{"id":4507,"date":"2021-01-13T23:16:28","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T04:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marcosticks.org\/?p=4507"},"modified":"2021-06-15T23:36:49","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T03:36:49","slug":"the-equal-opportunity-grip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marcosticks.org\/zh\/the-equal-opportunity-grip\/","title":{"rendered":"The Equal Opportunity Grip"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Equal Opportunity grip allocates two fingers for each chopstick, with the thumb spending equal attention on both sticks. It is the only alternative grip<\/a> that perfectly allocates all five fingers to the two sticks in a symmetrical fashion, visually. We shall call this grip by its nick name Equal Opp in this article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Equal Opp grip: open posture *<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

As we have noted in Out with the Crossed Type, in with the Under Swing<\/a>, visually crossed sticks do not automatically entail a mechanically scissor-like grip. In the picture above, the two sticks appear crossed at the maximally-open posture. But that is just a visual artifact resulting from the user holding chopsticks midway, instead of closer towards the rear ends. This is not physically a scissor grip, unlike Scissorhand<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Equal Opp is an exaggerated form of Double Tripod<\/a>. Both operate on the same principles. The ring finger in Double Tripod recedes more into the background, making ways for the middle finger to bring the top chopstick down. Equal Opp, however, has the ring finger firmly sitting on the bottom chopstick. This causes conflicts with the middle finger at the Closed posture, as we will elaborate further down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following is the stereotypical Max open posture of Equal Opp seen from slightly different angles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Max open posture of Equal Opportunity from slightly different angles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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