Black Belt – August-September 2019

Warrior Awareness: The Killing Hand

There is a 90-percent chance that you’re right-handed. I say that because statistics show left-handed people

make up approximately 10 percent of the human population.

BY MARK HATMAKER

deteriorate during stress training

(extreme cold, etc.), my right-hand

dominance manifests more starkly.

So keep in mind that ambidexterity

is not a true 50-50 proposition — for

me and for most people.

Consider the case of “Marvelous”

Marvin Hagler. Even though he was

said to be ambidextrous‚ he wasn’t all

Disclosure: I’m a righty who

boxes southpaw, signs my name

with my right hand, works the

Bowie knife and tomahawk with

my right hand, but finds that my

left hand is more suited for gun

work. I’m in that 30-percent twi-

light zone, but when I’m confronted

with a new task or when my skills

R

ESEARCH INDICATES that

approximately 30 per-

cent of us delegate tasks

between hands, the so-

called ambidextrous. But if you dig

deeper into this, you’ll find that it’s

not true equality. Even this 30 per-

cent will show a hand preference for

fine-motor-skill work.

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