Our Formal and Informal Ba Gua Zhang Lineages
Dong Hai-chuan, Founder
Formal Lineage*
* Formal = Unbroken formal lineage where the disciple was initiated via formal Confucian ceremony in ritual in the manner prescribed by the founder (informal lineage = a more casual teacher-student relationship)
Cheng Ting-hua
2nd Generation Formally Accepted Lineage Holder
Liu Bin
(in red circle) Formally Accepted 3rd Generation Lineage Holder
Liu Xinghan
Formally Accepted 4th Generation Lineage Holder
John Bracy
Formally Accepted 5th Generation Lineage Disciple
Informal Lineage **
**Broken Lineage or Not selected and initiated through formal ritual in the manner described by the Founder, Dong Hai-chuan/ A more casual teacher-student (as opposed to master-disciple) relationship
Cheng Ting-hua
Sun Lu-tang
Cheng Huai-sen
(Zheng Waisen)
Ho Shen-ting
John Bracy
Some videos of John Bracy demonstrating Ba Gua Zhang can be found on this page: https://chiarts.com/john-bracy-founder/
John Bracy's Formally Accepted 6th Generation Lineage Disciples
Chris Gulbrandson Don Quach Zack Gelbaum Don Crone Tony Costa Kenneth Garrett Ryan Rundle
4th Generation lineage masters Liu Xinghan & Wang Wenguei
Don Quach 6th Generation lineage ceremony in Beijing, China
