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title: "Baji & Pigua on Film — Video Index"
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Video for **Baji (八極拳)** and its classical partner **Pigua (劈掛掌)** — *"八極參劈掛，神鬼都害怕."* No film of Li Shuwen survives (and beware AI fakes of him); the record begins with Liu Yunqiao's generation. ⭐ = archival / named master; [demo] = modern lineage demonstration.

## ⭐ Archival highlights

- ⭐ [劉雲樵 Liu Yunqiao — Baji, the master himself (2006 release of 1970s–80s film)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE0zSNng2Zs) · [連環拳](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg0PGgU_DOg) · [武壇小八極](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzOmAbfslSs)
- ⭐ [郭瑞祥 Guo Ruixiang — Pigua / 通備, 1990 Tokyo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuvfsITnqCU) — pre-2000 film of the Cangzhou Ma-style 通備 holder
- ⭐ [1987 孟村八極拳 — original sound](https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1Zz4y1F7BW/)
- ⚠️ **AVOID:** a Bilibili "李書文 historic film" is **AI-fabricated** — no genuine footage of Li Shuwen exists.

## 八極 Baji

- [小八極拳套路 (small frame)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p74W9X6Mhn4) — the root form · [大八極拳套路](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZOrNlJHXBM)
- [六大開 六字訣 — narrated breakdown](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKIEINm12Qo)
- [孟村八極拳 小架一路](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySE4y5iQZuw) — orthodox Wu-family Mengcun · [吳連枝 教學系列](https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1js411o7JU/) (7th-gen Wu-family)
- [霍氏八極拳 小架式](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSoOVd8DDc8) — Huo Dian'ge branch
- **蘇昱彰 Su Yu-Chang:** [八極 Liu+Su demo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNtUbVrwWaI) · [閃電手 爆發勁](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI4CE-IGZfM)

## 劈掛 Pigua

- (Guo Ruixiang 1990 ⭐ above) · [郭瑞祥 — 基本功及套路 teaching](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO4FcaIr5FM) · [苗刀 miao dao](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2o4cKQr5_c)
- [劈掛一趟 / 二趟](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XCukF9oGwM) — both roads · [冼灝英](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH6eWfv6R08)
- [李書文 劈掛拳 (Li-style, BAB Japan)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6XkZgRtBPI)

## See also

<PageRef space="notes" slug="baji" text="Baji (八極拳) — the style overview" />

<PageRef space="notes" slug="pigua" text="Pigua (劈掛掌) — Baji's pairing partner" />

<PageRef space="notes" slug="li-shuwen" text="Li Shuwen (李書文) — 'Divine Spear'" />

<PageRef space="notes" slug="liu-yunqiao" text="Liu Yunqiao (劉雲樵) — carried it to Taiwan" />

<PageRef space="notes" slug="videos" text="Video Library — all styles" />