Comic strip from "New Yorker"

[Gamma Ray]

We know porcelain and china are very delicate and fragile materials, but I still do not get this joke.

I don't understand this situation. His hands are tiny and porcelain. What does he imply?

 

[Barb_D]

The joke is that anyone who has fragile hands should not be particpating in martial arts. It's a very subtle joke.

 

[dsezdelif]

maybe it is posr-post-post modern art . you are not supposed to get it