Take off (your clothes) and enter – immediately!

April 28, 2006

My teacher gave me a very useful mnemonic yesterday. It’s when using 玉女穿梭 or more commonly translated as Fair Lady Playing/Working/Weaving shuttles.

The mnemonic only works well in Mandarin, so my English speaking readers will just have to remember that after guiding the opponent’s attacking hand upwards, your own attacking hand should immediately enter into the opponent’s space. It’s not a parry then punch (with fist or palm), it’s a parry (by guiding away) AND punch at the same time. In Mandarin, this sounds very much like taking off your clothes and enter immediately! It’s the age old marketing technique – sex sells!

And for the Chinese speaking readers, 托了就进。也就是说别浪费时间，脱了就进！哈哈。。。