Picture it! - Memory Strategy

One of the main problems we face in learning a form is remembering what comes next. We have all been there - frozen in a posture, wracking our brain for what the next move is. If your teacher is looking at you, it’s even worse - the panic and embarrassment will almost certainly prevent any quick retrieval from that memory archive currently locked to you!

What to do….

Dorothy Wright has created a memory device for Liuhebafa! She’s drawn stories for each section. Liuhebafa consists of 12 groupings of postures, each with very colorful names. By creating a picture for each posture, Dorothy has an ingenious representation of each section in her mind!

Remember when we were kids and had to find a picture? Can you find each posture name for the first section?

 1.   STOP CART ASK ROAD                                         

2.   REIN IN HORSE CLIFF EDGE                   

3.   CLOSE GATE PUSH MOON                                    

4.   STIR CLOUDS SEE SUN                                        

5.   REIN IN HORSE CLIFF EDGE                              

6.   PLUCK STAR CHANGE BIG DIPPER                    

7.   WILD GEESE & SWAN FLY AS PAIR                    

For fun, we’ll share these over the next weeks! Dorothy has insisted these are only sketches!! But they are so much fun - we hope you enjoy them with us!