LOOKING AT THE MOON

[J.L.BLACKSTONE]

I UNDERSTAND THIS CHINESE EXPRESSION MEANS
TURNING THE HEAD AROUND TO LOOK FOR ANY ATTACKS. THERE ARE LOTS OF OTHER CHINESE EXPRESSIONS,I.E RUBBING CLOUDS WITH HANDS
AND THAT SOME WEB SITES INSTEAD OF GIVING
PHOTOS OF A FORM OR KATA GIVE A LIST OF
THESE TYPES OF EXPRESSIONS. IS THERE A LOGICAL MEANING TO THEM SO THEY CAN BE DEDUCED.?

[Paul Skrypichayko]

The poetic names of moves and forms can be very confusing. One move can have multiple names, and more than one move can have the same name.

Sometimes the names are very specific in their discription, and sometimes they are very vague and general.

One example is "sup ji fun gum" which is a double backfist in horse stance position. Sup Ji means the Chinese character for 10, which is in the shape of a plus sign. Fun Gum means splitting gold. You split your fists outwards from your body and take the position of the character for gold.