Be very afraid

Today I learned how to flip a person to the ground with a gentle twist of my wrist. The person who taught me this was my kung fu instructor, a skinny 22 year old Chinese student about 5'2" and 120 lbs. It would never in a million years have occurred to me that I ought to fear this kid, until he started darting around punching people. He first demonstrated his neat little trick on an unsuspecting male student in my kung fu class. "Hey you," he said. "Grab my wrist." In two seconds, the poor guy was on the floor whimpering in pain.

After helping him up, our instructor proceeded to demonstrate again, this time in slow motion so we could see how it's done. In fact, he demonstrated several times on the same student, who I would imagine will wake up tomorrow with a variety of bruises all over his body. Then he let us practice on each other. I think I only succeeded in giving my partner a mild Indian burn, but don't worry - I'm learning fast and will be happy to demonstrate my new talent when I return home.