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Ba Ji is also known as "the Bodyguard Style" for its simple yet effective and no-nonsense approach. For many people seeing Ba Ji for the first time they might assume it relates in some way to Xing Yi (Hsing I) or even Japanese martial arts due to its tremendously powerful and explosive actions. But Ba Ji comes from its own separate background combining the powerful energy of the TIGER and the loose yet definite actions of the BEAR.
Ba Ji is also famous for its powerful stamping actions. In keeping with the style's theme of Eight Extremes there are Eight distinct stamping actions for the BaJi styles. Certainly not restricted to simple foot actions these stamping actions develop a specializedform of "power issuing" that makes Ba Ji's movements bothpowerful and loose.
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