八卦掌 Ba Gua Zhang (Pa Kua Chang) means Eight Trigrams Palm. The trigrams or Gua are ancient symbols used to represent all natural phenomena in the classic Chinese ‘Book of Changes’ or Yi Jing. Zhang means palm and designates Ba Gua Zhang as a style of martial art, which emphasizes the use of the open hand instead of … LEARN MORE about Intro to Sun Baguazhang
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Welcome to the Baltimore Academy of Defence
We proudly offer classes in:
MMA for Self-Defence, Historical Swordsmanship
&
Traditional Chinese Martial Arts.
The Baltimore Academy of Defence
is dedicated to promoting Self-Defence, traditional Chinese Xingyiquan & Baguazhang (Kung fu), and restoring the Historical Sword Arts of the United States of America, & the British Isles (HEMA), by providing instruction of the highest quality in a fun, inclusive, and safe environment.
Public Class Schedule
Monday
Private Lessons
Tuesday
6:00 pm – American Sword
7:00 pm – MMA for Self-Defence
Wednesday
6:00 pm – Xingyiquan
7:00 pm – Chinese Sword
Thursday
Private Lessons
Xingyiquan & Baguazhang
The Art of Moving the Body with Intention
As traditional Taoist internal martial arts, Form & Intention Fist, and Eight Trigrams Palm, are rare and ancient styles of Chinese Kung Fu which are revered for their unique ability to develop a natural and powerful system of unified mind-and-whole-body connected movement.
Combining effective real world self-defense with wellness and meditation, these internal arts promote health, strength, longevity, flexibility, confidence, mindfulness, clarity of thought, and unity of body & mind.
Xingyiquan
Baguazhang
Historical Swordsmanship
Historical Swordsmanship or HEMA has been carefully reconstructed from the original sources, and then rigorously pressure tested to restore the art as accurately as possible.
Courses of study in the historical sword arts of The United States of America, and The British Isles (England, Ireland, Scotland,…) are available at the Academy.
