Lefty?

[redtank151]

I've always wanted to know how much of the card community is left handed,

those are the more known ones, by the way I am a left-hander but I write with my right hand, I was born a left hander but I had a nanny who was superstitious and left handers bring bad luck or something so I was forced the write with my recessive hand and thats how its been ever since, I do almost everything else left handed. By the way, my handwriting looks exactly the same writing with my left hand and my right hand, but its more tiring to write with my left hand.

So now you know about me, I want to know about you

[NathanCanadas]

I am righty. Although it is often perceived as a disadvantage to be a lefty, especially for learning flourishes and such, but as a national-level judoka, I wish I were a lefty or ambidextrous as it is usually an enormous advantage.

[LeonJL]

I was born a lefty as well but I was trained to use my right hand instead when I was young but someone in my family(not sure who). I write with my right hand but occasionally, while doing certain things, I still tend to do it way better with my left hand, dribbling a basketball for example. And while doing cuts while flourishing, I tend to do it better with my left hand as well, although I fan better with my right.

[John B.]

I am a righty but i do a lot of magic left handed.

[Don Boyer]

Interesting pattern developing here...


Statistically, about one in twenty people are left handed, and about one or two percent are fully ambi-dextrous.


I'm a lefty in many things, but ambidextrous in many others.  I write left-handed, but my right arm is stronger than my left.


The reason some of you were lefties who were taught to write with the right hand is that the left hand was considered by some superstitious religious people to be the hand of the devil, and having it as a dominant hand was thought of as a mark of the devil.  While few rational people think this any longer, there are still many superstitious people who maintain the unhappy tradition.

[redtank151]

Interesting pattern developing here...


Statistically, about one in twenty people are left handed, and about one or two percent are fully ambi-dextrous.


I'm a lefty in many things, but ambidextrous in many others.  I write left-handed, but my right arm is stronger than my left.


The reason some of you were lefties who were taught to write with the right hand is that the left hand was considered by some superstitious religious people to be the hand of the devil, and having it as a dominant hand was thought of as a mark of the devil.  While few rational people think this any longer, there are still many superstitious people who maintain the unhappy tradition.

From the statistics you have given being left-handed seems to be pretty rare, yet the poll so far has proven otherwise. But I guess we only got a very tiny ratio of all humans ever in the poll, so we cannot say we have definitive results here.

[NathanCanadas]

It seems most Internet sources disagree with you and say that between 10 and 20% of people in the world are leftys. I was actually surprised by this poll on this page: most moves in magic and cardistry are taught from a righty point of view so I was expecting many Perry's to give up cuz of this.

[Don Boyer]

It seems most Internet sources disagree with you and say that between 10 and 20% of people in the world are leftys. I was actually surprised by this poll on this page: most moves in magic and cardistry are taught from a righty point of view so I was expecting many Perry's to give up cuz of this.

First of all, what's a Perry?


Second of all, even the Internet sources don't agree, because hard statistics are not easy to come by.  Suffice it to say that it's not the more common of the two single-handednesses.

[NathanCanadas]

First of all, what's a Perry?

Stupid autocorrect... I meant to write "lefty".

[Joker and the Thief]

Apparently Andrei Jihk is a lefty...

[Don Boyer]

I believe that Lee Asher is as well.  Believe it or not, for certain sleights of hand, being left-handed is actually an advantage, not a handicap.  Lee I think said as much in his booklet for the sleight "Losing Control".

[Joker and the Thief]

It explains why Andrei's style of cardistry is so unique. His giant springs go from right to left whereas people like Jeremy T. Go from left to right.

[redtank151]

It explains why Andrei's style of cardistry is so unique. His giant springs go from right to left whereas people like Jeremy T. Go from left to right.

So was Darwin Ortiz,  Marilyn Monroe, Mozart, Isaac Newton, Beethoven, Albert Einstein, Charlie Chaplin and Benjamin Franklin. Also Bart Simpson. Famous left handers who have made their mark on the world. Of course there are probably a lot more right handers who left their mark on the world.

[Joker and the Thief]

It explains why Andrei's style of cardistry is so unique. His giant springs go from right to left whereas people like Jeremy T. Go from left to right.

So was Darwin Ortiz,  Marilyn Monroe, Mozart, Isaac Newton, Beethoven, Albert Einstein, Charlie Chaplin and Benjamin Franklin. Also Bart Simpson. Famous left handers who have made their mark on the world. Of course there are probably a lot more right handers who left their mark on the world.

Haha I first thought, "I didn't know Marilyn Monroe could do giant springs..."...

[redtank151]

It explains why Andrei's style of cardistry is so unique. His giant springs go from right to left whereas people like Jeremy T. Go from left to right.

So was Darwin Ortiz,  Marilyn Monroe, Mozart, Isaac Newton, Beethoven, Albert Einstein, Charlie Chaplin and Benjamin Franklin. Also Bart Simpson. Famous left handers who have made their mark on the world. Of course there are probably a lot more right handers who left their mark on the world.

Haha I first thought, "I didn't know Marilyn Monroe could do giant springs..."...

Maybe she can and we just don't know it * Dramatic Music * ITS A CONSPIRACY!

Only playing but on a slightly serious note, there are famous left-handers in the world. If any lefty is out there who is discouraged from doing magic or flourishing because of your handed-ness, Magicians look at Darwin Ortiz and Flourishers look at Andrei Jikh. Do they look like they are at a disadvantage to you?

PS: Small hands are a rubbish excuse. Unless you really are like a small child then I'm sorry.

[Joker and the Thief]

It explains why Andrei's style of cardistry is so unique. His giant springs go from right to left whereas people like Jeremy T. Go from left to right.

So was Darwin Ortiz,  Marilyn Monroe, Mozart, Isaac Newton, Beethoven, Albert Einstein, Charlie Chaplin and Benjamin Franklin. Also Bart Simpson. Famous left handers who have made their mark on the world. Of course there are probably a lot more right handers who left their mark on the world.

Haha I first thought, "I didn't know Marilyn Monroe could do giant springs..."...

Maybe she can and we just don't know it * Dramatic Music * ITS A CONSPIRACY!

Only playing but on a slightly serious note, there are famous left-handers in the world. If any lefty is out there who is discouraged from doing magic or flourishing because of your handed-ness, Magicians look at Darwin Ortiz and Flourishers look at Andrei Jikh. Do they look like they are at a disadvantage to you?

PS: Small hands are a rubbish excuse. Unless you really are like a small child then I'm sorry.

Haha yes, but draw inspiration from righties and create your own unique style!