Both sides mocked martial posturing, caricaturing volunteer companies made up entirely of self-appointed generals, more interested in epaulets than muskets.
See articleFace-saving exercisesSouth Korea mustered a series of martial postures in the face of North Korea's recent shelling of a disputed island.
Cole may have dropped his smart-aleck attitude and martial arts posturing, but he is still shouldering lesser characters out of his way -- this time, by taking over the rescue operation.
Both Ms. Yeoh and Ms. Zhang studied ballet, which Mr. Gao says gives them a good foundation for martial arts, particularly balance, posture and timing.
A typical session — there are more than a 100 a month — begins with meditation followed by yoga postures and martial arts moves like fast punching and kicks.
At the Saturday night team get-together, Ryan, who has been known to attend mixed martial arts events — and even postured characteristically at one — brought in Frankie Edgar, a star in the Ultimate Fighting Championship circuit.
Tai chi is a form of the Chinese martial arts, but movements and postures are slow.
At that time, we all understood Chineseness -- theirs as well as mine -- as a matter of appearance, and the essence of that appearance, with Bruce as our guide, was a martial or warlike art, a defensive posture in the literal sense.
Even before the court-martial, the government's self-congratulatory posture after the conflict had taken a battering.
Mr Walker remained in rigid posture (as befits a disciple of Japanese martial arts).
