1 00:00:00,579 --> 00:00:02,939 In this video I'm going to show you how to use chopsticks 2 00:00:07,740 --> 00:00:09,840 So to use chopsticks.. 3 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:15,280 If we take our first chopstick, we just want to place it at the base of our thumb 4 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:21,620 open your fingers, and just rest the chopstick against the side at the end of your ring finger 5 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:27,020 Then just lay your thumb over this chopstick just to hold it in place 6 00:00:27,660 --> 00:00:32,640 And the pressure of your thumb against this chopstick should press it against your finger and your hand 7 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:36,780 And this will just hold this chopstick in place keeping it stationary 8 00:00:36,780 --> 00:00:38,780 Now for the top chopstick.. 9 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:43,140 You want to hold it between your thumb and your first and second finger 10 00:00:43,140 --> 00:00:45,760 a little bit like when you're taught to hold a pencil 11 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:50,420 But you don't want to be holding it with the tip of your thumb, because you see how it makes my thumb bend 12 00:00:50,420 --> 00:00:52,300 You want to hold it more 13 00:00:52,300 --> 00:00:54,220 With the pad of your thumb 14 00:00:54,220 --> 00:00:56,320 So you can keep your thumb completely straight 15 00:00:56,320 --> 00:01:00,580 And it's really important that you keep your thumb straight and you'll see why in a moment 16 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:08,980 And also you want to move your thumb a little bit further up your fingers, roughly where the first knuckle is 17 00:01:09,940 --> 00:01:15,580 Then what we want to do to move this chopstick. You just want to bend your first and second finger 18 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:18,200 Paying attention not to bend your thumb 19 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:21,580 If you're holing it with the tip of your thumb, which you can do with just one chopstick 20 00:01:21,580 --> 00:01:24,039 you're likely to bend your thumb 21 00:01:24,900 --> 00:01:28,360 and you won't be able to hold the bottom chopstick as you'll see in a moment 22 00:01:29,740 --> 00:01:35,240 So concentrate, on just moving this first chopstick with your first and second finger.. 23 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:37,560 trying to keep your thumb straight 24 00:01:39,039 --> 00:01:43,840 You want to create sort of a fulcrum or a seesaw effect underneath your thumb 25 00:01:46,420 --> 00:01:48,520 So when you've got the hand of that 26 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:51,380 You can place the bottom chopstick back in place.. 27 00:01:51,380 --> 00:01:54,759 base of your thumb against the side of your ring finger at your nail 28 00:01:54,759 --> 00:01:56,759 Lay your thumb over it 29 00:01:57,280 --> 00:02:00,280 And then take your top chopstick, put it back in place 30 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:05,240 Again.. between your first and second finger at the ends there and then the pad of your thumb 31 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:09,500 pressing on the chopstick just to hold it in place and then to open and close the chopsticks 32 00:02:09,500 --> 00:02:13,160 we just do the movement that we learned with our first and second finger 33 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:19,900 And that is all there is to holding chopsticks 34 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:28,060 Now remember to keep your thumb completely straight, see how my thumb is straight 35 00:02:28,650 --> 00:02:32,629 Keeping it straight is keeping pressure on this chopstick and this chopstick 36 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:37,700 If you have your thumb bent or you're holding it with the tip of your finger 37 00:02:37,700 --> 00:02:41,460 immediately you just lose control of this bottom chopstick 38 00:02:41,460 --> 00:02:44,510 So if you find that this bottom chopstick is coming loose 39 00:02:46,500 --> 00:02:51,260 Or you can't meet because you're just not holding this chopstick in place 40 00:02:51,260 --> 00:02:54,880 It's likely you're still bending your thumb As soon as you bend your thumb 41 00:02:54,880 --> 00:03:00,220 you see how you create an arch and you start to lose pressure against at this bottom chopstick. 42 00:03:00,220 --> 00:03:02,000 You're not holding it with a lot of pressure anyway, 43 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:05,140 so if you lift it up you're just losing pressure and it's just.. 44 00:03:05,140 --> 00:03:08,740 It starts sliding up your finger and there's no way you can get it [to stay in place] 45 00:03:08,740 --> 00:03:12,340 So concentrate on keeping your thumb completely flat 46 00:03:12,340 --> 00:03:14,920 and you can push this knuckle a little bit down 47 00:03:14,920 --> 00:03:18,000 In order to put some pressure on the chopstick 48 00:03:19,980 --> 00:03:27,160 And then just practice the movement of opening and closing the top chopstick by wiggling your first and second finger 49 00:03:29,060 --> 00:03:32,480 So when you've practiced that movement a little bit you can start to try and pick a few things up 50 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:35,780 I've just got a couple of blueberries here 51 00:03:35,780 --> 00:03:38,060 Blueberries of all different sizes 52 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:47,100 And if you don't have any chopsticks don't worry, you can just use a couple of pencils 53 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:55,560 So here's a little tip courtesy of LeesRandomVids.. 