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
John Bracy's Formally Accepted 6th Generation Lineage Disciples
Chris Gulbrandson Don Quach Dr. Zack Gelbaum Dr. Don Crone Tony Costa Kenneth Garrett Ryan Rundle Dr. Brad Hughes Garrett Tucker
Note: Lineage disciple Ryan Rundle, through formal Confucian ceremony, has accepted his own disciple: 7th generation lineage holder Thomas Greensmith
4th Generation lineage masters Liu Xinghan & Wang Wenguei
Some 5th and 6th generation lineage disciples (2nd from left, Jerry Lin, 6th generation disciple visiting from Beijing, China)
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
Famous internal martial art master and author of books on the internal martial arts in the 1920s
Cheng Huai-sen
(Zheng Waisen)
One of the top graduates of the 1920s-1930s Central Martial Arts Academy in Nanjing. Shown in the photo, Master Cheng was part of a small group chosen to present Chinese martial arts at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.
Ho Shen-ting
John Bracy
Don Quach 6th Generation lineage ceremony in Beijing, China
Some videos of John Bracy demonstrating Ba Gua Zhang can be found on this page: https://chiarts.com/john-bracy-founder/
