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Drunken Boxing

Drunken Boxing
Drunken Boxing is a style of boxing that imitates a drunkard in its movements, involving both...

Wing chun Chuan(Ode to Spring Chuan)

Wing chun Chuan(Ode to Spring Chuan)
Yongchun Quan or the Yongchun Chuan is said to have been created by Yan Yongchun of Liancheng...

Bagua Zhang (Eight-diagram Palm)

Bagua Zhang (Eight-diagram Palm)
Bagua Zhang or the eight-diagram palm is one of the most popular schools in China. It is also...

Akira Yuki of Virtua Fighter uses Hakkyokuken, the Japanese pronunciation of Bajiquan.

Bajiquan was in brought to popular attention in the west largely by the Sega video game Virtua Fighter, as the style that the main character Akira Yuki practices, though none of the many representations of Bajiquan in popular media has ever been very accurate.
Other video game characters that use this style are Kokoro from the Dead or Alive series and Xiuying Hong from the Shenmue video game series.

Despite poular belief, in the Tekken series Ling Xiaoyu does not practice Bajiquan, rather she practices Piguaquan (Hikaken in Japanese) and Baguazhang (Hakkesho in Japanese), similar to Wang Jinrei. Julia Chang, however, uses Bajiquan techniques as part of her style.

Another additional new Tekken 6 character Leo uses Bajiquan style, but in Japanese, it will be heard to be called Hakkyokuken.

"Baji Quan" appears as one of Li Mei's fighting styles in Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance.

In 1988, Ryuchi Matsuda, created a Manga called Kenji, based off his own personal experience with Bajiquan.

A relatively new fighting game Kwonho by video game company It features Bajiquan as a selectable fighting style.
 

Baji Quan (Eight Extremes Chuan)

Baji Quan (Eight Extremes Chuan)
Baji Quan (Eight Extremes Chuan)
Bajiquan is a Chinese martial art that features explosive, short range power and is famous for its elbow strikes. It originated in Hebei Province of Northern China, but is also well-known in other places as well today, especially Taiwan.
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    The major features of this school of Chinese martial arts include elbow strikes, arm/fist bashes, hip checks, and strikes with the shoulder. All techniques are executed with a very distinctive form...
  • Influences
    Influences
    Influences
    There may not be that many styles in kung fu, that resemble Baji Quan. Because the Baji style focuses on being more direct, simple and powerful; unlike other styles of Kung Fu, that always tend to...

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