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Things to remember:

Tiger Crouches at the Front Door; Boatman Rows a Skull; Paint a Red Dot Between the Eyebrows; Brush Dust in the Breeze; Dragonfly Skims the Water; Turn Around and Hang a Golden Bell; Pick Up Stars with an Unerring Hand; Black Dragon Stirs its Tail; Wasp Flies Through a Hole; Capture a Legendary Turtle in the Ocean Depths; White Snake Flicks its Tongue; Hold the Moon in Your Arms. —Names of maneuvers in classic Chinese swordplay. From a footnote in By the Sword: A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions.

  1. s.    Sept 4, 04:40 pm    #
    crassly i think it would be great to compare those with descriptions of positions from the kama sutra or elsewhere...

  2. --k.    Sept 4, 05:01 pm    #
    Sex and death; sex and death.

  3. Glenn Peters    Sept 4, 07:40 pm    #
    I have so far mastered: Wasp smacks into the wall next to the hole, Pick up Stars With an Erring Hand, Dragonfly Splashes Down, and Turn Around and Trip Over a Golden Bell.

  4. Martin Wisse    Sept 6, 11:33 am    #
    So that's where Jordan ripped his own sword maneuvres from.

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