Forums IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ PhotoReading, Memory Optimizer anyone here ambi-dexterous?

Thanks for all the help, i want to be ambi-dexterous because it will help me in learning Hun-Gar (tiger-crane). I also think it helps strengthen the mind (you really do feel something going on in your head as you write or even type with your weak hand.)

From what I've gathered both sides of the brain are capable of the same functions. Generally the right side does most of the abstract thinking and the left side more the logical analytical thinking. Both sides work together and must therefore understand each other. I have come across information that seems to say that it may not be entirely correct to attibute certain functions as happening on a specific side. There is evidence that even though one side of the brain is damaged the other side is capable of taking over the thinking process.

I guess a good example would be our hearing. We normally hear with both ears and for the most part we would say it sounds the same. Yet there seems to be evidence that there is a difference in the way we hear in each. From that I can say to students if you want to understand what the lecturer is saying place yourself so that the lecturer is on your right. Ideally for most seminars to be successful the presenter would then be better off positioning themselves so that the majority of the attendees are able to hear the presentation with their right ear. Is it true that the folks on the presenters left are more prone to fidgeting and dozing? Sorry sidetracked.

There seems to be some benefit in being ambidextrous. Perhaps the whole brain works in better harmony. Rather than dropping back and letting the 'other side' pick up the slack with it's strenght. It develops a better whole mind approach enabling it to communicate it's concepts and conclusions more completely...
Does anyone have any thoughts on this?

Alex

Serpent,
The forms and the partner trainings/sparring will let you know what kind of dexterity each side of your body needs to develop. That'll come about as you train. If you want to learn Hung-gar, practise Hung-gar. For even development of strength and shape, I suggest weight training; train the two sides separately, so the stronger side doesn't always compensate for the weaker side, and so that you are aware which side is capable of what. That could also aid in increasing range of motion, if you go through the entire range of each movement, and if you use free weights, co-ordination as well.

[This message has been edited by Hel (edited August 29, 2002).]

Thanks, i work out (lift weights, free weights) 3 days a week and run 3 days a week. I am doing the above so i can achieve a mental-physical balance, i feel i am unbalanced, i want to regain confidence in my physical body. I plan to start practicing hun-gar once i reach my weight goal, i have found it easier to focus and relax since i have began taking control of my weight (started at 230lbs 5'9 height 40% fat, am now 190.4 lbs,6'0,24.5% fat, and heading for 190 10% fat hopefully 6'1)anyway thanks for all the advice, anyone know if staring at the screen thats flashing vocabulary while in photofocus will improve recall of the words?

If you really want to train H-G, you don't need to wait till you've reached your weight goal to start practising stances; try going into the accelerative learning state while in horse stance, do it as a sort of concentration/meditation exercise.

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