Baji & Pigua on Film — Video Index

Video for Baji (八極拳) and its classical partner Pigua (劈掛掌) — "八極參劈掛，神鬼都害怕." No film of Li Shuwen survives (and beware AI fakes of him); the record begins with Liu Yunqiao's generation. ⭐ = archival / named master; [demo] = modern lineage demonstration.

⭐ Archival highlights

• ⭐ 劉雲樵 Liu Yunqiao — Baji, the master himself (2006 release of 1970s–80s film) · 連環拳 · 武壇小八極

• ⭐ 郭瑞祥 Guo Ruixiang — Pigua / 通備, 1990 Tokyo — pre-2000 film of the Cangzhou Ma-style 通備 holder

• ⭐ 1987 孟村八極拳 — original sound

• ⚠️ AVOID: a Bilibili "李書文 historic film" is AI-fabricated — no genuine footage of Li Shuwen exists.

八極 Baji

• 小八極拳套路 (small frame) — the root form · 大八極拳套路

• 六大開 六字訣 — narrated breakdown

• 孟村八極拳 小架一路 — orthodox Wu-family Mengcun · 吳連枝 教學系列 (7th-gen Wu-family)

• 霍氏八極拳 小架式 — Huo Dian'ge branch

• 蘇昱彰 Su Yu-Chang: 八極 Liu+Su demo · 閃電手 爆發勁

劈掛 Pigua

• (Guo Ruixiang 1990 ⭐ above) · 郭瑞祥 — 基本功及套路 teaching · 苗刀 miao dao

• 劈掛一趟 / 二趟 — both roads · 冼灝英

• 李書文 劈掛拳 (Li-style, BAB Japan)

See also

Baji (八極拳) — the style overview

Pigua (劈掛掌) — Baji's pairing partner

Li Shuwen (李書文) — 'Divine Spear'

Liu Yunqiao (劉雲樵) — carried it to Taiwan

Video Library — all styles