One thing I see most online guides not mention is the idea of changing grips depending on the food/task or how your hand is feeling. Certain grips take more ene

One thing I see most online guides not mention is the idea of changing grips depending on the food/task or how your hand is feeling. Certain grips take more energy than others, and different style of chopsticks require different grips too. Chinese cooking chopsticks are so versatile in the kitchen, but require a different set of techniques being 13 to 17 inches. When using chopsticks to pick up medium sized things like popcorn, my grip is further back on the chopsticks and usually a standard grip because it feels less tiring and gives me more control. When I am picking up something very small or heavy, I often switch to something closer to the vulkan grip, because using the pads on my ring finger gives me more leverage, fine dexteriry, and a wider range of wrist motion. But it's also more tiring. I learned how to use chopsticks as an adult, because my favorite place to eat lunch was a little korean restaruant. After a few weeks, I felt confident enough to ask one of the owners to critique my technique. He said I was as proficient as him and he found it humerous how I used them for the rice, the standard in Korea is to use a spoon. I feel that for snacks and certain meals, the chopstick is more useful while eating the majority of it, but a spoon is better for getting the last bit. I started using chopsticks for snacking because I found it makes distracted eating harder.