Clap your hands to catch a sword.

[HanshiClayton]

Here's a clip from Fighting Black Kings where a karateka catches a shomen uchi sword attack between the palms of his hands: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXVmlsLRwBI&feature=player_detailpage#t=366s. This was a demonstration at a kyokoshinkai tournament in Japan. I think the outcome might have been different if the swordsman had really been trying to kill him.

And here's what it looked like in Sukiyaki Western Django: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAESFi7dQLQ. Note the three claps overhead at the end of the clip.

You know, karate stunts. Karate movies. What can you say?

However, this stunt has led to a new tradition. Whenever Justin Butler and Mike Sullivan meet me at the airport after a long absence, we stop, bow, and clap our hands over our heads three times in greeting.

It says it all, really.