For killing boredom, I
started to be a left-hander four years ago.
“There are many boxers who are pretending
to be left-handers.”
A friend of mine
who played amateur boxing taught me about this.
Boxing is a strange kind of sport. Most boxers
need to use mainly their non-dominant hand. Left jab, short quick punch. It is
said that “If you control the left jab well, you can be a world class boxer.”
The left jab is important.
Because of this, some boxers pretend to be
left-handers. They jab with their right hand. This can give those advantages in
a match because the right hand is easy to control. Furthermore, it could be a
bluff. One’s right jab is so strong that left straight (long punch) is
stronger.
I asked my friend
this question:
“But actually
one’s straight punch is not strong, so is that not a disadvantage?”
He answered:
”Basically, a
straight punch is hardly direct hit. In most of case there is no disadvantage.”
Right or left? After I heard this information,
I have thought up a new theory.
The theory is about two famous fighters in
history, the legendary gunman, Billy the Kid (1859-1881) and one of the
strongest samurai, Hajime Saito (1859-1915). In both cases, no-one knows what
their dominant hands were. Some people say it was the left, while others say it
was the right. The arguments are inconclusive.
The truth about their dominant hands must have
been their most closely guarded secrets. No one knew about it except themselves
and their close supporters. It is possible to imagine that the secret could
have been the key to their strength.
In both cases of using a gun and using a
sword, the combatants needed to pay attention to their opponent’s dominant
hand. Life or death depended on the judgement of a moment. If the opponents
didn’t know if the deadly attack would come from the right or left, they would
be in great danger.
Even I can eat a meal with my left hand. It
was possible they ate with their non-dominant hands to trick their opponents.
Actually I am not familiar with either of
these fighters but it is interesting to think about their strategy, isn’t it?
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