• okwhateverdude@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Woah, I thought maybe the pic was flipped, but the text in the background says no. Yeah, it does appear they are all left handed. Sinister Fencers

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      3 days ago

      Sinister Fencers

      I was in a band called that. We mostly played grunge and reggae covers of Hannah Montana songs while straddling various animatronic creatures on stage.

    • Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      3 days ago

      IIRC it gives a pretty significant advantage as most fencers are used to right hand opponents

      Random stat I found on a site that doesn’t cite a source :

      While only 10% of the general population is left-handed, roughly 30% of Olympic fencing medalists have been left-handed.

      Edit : Apparently it’s not just about unfamiliarity, due to how fencing works:

      However, the geometric differences in left-versus-right fencing mean the advantage can be narrowed but never fully eliminated