Right Handed or Southpaw?
814537
Interesting note on this.\nMy brother and I have both trained at the same school for the same time frame. I am right handed and he is left handed. we are the same height, weight and build.\nWhen we workout together we draw a crowd as we match each others movements so well. When we kumite it is hard for us to hit each other cleanly, we usually land equal blows but on different sides. We are too evenly matched and similar, there is rarely a clean exchange.\n\nThis doesn't really answer your question but it relates to the left hand/ right hand thing.
725729
Yes- Prince Charles is a left hander - Read\n\nIf you've ever felt lonely as a Southpaw, take heart. There are a lot of you around. Presidents, athletes, actors, musicians - people from all walks of life are left-handed. Bill Clinton, George HW Bush, Ronald Reagan, Herbert Hoover, just to name a few presidents. Queen Victoria of England, Prince Charles, Prince William, Dan Ackroyd, Julius Caesar, Buzz Aldrin and many, many other famous people are left-handed.
255518
In every MLB park, except for the White Sox park (whatever it's called now) the pitcher faces in a south-west direction, they are all this direction, the exception in Chicago where the pitcher faces north-east (180 degrees from the others or "opposite") so it minimizes the 'sun factor' being in the players' (and umpires')eyes (especially the pitcher and catcher) for both during the day, and while the sun is setting at night; therefore putting his left arm "facing south", hence the south in southpaw, (obviously paw meaning hand).
832013
if you throw lefty, the only 3 positions you could play are first base, outfield, and pitcher. if you're any other position, it's really hard to play. also, being left handed does not make you any good at baseball. you gotta work at it. you're not just born good.
538850
Hammer and chisel.....or sledgehammer
837758
The right side of the brain controls the left side of the body. It's also responsible for controlling imagination and creativity so the answer to your ? is yes. South-paws tend to be more creative and intuitive. I don't know so much about brilliant, though. Many of the greatest minds throughout history were housed in right-handed bodies.
829887
--Simply because of the costs involved in producing two different variations and the fact that certain parts won't be exchangable between the right and left handed version.\nIf you try firing an SA80 A1/A2 left handed then not only will you have hot brass casings flying into your face (unlike most rifles, the SA80 ejects the casings rearwards as opposed to sidewards) but the cocking handle will most likely break your jaw since the ejection port is so far back on the rifle.\nIt just makes more sense to tech left handed people to shoot right handed than go through all the above problems.\n\nHope to have cleared that up for you.
1144352
I m not left handed but my son will b and my great grandmother and some friends are. Right handed is considered the "norm" but what is Normal. Friends used to joke that us right handed people write backwards anyway (pay attention to the direction of the writing, its funny). \n\nI order from Schwans but i hab the whole ice cream thing a few years back at COlonial mall in Macon, GA....they were called Ice Cream Bites (shaped like nerds but melt like ice cream) i have the Z-bops on back order.\n\nAs far as teh engagement thing, u can if u want however if u need to show the world that u are engage and taken, sounds like u like attention. Hell, anyone can buy a ring and show it off. But if this is something sincere and is a part of ur plans...then get engage and get married after college and i wish u the best of luck.
67018
Many factors to consider.  Statistics may not be accurate.  There are more right handed people still alive at 80, but there were more right handed people to start with.  The percentages of both groups tend to show that other factors are far more important than being right or left handed.  Important factors include where you live, when you were born, how large of a family, family health history, access to good healthcare, and perhaps most imporant is your personal habits like diet and smoking and drinking.  Once you calculate all of these variables there is a slight advantage to being right handed.  That advantage lies primarily in how right handed people are treated in our society, meaning they are more likely to achieve higher positions where education and employment are concerned.  If you think I'm wrong do some research on left handed executives.  Left handed people have all of the same opportunities, except that they may be discrimanted against.  Those doing the discriminating will not even know why they have done it, or in fact that they have done it at all.  Same thing goes for fat people or bald people or ugly people.  You don't find too many fat bald ugly lefthanded top executives.  I myself was lefthanded as a child, but once I recognized how the world works I taught my right hand to do everything.  This has helped me to skyrocket to the position of YahooGuru.  I hope I have been of service to you.
877999
Lefty: Ken Griffey Jr. (hands down)\nRighty: Molitor is a nice choice...
456453
I was once told if you are left handed you use the right side of your brain and if you are right handed you use the left side.  So, I guess it would depend.
563575
Well, being a southpaw can give an element of suprise!  Some boxers of an orthodox stance (those who arent southpaw) learn to box southpaw as well in order to quickly make a change to suprise the opponenet.  A quick change could put the opponent back a second or so.  While this may not seem like much, it is enough to shock an opponent and get a punch or two in.  This fact is well known to boxers and was employed to world-record effect on Nov. 4th 1947 when Mike Collins, a natural left-hander, emerged from his corner in a right-handed stance before suddenly shifting left and delivering the fight's first and last punch, knocking out opponent Pat Brownson in 4 seconds.\n\nOn a more personal note, I used to do Karate.  I am left-handed.  I know that karate sparring and competition is much different as we use kicks as well as punches but the fact that being a southpaw is unexpected is the same.  My brother (also southpaw) and I both were taught as right-handers like the others, and always had to do twice as many reps. on the left had side.  I believe that while this wasnt the best thing, it was still good.  I fought from a right-hand/orthodox stance usually but did switch from time to time.  The opponent would often be shocked and I could get in a fair few good hits.\n\n\nIf you are quick, you can get in huge hits while changing stance.  Starting from the orthodox stance, your opponent becomes open when you switch.  A large portion of skin, often under hte heart (one of the  best target areas) is exposed!\n\nGood luck! Email me with any questions
888344
I always get on from the left.  It's where the kick-stand is, so it has nothing to do with being a righty or lefty.  It is also the side I get in to drive my car (not in the UK) and the appropriate side to get on a horse.  Seeing a trend here?  ...and I'm right-handed
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Since the vast majority are right handed, most things are designed with this in mind.\n\nWhen you hold the remote control, the power button is placed to be more comfortable pressed with the right thumb.\n\nThe handles of Scissors are formed to fit the contour of one's right hand.\n\nIn the US, the shift knob is on the right of the driver.\n\nOn bolt action rifles, the bolt is on the right side of the weapon (the lock-n-load mechanism of an M16 is too)\n\n... Get the point ?
982475
Most people are right handed.  Laws of probability.
596843
I've heard it claimed that right-handed men tend to curve to the left, and left-handed men to the right... no idea if it's true or not!\n\nOn the plus side, women pay extra for toys with a curve as they're supposed to reach their g-spot easier. You have a natural advantage!\n\n(I curve to the left and no-one has said it's a problem)
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im a righty...!!!! yay for right-handed people!!!