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.
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crassly i think it would be great to compare those with descriptions of positions from the kama sutra or elsewhere...
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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.
So that's where Jordan ripped his own sword maneuvres from.