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Yes left-handed advantage is a major thing in combat sports including fencing. IIRC close to 50% of professional boxers and fencers are left handed, which is si
by giraffe_lady 2y ago
Yes left-handed advantage is a major thing in combat sports including fencing. IIRC close to 50% of professional boxers and fencers are left handed, which is similar to the rate for pitchers I believe.
- n4r9 2y agoThis study suggests 25% among top-rate boxers: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286024810_The_influence_of_the_boxing_stance_on_performance_in_professional_boxers https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286024810_The_influ... Which is still higher than average, and around the level seen in more violent societies. I think it makes sense that it wouldn't get up to 50% since you're sampling from a smaller pool in the first place.
- giraffe_lady 2y agoThey're also conflating stance and handedness, which may make sense in boxing I don't know much about that sport. But in judo for example there are other factors in stance choice and only about half of left handers mainly use the "left handed" stance, and plenty of right handers prefer it also. Overall probably just really hard to get good universal data on this. I'm curious about fencing though. Another sport I don't know much about.