My 2 cents:

I was always taught that the secret to Serrada was the non stick hand,
with the idea being that the stick hand is the dumb hand and the
checking hand was the smart, and highly trained one. It doesn't matter
if you are right handed or lefthanded, in Serrada you train one hand to
do one thing and the other to do something else. If you try to go back
and forth between hands, you just end up with two mediocre hands. A
highly skilled leftie has an advantage over the righthanded opponent,
mainly the lefty gets to practice against righties all the time,
whereas the righty seldoms goes against a lefty. In both Escrima and
Western fencing, even as a graduate instructor, I always had problems
against lefties (I'm righthanded.) Stick to your dominate hand and try
and go against as many people of different styles, characteristics, and
dominate hands as possible.

Guro Garry


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> Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 15:31:27 -0700 (PDT)
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> Subject: Training Left handed students?
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> Darren,
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> In the spirit of promoting discussion on the list...
> I had a question about training left handed students.
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> Is it better to learn against a left hand delivery or
> should I just deliver with the standard right hand
> strikes?
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> Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 21:41:45 EDT
> From: CArena7028@...
> Subject: Re: Training Left handed students?
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> Hi Tim.
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> For some reason, I got your E-mail. I am left handed, but learned
> right
> handed. Yes, it took me a little longer, but not too long, thanks to
> sinwalli
> double stick drills, you just become ambidexterous.
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> At present, I teach a small group and one of my students was, like me
> a lefty
> and he is doing fine. In addition, the sticks feel strange to any
> beginner,
> right or left handed (remember when!).
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> The end result that I have learned is that it wasn't hard for me to
> become a
> righty, as far as Eskrima goes. In fact, about a month ago, my
> daughter threw
> me a tennis ball and unthinking, I threw it back with my right hand!
> This was
> impossible before Eskrima training.
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> Chris
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