MR_NEGATIVE @lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 30 days agoDo you think being left-handed gives any unique qualities or advantages compares to other right handed?message-squaremessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up150arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up147arrow-down1message-squareDo you think being left-handed gives any unique qualities or advantages compares to other right handed?MR_NEGATIVE @lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 30 days agomessage-square55fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarenickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up47·30 days agoWhen fencing, left-handed people have the significant advantage of being able to dramatically switch their rapier from their right hand to their left hand, mid-combat, and announce that they are not really right-handed.
minus-squareCaptPretentious@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·29 days agoI did that in badminton. I’m the beginning I swapped hands when they weren’t looking. Once they caught on, of randomly swap whenever.
minus-squareFedegenerate@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·30 days agoNo-one hates fencing a lefty quite like another lefty.
minus-squareCase@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·27 days agoRealistically, I found left handed opponents to be more difficult to compete against. It took me longer to learn their body movements that would indicate a strike, and where they are aiming. It wast just less intuitive. Also, fencing a little person was a somewhat unique experience. Totally threw me off my game.
When fencing, left-handed people have the significant advantage of being able to dramatically switch their rapier from their right hand to their left hand, mid-combat, and announce that they are not really right-handed.
Inconceivable!
I did that in badminton. I’m the beginning I swapped hands when they weren’t looking. Once they caught on, of randomly swap whenever.
No-one hates fencing a lefty quite like another lefty.
Realistically, I found left handed opponents to be more difficult to compete against.
It took me longer to learn their body movements that would indicate a strike, and where they are aiming. It wast just less intuitive.
Also, fencing a little person was a somewhat unique experience. Totally threw me off my game.