up a fish market because something stinks! Not even suitable for a new student of BaguaZhang, and here Erle is claiming his book to show a "complete" system of BaguaZhang? HA! Fat chance. So what does this book have going for it? Some basic application and dim mak points are shown, but on some little kids? Just what is Erle suggesting BaguaZhang was used for? I shudder to think. I have always questioned Erle's background and credibility, I think the so called"expert" and "secret" information he shares in this book more then answers any question about him I my have had in the past.
THIS BOOK WAS A GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT.... November 3, 1999
25 out of 32 found this review helpful
Having heard Earle Montague's name mentioned as a serious practitioner for many years, I was excited to see that Amazon was now carrying his Bagwa book. What a disappointment! The book presents very little new information for even beginning students. The highly-touted 'classic forms' are poorly presented and nearly impossible to follow. The worst flaw (to me) was that Montague's demonstrations of martial applications employ a teenage girl and a child as models! While these may be family members, to see the author triumphantly employing the 'superior moves' of Bagwa against a little girl is downright embarassing! The best I can say about this work is that it has a nice binding. Serious students should instead check out Park Bok Nam's and Liang Shou-Yu's widely-available, classic texts.
 Another great book from down under. October 18, 1999
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
I just read the bagua book and I am now looking for a teacher! The information shows the whole bagua system and not only one part of it as others have shown. I was amazed to find that bagua is a real street fighting art and the deadly strikes to dim-mak points are awesome. What intrigued me was the linear form which I have only ever heard about in the past but which has now been published for the first time. It will take some time and effor tto actually learn the linear form. So it is also essential to have the video tape on this form. I use the book as back up when I am not near a vcr.
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