Ho Ho Choy-style baguazhang

Ho Ho Choy Baguazhang
(何可才八卦掌)

Also known as	Ho Ho Choi Baguazhang, Dao Zong
Hardness	Internal (neijia)
Country of origin	China
Creator	He Kecai
Famous practitioners	Cheung-Sing Tang / C.S. Tang[1]
Parenthood	Gao Style Baguazhang
Olympic sport	No

Ho Ho Choy Baguazhang is a style of Baguazhang, a Chinese martial art. Specifically, it is a substyle of Gao Style Baguazhang, which is in turn a substyle of Cheng Style Baguazhang.^[2]

History

A disciple of Gao Yisheng, named He Kecai (Cantonese: Ho Ho Choy; 何可才) taught Baguazhang in Hong Kong.^[3] His students still teach today. However the name is now called "Ho Ho Choy Baguazhang" to differentiate from other branches spread from Gao Yisheng.

As Ho Ho Choy was one of the last disciples of Gao, and after Gao's death he compared his art with those of Gao's earlier students and found that although the name and movement of most techniques are the same, the inner dynamics vary considerably; and so Ho's student called the Baguazhang they teach "Ho Ho Choy Baguazhang" to differentiate.

References

1. Alex Kozma (2013). Warrior Guards the Mountain: The Internal Martial Traditions of China, Japan, and South East Asia. Singing Dragon. ISBN 978-18-481-9124-2.
2. Gao Yisheng (2013). Liu Fengcai (ed.). The Cheng School Gao Style Baguazhang Manual: Gao Yisheng's Bagua Twisting-Body Connected Palm. North Atlantic Books. ISBN 978-15-839-4622-0.
3. Sensei/Renshi Nathan Chlumsky (2015). Inside Kungfu: Chinese Martial Arts Encyclopedia. Lulu.com. ISBN 978-13-291-1942-0.