BÄguà zhÇŽng is one of the three major internal Chinese martial arts, the other two being Xingyiquan (å½¢æ„拳) and Taijiquan (太極拳).

BÄguà zhÇŽng literally means “eight trigram palm,” referring to the trigrams of the Yijing, one of the canons of Taoism. In some styles of Baguazhang these diagrams can refer to eight animals, upon which movements in those fighting systems are based.