The importance of ambidexterity in weapons fighting

By The Manila Times

Jan 10, 2015 7:50 pm

An illustration featuring the use of two swords from Camillo Agrippa’s Treatise on the Science of Arms and Philosophy (1553)

Ambidexterity is the ability of being equally skillful with each hand. Attaining ambidexterity is crucial to any individual who must depend on a weapon for survival because in real combat, you are doomed if you can’t wield your stick, knife or gun proficiently with your other hand the moment your dominant hand got injured.

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