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The Lateral Money Grip
Lateral Money is a sideway-swing variant of Lateral chopstick grips, with a money-gesture-like index and thumb movement.
The Lateral Gangnam Style Grip
Lateral Gangnam Style is a variant take on Lateral Turncoat, where thumb and index finger dance a la horse-ride move, from Gangnam Style.
The Lateral Squid Grip
Lateral Squid is a Lateral Classic variant where five fingers pulse like a squid, when extending chopstick apart.
The Lateral Turncoat Grip
Lateral Turncoat is a special variant of Lateral Classic, where the thumb tip engages in chopsticking, unlike the rest of the Lateral family.
Lateral Classic grips
Lateral Classic are chopstick grips with a "classic" swing in the Lateral family, featuring Lateral Chick, Lateral Squid, and Lateral Gangnam Style.
Lateral chopstick grips
Lateral grips form the largest family in all chopstick grips. All variants share a common compression posture named after its namesake penhold.
Model B: Chopstick Buddies
Chopstick Buddies are attachments to a chopstick. They fix a severe thumb pose issue, allowing beginners and lifelong users to learn the Standard Grip for the first time.
Ergonomic chopsticks - US20210059445A1
A web-version of our Ergonomic Chopsticks patent application published by USPTO as US 2021-0059445 A1, now with inline illustrations.
marcosticks.org in Chinese
The Chinese version of marcosticks.org has launched: 馬可筷.org. Over time all English materials will become available in Chinese as well.
The Italian Grip
Italian Grip is a cross between Cupped Vulcan and Scissorhand, named after the Italian hand gesture for "what is it that you want ?!"
The Art and Science of Chopsticking
A retrospective on two years of research that attempts to explain the art of wielding two sticks with power, dexterity and finesse.
The Cupped Vulcan Grip
Cupped Vulcan is an under-swing chopstick grip that resembles a cupped hand. It expands Vulcan and Scissorhand into an intricate machinery.
The Equal Opportunity Grip
Equal Opportunity grip allocates two fingers for each chopstick, with the thumb spending equal attention on both chopstick.
Caswellian thumb and chopsticks
To use chopsticks with the Standard Grip, a flattened, unnatural thumb pose known as Caswellian thumb is needed.
The Middle Path Grip
Middle Path grip is related to Beetle Mandibles, except that chopsticks are placed around the middle finger, instead of the index finger