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are you left or right handed i havew noticed that many magitians seem to be left handed althoug according to sources only 15% of the population are i thought a poll would be intressting


me i am one of the elite club of left handed dyslexics!! woohoo

Intriguing. Since being left handed is associated from the Latin as being 'Sinister', you can see where the mystifying and magical element comes in. Although I am naturally right-handed I used to play cricket (many, many years ago!) as though I were left handed. In the case of magic, I'm ambidextrous - I can drop cards and make a pig's ear of anything with either hand.

i havew noticed that many magitians seem to be left handed

Do you mean that they hold their cards in the left hand or that they hold them in their right hand?

Most right handed dealers will hold the cards in their left had (as for dealing/mechanics grip) because it's natural to deal cards with your right hand and from this most right handed magicians develop a stronger left hand

e.g. my left hand is able to do a charlier cut, hot shot cut and one handed shuffle but my right hand can just about drop the cards all over the floor. I'm right handed.

origanliy i was going to state that many of the magitions who i have seen writing ie in book signings or the such have used there pen in there left hand and as it is almost impossible to be truly ambidextrous with a pen then the are left handed

pcwizme

If most magicians are left handed, why is it that all books are written for right handed performers? and also since most popular brands of playing cards are made specificaly for right handed people, why are there so many tricks using them?


Also, Dyslexia and left handed ?
Being saddled with one of these inflictions myself, and being blessed with the gift of being able to read mirror, and upside down writing as easy as reading normal print, i am curious as to what special gifts these little handicaps offer.

Have a look at http://www.anything-left-handed.com/ALH ... e%5Ftest=1

I'm "right handed" but all cuts are normally left handed how queer!
But if you are practicing sleights its definetly a good idea to learn doing it with both hands (i suck at this) it will make you feel more natural doing the sleights and the coins or whatever don't always need to be in your right hand to do " the thing" so hopefully shouldnt look too fishy.

On the magical left hand front I went to york years ago with my family and went to an old cavern where a witch was supposed to live. There where old teddybears, boots and other items strung under a water fall which had slowly "turned to stone" (due to the minerals in the water crystalising on the object), anyway there was a pool which contained some water and you where to put your hand in and supposedly if you put your left hand in (the sign of a witch) your hand would turn to stone and drop off. Thought it was an interesting story:S .
Bean

That was Mother Thingy's Caves which used to be owned by Paul Daniels!

That's the name! (Now I can go back to sleep!) No idea if she was left or right handed though.

i dont know if it will make a difference as i can only use my right hand................

I am semi ambidextrous and it is a real pain, I write with either hand (but prefer my left as I didn't discover I could write with my right until I was an adult). My handrwiting is equally bad with either hand and my signature is the same with either hand. I do most sleights right handed (because that's the way they are taught in the books) but most I can do with either hand. Some though I can only do right handed and others I can only do left handed. I hold cards and deal as a left handed person. Incidentally I can not use a spoon or a fork in my right hand so spagetti is a nightmare. But I digress, basically my uneven handedness can be a real pain as there are several tricks where I get into real difficulties because at some point in the routine the "wrong hand" will be needed. Gaffed card tricks can be a real pain because many are designed to be spread from a right handers dealing grip and I deal as a left hander and can't deal right handed.

Mark

Right handed - However i try to learn ceratain things with both hands.

Double charlier passes / triple cuts, for example ...and all my card manipulation stuff (just in case)!

looking at the results i can see that we fit the national average well at least at the moment as there is only 15% left handed how boring!!

Pcwizme

15% + 84% = 99%

Who's piched the 1%???

Actually, there's probably a very logical reason for this.

What is it???