<span class="chinese-post-title">腰如軸立，手似輪行</span> The Waist is like an Axle; the Hands are like Revolving Wheels from <span class="chinese-post-title">八卦掌真理篇</span> The Real Theory of Baguazhang by <span class="chinese-post-title">薑容樵</span> Jiāng Róngqiáo

腰如軸立，手似輪行

八卦掌在鍛煉時必須以腰部構成運動的軸心，手動必先身動，身動必先腰動，使腰帶動一切。八卦掌在換掌的時候必須使手臂的動作如車輪那樣形成圓圈，因為圓形動轉較為靈敏，又含著連環不斷的作用。

薑容樵

“During Baguazhang practice the waist constitutes the key axle of every movement: for the hands to move, the body must move first; for the body to move, the waist must move first; the use of the waist spurs all movements. In Baguazhang during the palms transformations it is necessary to apply a round shape and employ the hands and arms in revolving movements. Turning in circular movements in fairly agile and the result is to keep the chain of movements uninterrupted."

From the book Bāguàzhăng Practice Method (八卦掌練習法), by Jiāng Róngqiáo (薑容樵), based on the translation by Joseph Crandall