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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…
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.
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
The Master of Comedy, Himself!
Going with the rest of the image, I’m naming this method The Indulgent Walrus
With two hands
“The drummer”
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.
As a Trekkie, I am very pleased to learn I use the “Vulcan” grip.
Live long and stuff your face.
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.
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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As someone who always struggles to use chopsticks, this was incredibly helpful and interesting!
Nine thousand nine hundred and ninety nine more ways that I will absolutely fail at using 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.
I use a fork. Just kidding somethings actually taste better with chopsticks like ramen.
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.
What’s the difference between the weak standard and the standard grips?
It appears to be how far back you hold the chopsticks. The weak standard grip holds them further back, which gives you less leverage at the tip.
The standard grip has the chopsticks held further down, with the back of them crossing when open.
A-ha! Thanks.
