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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
In my Kung-fu days, I had no major difficulty with right-handed work, both defense and offense, although my left side was much stronger. As you say, it requires a very different way to fight. But in Asian martial arts you start working both sides from the very beginning, learning to block, punch, and kick with left and right sides. In Fencing, you only work one side, unless you are an SCA member and fence with sword in one hand and main-guauch in the other. I started fencing when I was 16 and fenced steadily... all left handed. Now 50 years later, trying to learn to fence right-handed? My brain knows what to do, but my body don wanna do....
I'm drowning my sorrows in a small glass of tequila. It's working. 
Stitchawl |
We were taught both hands/feet. But which ever side (normally right) the sensi favored got more air time. Just human nature I guess.