what's up internet Dyce Quirk here and today i'm going to be teaching you how to use
hashi or chopsticks so let's not waste time and let's get to it so to get started you're going to
need a pair of chopsticks in this video i'm using the steel chopsticks which if you're interested in
buying a pair of steel chopsticks i'll put a link in the description of this video as
well as in the pin comment below specifically to just like a really nice pair of steel chopsticks
and in addition if you don't have any chopsticks right now then that's perfectly fine you could use
some pencils that are just about the same length or even like straws or go outside find two sticks
that are about the same length now let's show you how to actually use this first thing you're going
to want to do is take the chopstick and put it into this groove in between your thumb and your
index finger and then put your thumb up you're gonna clamp it just like that okay not putting too
much pressure i'm just lightly holding my thumb up straight next i'm taking my ring finger on that
same hand and i'm going to lightly push on the side of the chopstick some people let it rest on
top of the finger i just like to put just a little bit of pressure and push it like that that way i
don't have to put as much pressure on my thumb now the next thing is you're going to take your second
chopstick and rest it right on top of your thumb right there between that and your index finger
then i let my top of the index finger rest on top of the chopstick and i take my middle
finger and put it under that chopstick and you want to kind of make sure that your
hand is about three quarters of the way up the chopsticks this just allows you to grab easier
for my pinky i just tend to put it on the bottom of my ring finger there just for extra support and
what this allows you to do is when you're grabbing things you don't want to be moving your thumb at
all because if you move your thumb then that means you're loosening your grip right here and the
chopsticks or chopsticks won't work as efficiently but if i keep my thumb straight like this
all i have to do is move these two top fingers and i'm pivoting on my thumb and it allows me to grab
whatever i want so that's how you use chopsticks in japan this is considered the most polite form
of using chopsticks or the most polite way to use chopsticks there's plenty of other ways around the
world but this is kind of considered the main way to do it again a lot of people like to let it rest
right there but the problem i have is since i use metal chopsticks it tends to slide
and i personally just like to put that little bit of extra pressure there
so yeah there's that now there's a couple different ways you can practice this so
let's take a look at those one thing that you can practice your chopstick skills with are different
brands of cereal first off i don't know about you i like dry cereal but cereal tends to have like a
nice rough texture and it also can be in a lot of different shapes and sizes and so this is a great
way for you to practice just using your chopsticks not to mention i i think it tastes great
yeah that's good stuff so um it's kind of an addictive way to practice and it might slow down
your eating so that's really good but yeah just practice a little bit with some cereal another
thing if you wanted to make it a little bit more of a difficult challenge after you've gotten used
to cereal are skittles by the way if you know what kind of cereal that was tell me in the comments
so skittles are round and they're smooth so even like the best people with chopsticks they're
gonna struggle picking up these guys uh but if you practice enough eventually you can start
picking up individual skills um like i said these guys are hard even for pros but it is definitely
possible it's going to be even harder than i got on the table there let's see if we can get this
good job okay so skittles are a great way to practice and one thing you might notice is
that as you're picking up bigger and bigger items this portion right here it's really good for quick
little movements but heavier food like if you're eating sushi or steak or something like that it
might actually be just a little bit more difficult you'll have to build up some muscles uh for that
but don't worry in time you can do it so one way that i like to try to exercise my fingers so that
i can pick up some of those more heavy foods is i'll take one of these it's about 30 pounds and
i'll take my chopsticks and put one underneath one on top and then i'll just do some reps so one
two
and so that's uh kind of what i tend to do you know 30 pounds at that bad and ultimately it's
just gonna really help your finger strength uh because this down here it doesn't move
this up here that's where you get all that extra strength needed so just make sure you practice
your reps uh maybe start with like 25 pounds instead of 30. but yeah let's move on and now that
you've learned how to properly use your chopsticks or hashi it's probably best you learn some proper
japanese chopstick etiquette and as it turns out we actually just posted a video on japanese
chopstick etiquette where we teach you the do's and don'ts with your chopsticks while you're over
in japan and if you're interested in picking up a pair of steel chopsticks like this one we actually
have a link down in the description of this video as well as down in the pinned comment so thank you
for checking out and definitely make sure you check out that next video i'll see you there
you