一、八極拳概說 Brief Introduction of Baji Quan
八極拳全稱為“開門八極拳”或稱“嶽山八極拳”。“開門”意為六種開法(六大開)作為技法核心，破開對方門戶(防守架子)。“八極”，意為出勁可達到四麵八方極遠的地方。稱“嶽山”者，相傳八極源自河南焦作嶽山寺，故名冠“嶽山”。
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.
八極拳曆史悠久，經曆代傳人刻苦精研、以其獨特的風格和練法，別具一格，自成一家，不斷發揚光大，經久不衰，代代湧現出諸多的武術名家，在武術界影響很大。八極拳動作剛勁、樸實無華、發力爆猛、大有“晃膀撞天倒，跺腳震九州”之勢。因此有“文有太極安天下，武有八極定乾坤”之說。
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”.