一、八极拳概说 Brief Introduction of Baji Quan
八极拳全称为“开门八极拳”或称“岳山八极拳”。“开门”意为六种开法(六大开)作为技法核心，破开对方门户(防守架子)。“八极”，意为出劲可达到四面八方极远的地方。称“岳山”者，相传八极源自河南焦作岳山寺，故名冠“岳山”。
The full name of Baji Quan is“Kaimen Bajiquan”or“Yueshan Bajiquan”.“Kaimen”means to break the defense of the opponent with 6 techniques of sparring.“Baji” means that the force can reach the extreme far of all directions.“Yueshan”comes from“Yueshan Temple”in Jiaozuo，Henan，where this style of kungfu origins from.
八极拳历史悠久，经历代传人刻苦精研、以其独特的风格和练法，别具一格，自成一家，不断发扬光大，经久不衰，代代涌现出诸多的武术名家，在武术界影响很大。八极拳动作刚劲、朴实无华、发力爆猛、大有“晃膀撞天倒，跺脚震九州”之势。因此有“文有太极安天下，武有八极定乾坤”之说。
Baji Quan has a long history through hard research by descendants of every generation.Featuring its unique style and techniques，it has developed its own school and many famous Baji masters appear.Those masters have great influence to the circle of Chinese Wushu.The movements of Baji Quan are powerful and solid，simple but vigorous.Therefore，there's a saying that“Taiji can rule the world for the civilian and Baji can settle the world for the military”.