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The Other Woman Who Loves Other Woman is grading for her red belt with black stripe this weekend. That's quite a biggie as it means black is her next test.

So we're in class going through her choking techniques and we arrive at one of the back choking techniques. This involves an attacker grabbing the victim from behind with one hand wrapped around their throat and the other grabbing the loose hand down by their side.

The victim then essentially brings one hand around the back of the attacker's neck as though it's one hand clapping before it joins with the other and unbalances the opponent and spins them onto the floor.

It's No.5 of ten back choking techniques but we generally refer to it as the one hand clapping technique as an aide memoir.

So I am attacking the OWWLOW and she performs the technique with such speed and aplomb that I am whipped onto the floor and before I know it she has me in an arm lock and it hurts. Quite a lot. In fact a very lot so I yelp 'Ow! and submit'

I get to my feet and the OWWLOW answers an age-old philosophical question:
'The sound of one hand clapping is "Ow!"'

We smile. It's a martial arts and Taoist gag and she's cracked it at 8am on a Tuesday morning. If her brain works this well at ridiculous hour then she's going to ace her grading.