A beginner needs to learn the correct finger posture for gripping chopsticks, before they go on to master the manipulation of these chopsticks. One way to acquire a proper posture is to train on a single chopstick at a time. Start by tur… 展开

The previous article on the Standard Gripalready dispelled the misconception that chopsticks operated under principles of the third-class Archimedean lever. Now you will understand why chopsticks are not levers. You will s… 展开

Congratulations, you have mastered chopstick twirling! And you now understand why the top chopstick is not a lever. What you have just learned is in fact known as a planetary gear trainin the mechanical engineering worl… 展开

When tips of chopsticks close in and touch each other, the finger posture is known as the “closed posture“. When tips are extended apart, we call it the “open posture“. Fingers twirl chopsticks back and forth between th… 展开