Classical Pigua Zhang 劈掛拳

Classical Pigua Zhang - 劈挂拳

--General Information:
There different creation stories about Pigua Quan. One story puts Pigua Zhang in connection with the developmend of Baji Quan. Some Baji Lineages consider Pigua the Sister Art of Baji and that they are interconnected like Yin and Yang.

Wu Zhong the Creator of Baji married his Daughter into the Village of Luo Tan. It is implicated that he taught her Pigua Quan. So later on, the People of Luo Tan practiced Pigua, while the People of Mengcun focused on Baji.

A slightly different way of the origin story of Pigua starts with General Qi Jiguang mentioning a Pigua Heng Quan as very effective in Battle to the point it was better than wearing armour and a helmet.

--Technical details:
Pigua Quan works in a long to mid range. Its said that it was designed to be used while wearing full combat armour.
However most of its Weapon Methods seem to have been adopted from other Systems like Taizu Men and Erlang Quan. The propably most well known are the Yilu and Erlu Miao Dao.