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The Spanish Augustinian Catholic bishop and author Juan González de Mendoza (1545-1618) published one of the earliest Western histories of China: the 1585 Spanish-language Historia de las cosas más notables, ritos y costumbres del gran reyno de la China (The History of the Great and Mighty Kingdom of China and the Situation Thereof), which describes the zanzhi and jiagun without noting their ...
Gutei raised his finger whenever he was asked a question about Zen. A boy attendant began to imitate him in this way. When anyone asked the boy what his master had preached about, the boy would raise his finger. Gutei heard about the boy's mischief. He seized him and cut off his finger. The boy cried and ran away. Gutei called and stopped him.
A variant of the one-way forcing deck is the Monte Cristo deck invented by Henry Hardin, more recently published under the name Mastermind Deck by Chris Kenworthey. All the cards are the identical force card, but misindexed on the top left corner, so that the cards all appear to be different when fanned or spread.
Sold more as a novelty item than a magic trick, finger guillotines are a minor variation on the basic theme. The setup is usually a small version of the full-sized devices, 4 to 6 inches (10–15 cm) tall, complete with side uprights. The trick is performed by inserting a finger through the "head hole" and then the blade is activated.
If you’ve ever doubted how good press-on nails can look, please take a moment to appreciate the sleek set above. Yes, those are press-ons. Aesthetics aside, one of the biggest draws to temporary ...
Vegan in the House. Time Commitment: 40 minutes (+ chilling) Why I Love It: vegan, <10 ingredients Serves: 4. I’m not following a vegan diet, but I like making sure all my guests feel accommodated.
Most small joint manipulation is done on the hands or feet to hyperextend joints as part of a pain compliance strategy. The basic techniques of small-joint manipulation involve grabbing and bending back one or more fingers/toes and by applying pressure to the wrist/ankle joints that disrupt the interconnectivity of the system of smaller joints within.
Part the wild horse's mane 35. Diagonal single whip 36. Fair lady works the shuttle 37. Step up, grasp the bird's tail 38. Single whip 39. Wave hands like clouds (I) 40. Single whip, moving down 41. Golden cock stands on one leg 42. Repulse the monkey 43. Slow palm slanting flying 44. Raise the right hand, raise the left hand 45. Flying pulling ...