Do you have a kitten? If so, go play with it, dangle something in front of it, activate its play-fighting mode. Watch it bat at the stand-in enemy with a forepaw. If you don’t have a kitten, perhaps a dog? Go play with it. Rile him up a bit and toss a toy on the ground watch him pin that toy with a forepaw and go to work with the jaws. No dogs, no kittens in the house? How about a toddler? If you have an 18-36-month-old human around the house go play with them. Roll a ball with them and watch them pick it up or roll it back. No kitties, no dogs, no toddlers? Well, let’s have you try something. While reading this, look around a pick up the nearest small object within your reach. Now that we’ve all played with our pets, or our kids, or at the very least picked up a stapler or some such thing, we can repeat these activities and pay attention to the handedness of all entities. The kitten will bat primarily with a dominant paw. The dog ...
Examining & Resurrecting Indigenous Skills and Frontier Rough & Tumble Combat