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I was taught the “Weak Standard Grip” …thanks, I guess? XD
How are y’all holding them?
I’m not convinced many of the grips pictured actually work to pick things up with the chopsticks, much less grip something weighty with them
I have a friend who uses the “beetle mandible” I can confirm that they struggle to pick up anything slightly heavier or less than optimally shaped or slippery.
i want to try this tho. it looks like you’re attacking the food idk
The blue ones all work, as does “chicken claws”, the other five though, no. I do have big hands and am very used to chopsticks though.
I just tried all of them, and everything but the standard grip leaves my top stick flailing or with a very weak grip. I can’t imagine picking up anything heavy or very small with anything but standard…
A friend I once had used either the dangling claw or the muppet style. It was a big deal amongst our group of friends because it was so unusual to the rest of us. I distinctly remember her hand in a claw like position to hold the sticks, and we were all trying to imitate her style. She picked up her sushi just fine. Can’t vouch for the others.
Right hand rule ftw. There was a buffet in my home town called Pi King. They had instructions on the sleeve. Took me a few tries but managed to pick it up as a kid
Looks like it would give better dexterity than the standard grip. I’ll give it a try. I suck at chopsticks.
Right hand rule I find the most comfortable, but standard grip allows you to manipulate both chopsticks, as opposed to the one being locked stationary and all the pressure coming from the other one. You know how sometimes the two sticks “twist” around the food? You can prevent that standard grip more easily.
Totally agree. I just tried right hand grip and it feels much weaker to me. It feels like you have much less strength and control over the upper stick.
This is what I use from picking them up as a kid and figuring out a way to do it. Has worked great on everything I’ve ever ate
Nose grip best grip
Going with the rest of the image, I’m naming this method The Indulgent Walrus
The Master of Comedy, Himself!
If you use this particular grip, please refrain from performing urubashi out of courtesy to the other guests.
Oddly, although I can use chopsticks to eat, I can not visualize what my grip is from these pictures. It’s delegated entirely to my hand at this point and I don’t think about it any more.
I just grabbed a couple pens off my table because it’s become so second nature that I couldn’t visualize how I hold them.
I don’t think these are actually ways you’re supposed to hold them.
Yeah, pretty sure everything apart from the standard grip are dysfunctions
Idk what sick people invented standard grip and what kind of friction their fingers create for it to hold
Righthand rule FTW!
As a Trekkie, I am very pleased to learn I use the “Vulcan” grip.
Live long and stuff your face.
With two hands
“The drummer”
I used to use righthand rule, which I naturally settled into and had absolutely no problems with, but then I was told I was holding my chopsticks wrong so I keep trying to do standard grip with mixed success. I think I’ll just go back to righthand rule, which I feel gives me the best grip strength.
Chinese here. There’s no right way to hold it, ignore whoever told you that. Whatever works for you is fine
As a Chinese who does a bit of Wikipedia editing, there is a right way!1!! just that the wrong ways can also work but often work less well. For example, with this grip, your thumb and knuckles have to do a bit of extra force to rotate the sticks as the “levering point” is at the end of the chopsticks, which is quite far. Meanwhile, in standard grip, your middle finger (I just realized that it had to be that finger lol) acts as a “levering point” and significantly shorten the distance to your thumb and knuckles, resulting in a lot less force being needed.
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I really struggled with chopsticks, until someone described it as holding a pencil, with another pencil above, pinching. From there, I was immediately able to use chopsticks.
As long as you’re holding the back end, you’re good 👍
I had a pair of chopsticks whose instructions ended with “now you can lift anything”.
I wish I had kept those chopsticks.
I had a pair of those, too. They gave out after I’d only lifted three Ford Pintos over my head.
I asked the Chinese takeout for my money back, but they pretended not to understand me.
fork please
weakling detected
Nine thousand nine hundred and ninety nine more ways that I will absolutely fail at using chopsticks.
As someone who always struggles to use chopsticks, this was incredibly helpful and interesting!
I think I do righthand rule. I learned… Off of a package of chopsticks. An Asian friend told me he thinks it’s how they teach kids to do it.
It works pretty well but I’ll note it works better with longer chopsticks.
