I'm left handed, but almost all my training is from right handed people. It makes for seriously strange training. That said, I've noticed that I train somewhat differently than others.
Most stand to the side of the instructor, and do what they see in parallel. I stand in front of the instructor, and act like a mirror. His stance is right handed, my stance is left handed, exact mirror. I throw right handed jabs, he throws left handed jabs.
When I do spar a little though, I've noticed this TOTALLY confuses everybody. But since I've only fought right handers all my life, I'm curious (other left handers out there) those who have fought other left handers, was it confusing as well? Are both left handers confused in those situations? How do I train to compete against left handers if there are no other left handers? (BTW, right handers pretending to be left handers, don't work. I can tell a righty pretending to be a lefty)
Most stand to the side of the instructor, and do what they see in parallel. I stand in front of the instructor, and act like a mirror. His stance is right handed, my stance is left handed, exact mirror. I throw right handed jabs, he throws left handed jabs.
When I do spar a little though, I've noticed this TOTALLY confuses everybody. But since I've only fought right handers all my life, I'm curious (other left handers out there) those who have fought other left handers, was it confusing as well? Are both left handers confused in those situations? How do I train to compete against left handers if there are no other left handers? (BTW, right handers pretending to be left handers, don't work. I can tell a righty pretending to be a lefty)