Eight Diagrams Palm by Yu Hongqin: Eight Diagrams Palm is also named Eight Diagrams fist (Ba Gua Quan), Eight Diagrams Interlink Palm (Ba Gua Lian Huan Zhang) and youshen baguazhang. It is created by Dong Haichuan from Hebei province in the middle of Qing dynasty. The basic form contains eight palms, of which each can be divided into eight palms, so totally there are sixty four palms. This combines with the variety of Eight Diagrams (Ba Gua) and was named Eight Diagrams Palm (Bagua Zhang). It moves freely when exercising. For eight directions, they are four sides (Si Zheng) and four corners (Si Yu), which is similar to the Eight Diagrams in . The main characteristic of its technique is mixed with strength and softness, every movement joins smoothly, avoids the main forces and strike the weak point. Main chapters: (1) main techniqueof palm (2) main footwork (3) routine teaching (4) explanation of essential (5) notices