Yesterday I had a 121 on Straight Sword and afterwards asked if I could have a posture list or if Mark's list corresponded to any of the books available (such as those by Kobayashi, Chen Wei-Ming or the Olson translation). Mark dictated the names of the 54 postures that he uses and I wrote them down. Today I will type them up and email folks who I know are starting the Jian form. If you don't get a copy by the end of next week, email me and I will send one. I will also do some photocopies for classes and workshops. It won't be posted on the website resources. I will also extract the Northern Sabre postures from the 'Poem' that we use to make a short posture list. With this form, the postures are often an indication of several moves in sequence, but the list will still be useful as an aide-memoire.
It was great comparing the different nuances of meaning in all the various translations as well as large differences in names These could often be traced to homophones in the Chinese such as between 'skylark' and 'heavenly horse', both of which seem to sound like jianma.
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