In the first stages, the student is taught to speak quick, fluid and correct Chinese, through hours of practice repeating long and difficult tongue-twisters, until his speech is a steady torrent of words, without the least hint of hesitation or uncertainty.
師父多拿「百家姓」、「千家詩」，每天教四句，徒弟跟著背，要背到說得流利、說得快，不能支支吾吾地「吃螺絲」。於是乎，只見徒弟整天喃喃自語，吃飯之外，嘴巴也忙個不停。