My first master was a Vietnamese factory worker that fought in the Vietnam War. When he was training me in Kung Fu he told me more than once that if he fought someone that used the fist, he was not afraid, but if he fought someone using an open palm or their fingers, he knew he was in trouble. To this day, I remember him jabbing me with his finger tips while fighting, and man that hurt like Hell. I’ll never forget him, Sang Traung, a minimum wage graveyard shift factory worker that was the real deal with traditional martial arts. His tiger claw rakes with all five fingers were nothing to scoff at.

I started this art be ause it is often called the bodyguard art. If you use a palm strike in self defence or when defending a client you will have a easier defence in court . It is viewed as slapping the assailant not beating him with your fist.

I'm not a student of this style. However I can say when I was taught southeast Asian martial arts four decades ago the palm was considered the primary head and chest region strike for self defense. Not to mention when I learned Shuai jiao palms were highly effective for disrupting flow and balance. I even avoided jail because the palm didn't give the intent of doing harm. To this day I slap a wooden pole for at least thirty minutes

Thank you for what you are doing.

I was about to post a question about the hollow fist, but here you already answered it. Thank you for your work!

Very interesting, Sir.

Been studying southern Gung Fu for 48 yrs.! Notice, using Palm strikes 90% of the time 😳Thanks, Shifu 💕😬

Lovely presentation. I really appreciate it. I can't make a fist due to a tendon injury so open hand is my only option. Your instruction is brilliant, thank you.

Boxers fracture can be healed, if with sufficient medical care 100% (with proper stabilisation by fixation and rest), fracture of scaphoid carpal bone can lead to avascular necrosis and permanent disability of wrist joint, can happen in a palm strike if you use enough force on a hard enough surface

Hi, I want to ask you bajiquan seems like a powerful art but is it practical in self defense or sparring? Very little footage out there of bajiquan practitioners competing/showing its practicality.

Very interesting, master, thank you. Can I ask you a question? Is palm conditioning needed, as with the “iron palm,” to make it effective?

Sometime after getting my wrist injured, I was warned about how unbelievably fragile the hands are due to having so many delicate joints in it. Do you have a recommended safer way of practicing with an open palm?

I want to start learning Bajiquan but i also want to learn piguaquan.

Is the fingers' position same for all Baji style?

xingyi has hollow fist

I have more control and I can project my energy more with palm strikes

is it too late for 40 something years old person to start learning bajiquan?

The egg...is whats known as Cotton Fist...Cotton Palm

Absolutely, open hand Palm strikes, or slaps open hand slaps as Americans call it, can be extremely devastating, just ask any professional wrestler, the man with the most dangerous open hand slap was the immortal Andre the Giant, you didn't want to take an open hand slap from that man!

鐵沙掌(Iron Sand Palm)打爆金鐘罩(Golden Bell Shield)死門！