54 00:03:56,820 --> 00:03:58,060 Popcorn! 55 00:03:58,060 --> 00:04:02,300 I believe popcorn is very good for practicing your chopsticks 56 00:04:02,300 --> 00:04:07,300 Because like with any technique, it's about repetition. You've got to do it lots of times. 57 00:04:07,300 --> 00:04:08,220 And popcorn.. 58 00:04:08,220 --> 00:04:13,400 It's nice and light, and it's all different sizes, and it's uneven shapes as well, so it's really easy to grip 59 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:18,640 Like some foods are really difficult when you're learning it's better off having something that's really easy 60 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:21,060 And it's also important that this is toffee popcorn 61 00:04:21,060 --> 00:04:21,839 Why? 62 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:23,600 Because it's absolutely delicious! 63 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:28,700 and the delicious part is what will make you keep with the repetition 64 00:04:28,700 --> 00:04:32,159 It's okay just moving an item on the table, putting it there, putting it there 65 00:04:32,159 --> 00:04:34,159 You'll get bored with that quite quickly 66 00:04:34,500 --> 00:04:38,740 With something delicious as this you take one, you eat it 67 00:04:39,300 --> 00:04:43,080 You go straight back, you eat another one, you eat another one.. 68 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:44,320 you eat another one! 69 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:49,140 and before you know it you've eaten 30, 40, 50, 100, 500 pieces, I don't know 70 00:04:49,140 --> 00:04:51,360 depends how big your bag of popcorn is 71 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:56,140 And you've practiced the movement several hundred times with little effort 72 00:04:56,140 --> 00:05:00,980 You wouldn't sit and place something there to there five hundred times 73 00:05:00,980 --> 00:05:02,840 Maybe you would but I wouldn't 74 00:05:02,840 --> 00:05:04,960 You'd get bored with that quite quickly 75 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:07,900 You know I'm joking it doesn't have to be toffee popcorn, it can be anything you want 76 00:05:07,900 --> 00:05:10,880 but something that you're going to keep eating, something that's moreish 77 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:13,700 For example, you could also use peanuts 78 00:05:14,740 --> 00:05:19,180 Peanuts are even more difficult, but again they're really moreish 79 00:05:19,180 --> 00:05:23,160 These salted peanuts you eat one, you eat ten 80 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:27,360 and you can't stop at ten You just keep eating and eating and eating 81 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:28,960 and you eat so many 82 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:31,500 It's also important as well because you're using this technique 83 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:35,080 You're not just picking something up and placing it there like I have done with the video 84 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:38,360 you want to actually take it and eat it 85 00:05:38,620 --> 00:05:41,540 Why? Well you might practice this movement from there to there 86 00:05:41,540 --> 00:05:47,240 and you'll get it perfect, but when you come to use your chopsticks you might find you pick one up 87 00:05:48,580 --> 00:05:52,580 You take it to mouth oh, and you drop it. You pick another one up.. 88 00:05:53,420 --> 00:05:56,280 and you drop it. As soon as you get to your mouth, you drop it 89 00:05:57,420 --> 00:05:58,780 And again 90 00:05:58,780 --> 00:06:01,360 Because you haven't practiced movement from here to your mouth 91 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:04,080 you might find you're opening your hand for some strange reason 92 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:08,940 So you've got top practice actually taking it to your mouth and eating it from the chopstick 93 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:12,400 To learn and practice and repeat the perfect technique 94 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:16,880 So thank you for watching. I hope you enjoyed this video I hope you learnt something. 95 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:20,640 Give it a Like if you liked this video give it a dislike if you disliked this video 96 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:23,320 and SUBSCRIBE if you want see more videos in the future 97 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:25,280 Thanks a lot. Bye! 98 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:28,400 And now I get to eat all this popcorn to myself!!! :D 99 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:36,400 I'm glad these subtitles were of use to you and thank you for using them It took a lot of laborious work to add them. Lee