6MSJ question

[sassygirl]

Which 6 points are the main points of 6MSJ? In TVB's Demi Gods 97, Duan Yu used all 5 of his fingers to blast out that sword chi, but what's the 6th chi?

[superboy]

There is six fingers that you can choose to fire from. I think even in DGSD'97, then gave you the fingers you can use when DY's uncle was practicing it for the first time. The key diftence is that in the novel, not only can you blow holes on people with this technique, the burst is actually long enough for you to use sword strokes with it. Slashing moves are a lot harder to dodge.

[ToOn99]

I thought we only have 4 fingers + 1 thumb each hand. Could u elaborate a bit about 6 fingers ?

[immakiku]

I think that's the thumb of the second hand.

[superboy]

There is only 3 on each hands, not that you can really blast out six beams with one hand.

[ToOn99]

so u meant, maximum duan yu only can released 3 beams each hand ?

[superboy]

I believe it was three, since there is only 6 beams.

[immakiku]

In one of the series, I remember the monks teaching him to fire from the thumb of second hand.

[ChronoReverse]

One hand shoots five and the pinky of the other hand shoots the last one.

[Ken Cheng]

Originally posted by -NSX-
Most people use the pinky of the other hand to dig their nose. What are the chances DY have shooting one up his nose with that pinky?

Somewhat high, actually. I remember Kent Tong's Deun Yu from DGSD '81 often pointed his shooting fingers at his own face and stared at them in frustration when he couldn't get the 6 Mak Divine Swords going. My dad and I used to laugh about the possibility of the sword going off when Deun Yu least expected it.

[Xiao Feng]

I seem to remember that DY was able to utilize all 10 fingers for 6MSJ.

The 6 is the thumb, index, middle, ring, right pinkie and left pinkie. But one could use both thumbs to execute the thumb sword likewise the index, middle, ring but the pinkie sword are 2 different swords instead.

Anyone care to shed a light on this?

[Stance]

5 fingers plus the middle stick makes 6