When we were kids watching wuxia dramas, we often copied Guo Jing doing the Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms.
Tips
mistakes
降 here is xiáng 'to subdue', as in 投降 'to surrender' and 降龙伏虎 'to subdue dragons and tame tigers', not jiàng 'to fall'.
culture
In 射雕英雄传 it is the secret skill of 洪七公, chief of the Beggars' Sect, who teaches it to 郭靖. Most of its moves are named after lines of the Book of Changes, the most famous being 亢龙有悔 'the dragon that flies too high has cause for regret'.
