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Ba Gua students working on piercing palm
Online Classes
Beginning Ba Gua Level 1
Thursdays 7:00 - 8:30pm EST for 12 weeks
July 2nd - Sept 24th 2026
$425
No pre-requisite training required
This 12 week long class introduces you to the art of Ba Gua Zhang through the Keystone Exercises - eight outwardly simple exercises that build a strong foundation for learning the entire Ba Gua system in the future. The Keystone Exercises form a compact but complete and well-rounded training set that allow you to directly experience the principles that form the heart of the art. They are simple to learn and challenging to master. Regular practice will both reveal and transform imbalances in your posture, movement, and spirit.
All levels of ability and experience are welcome. Over the 12 weeks of the class you will gradually build a sustainable Ba Gua practice in a community of like minded practitioners which can serve you for the rest of your life. The Keystone Exercises will also instill in you the necessary skills and understanding to learn the more advanced Ba Gua material in the future.
Registering for class gives you lifetime access to online recordings of each session following the live class, giving you flexibility to review or catch up on your own time as needed. The class also includes other videos to aid in establishing a skillful practice - both short review videos to support establishing a practice in the midst of a busy life, and more in depth short videos on each of the Keystone exercises.
The class is hosted on the White Pine Circle platform, which is a vibrant online community providing support and education for people interested in traditional East Asian Medicine.
Intermediate Ba Gua Level 3
Wednesdays 7:00 - 8:45pm EST
July 1st - Sept 23rd, 2026
$425
Pre-requisite training: all 3 modules of Beginning Ba Gua class or equivalent experience
This 12 week long class guides practitioners with a solid grasp of level 1 through the next step in Ba Gua’s fundamental training material. Practicing the material taught in this class will clarify the Ba Gua principles experientially through detailed and careful instruction. We will further train the Ba Gua internal body dynamic which is key for successful execution of the more advanced material.
The level 2 curriculum is composed of 4 seasonal modules that take place over a full calendar year. After training all 4 modules you will have gained deeper skill and understanding with post standing , the Ba Gua fundamental training exercises, and circle walking.
This module’s curriculum consists of training:
Post standing in the Embrace Moon to Chest posture
Yin Yang Acupoint slapping
Joint Rotations for the entire body
Linear stepping variations on Mud step: Crane Step, Chicken Step, Serpent Step and Phoenix Step.
Registering for class gives you lifetime access to class recordings for the entire module, giving you flexibility to review or catch up on your own as needed.
Advanced Ba Gua
Mondays 7:00 - 9:00pm EST
June 29th - Dec 14th, 2026
$840
Pre-requisite training: Full cycle of Intermediate Ba Gua class or equivalent experience
This module of the Advanced Ba Gua class leads you more deeply into the heart of the Ba Gua Zhang system. This curriculum thoroughly teaches and explores:
Ji Ben Gong
drilling these fundamental exercises that are taught throughout all of level 2 as a condensed and unified set. Drilling these formative exercises together amplifies the development of the Ba Gua body skills.
Linear piercing palm variations
deepening your understanding of our lineages most fundamental martial technique - Piercing palm. This set also teaches you how to dynamically adapt the piercing palm principles to a wider range of applications stepping patterns.ng with you in this more advanced level.
Investing time in training this material will improve your understanding of the art, integrate the quality of your movement, and refine your ability to spontaneously and powerfully apply the martial principles of Ba Gua Zhang.
The material is taught as a live weekly class with regular feedback sessions, which will provide individualized corrections specific to your alignments, focus and movement patterns. Registering for class will also give you access to online recordings of each session, giving you flexibility to review or catch up on your own time as needed.