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What is "wax-on-wax-off-style advice"?

[-] cynar@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

In the karate kid film, the sensi has him waxing a car. He complains that it is useless make-work. A bit later on, he gets into a fight. The waz-on-wax-off motion was actually a block to a punch in the face. The constant practice trained muscle memory, and power, allowing him to implement it perfectly.

In short, it's an apparently useless practice, that trains a useful skill better than direct practice.

[-] TheBananaKing@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Practicing an easily-grasped task in order to gain proficiency in a more daunting one.

Have you not seen The Karate Kid?

[-] rezifon@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

The Karate Kid was released 40 years ago

[-] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 13 points 1 year ago

YOU ARE OLD YOURSELF! GO AWAY! 😭

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 5 points 1 year ago

sadly floats away on an iceberg

[-] EisFrei@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

The remake with Jackie Chan came out 2010

[-] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 year ago

I tried, but failed :-(

[-] mPony@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

did they use the line "wax on, wax off" in the remake ?

[-] Susaga@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Nah. They focused more on picking a jacket up from the floor and hanging it on a hook. Good scene, honestly.

[-] mPony@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

oh yeah, that bit. I saw the remake once (and it really wasn't worth watching) but I saw the original quite a few times.

[-] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

The remake with Ben Chang came out in 2015

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It's still an amazing movie. Everyone should see it.

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