How to Hold Chopsticks (Happy Chinese/Lunar New Year!)

[@ericsurf6]

This is a really good video. Thanks for making this....Thumbs up and favorited! Happy Chinese New Year to you Sheryl...

[@knifeplebeian]

What a nice video! It's nice to know that I'm not the only English speaker who likes to listen to spoken Chinese, and your instructions on how to use chopsticks are the clearest I have found.

[@ebonyr.b.1216]

All I looked for was a quick tutorial and not only did I get that, but I got a cultural tutorial too!! Loved it!

[@shangosankofa9560]

GOT IT, FIRST TRY! Thank you! Practicing with mixed nuts and dried banana chips. Relaxed my hand when it began to cramp. Cramps went away immediately.

[@MandarinCat]

After watching multiple videos, I FINALLY DID IT! Thank you!

[@暧昧-u8e]

Compared to the other tutorials I've seen, this is by far the best tutorial. It shows how to properly use chopsticks.

[@nukem384]

gung hay fat choy, sun nien fai lok, sun tai geen hong! great tutorial on a perfect day! nice job Sheryl!

[@JonathanFox-uj1rv]

Learning at 50 to use properly. Your thought at about 1:30, that it is better to " just stab" your food wit the children's chopsticks, 😅😅😅😅 priceless!!

[@DetectAsh]

Wow this really helped. The thing you said about holding the top one like a pencil just makes so much sense. Thanks a ton!

[@evileyelash8094]

Thank you. Watched about 5 chopstick tutorial videos so far. This video was actually useful!

[@hazareddhif6474]

I've always struggled with keeping the second chopstick stable. And this was very helpful. I just picked a pea using chopsticks thanks to you :D

[@alainarigney5113]

This is actually the most productive video in helping me yet. lethanks

[@sunybandrick]

Happy New Year! OMG thank you so much for showing the proper way to use chop sticks! I would never use them cause I couldn't hold them but now I can thanks to you Sheryl! You're a great teacher!

[@JonathanFox-uj1rv]

And thank you. You included a " use what ever works for you" clause. I think i will do fine, training others may prove challenging. 😊😊

[@Probie1Kenobie]

Beautiful beyond words in fact.

[@helesesepu9847]

Thank you! This is the best video I've seen re how to use chopsticks. Thanks for sharing!!

[@jatinderbanga]

CHINESE FOOD IS AWSOME! The best! Thanks for this video.

[@SangeetaGupta-ov3rq]

so positive and so cute this girl is

[@Kwameking1]

I’m at the Tokyo Airport.Im at a Restaurant and needed your help.Thanks for the help Miss.

[@swaransingh7016]

the trainer is very good in explaining the each every movement of sticks good video

[@shondacannon6218]

Thanks. Your instructions were easy to understand and user friendly.

[@enriquejaramillo4244]

Love it when you talk chinese.

[@teikoshizuka]

Happy Chinese New Year!

[@viable1]

Very informative, by a very lovely and charming instructor.

[@georgiaverdana1408]

You're a very gentle teacher thank you 😊

[@DarkBraelyn]

A lot of restaurants use wooden ones. I've seen plastic and porcelain ones used in a lot of households. It varies a lot.

[@MusicMaryful]

The Chinese sounds awesome!

[@algalapier]

Hey nice video, helped me a lot. I'm Hispanic and I like Chinese culture from small few months ago I came across this tutorial yours first then buy a few simple bambo chopsticks and three months ago pot spoon and started to use chopsticks to eat all kinds food, with your help today and use to perfection today use some Chinese Carved Dragon Ethnicities Stylish bamboo wood chopsticks are more difficult to use as they are very slippery but with perseverance and your help achieve it. That way I would say take paillos is perhaps the most elegant to be the more appropriate I think the jente not try because it is difficult ... so I mean you grew up eating is natural for you to many people taking chopsticks so it is impossible. With your help I achieved yea

[@mrj-charles6383]

you are so cute I like the way you go from English to Chinese and back. I have been pretty good using chopsticks just wanted to see if I was looking to silly the way I normally hold them. Your explanations was easy to understand. Thanks

[@بدايةونهاية-ذ3ف]

Yeah English is for the sucks and idiots from the old days I hate this language and thank God I never talk this dirty language and still may mouth clear

[@moofeyy]

its great hearing u speak cantonese :) happy chinese new year!!!

[@quendiii6909]

I watched once and I can do it. This is not hard. Now I like to eat with chopsticks :D thanks from Poland ^^

[@CHANNAKAJIMA]

Very sweet, Sheryl. Happy Year to you as well. .....Nakajima

[@Naomi-bp1ij]

Everytime i try to do this it doesnt rest on my ring finger it slides up

[@TowsAP]

I think if you apply more pressure with the base of your thumb to it, this should work: like hold the inner stick in between the ring finger and thumb base.

[@Naomi-bp1ij]

I do I don't know what's wrong with me :/

[@TowsAP]

+Naomi Colorado nothing's wrong with you... I'll tell you how i practiced incessantly: when i started a few years ago, with terrible grips, i picked up peanuts with them (XD don't judge me)... Like one after the other.... Continuously,... Got a bit of laughter from my siblings cause they'd see a weird kid watching tv while eating peanuts using chopsticks. But honestly I was at it for at least half an hour. By the next day, i had my own type of grip which was convenient for me although it looked like i was killing my fingers. But hey, i could pick up food really well by then... After that, i practiced my way a long time. And now I'm watching this video to see the said "proper" way... It became really easier to fix my grip in minutes since now i have a better understanding of how to manage the fingers.... So just find a grip that'll help you pick up food.... And practice for quite a time nonstop.... You'll get it quickly (And fact: peanuts are hard to pick... Like really hard) GoodLuck!

[@inyegomontoya8261]

@@Naomi-bp1ij I had trouble too, but stabilize the bottom chopstick with the tip of my ring finger and that made all the difference for me. Good luck!

[@Lizzie-uj9ld]

Me too😂😂😂but am still trying

[@Sjudit84]

OMg I am so happy you spoke in chinese!!! You should do that more!!!

[@cjqueen]

Thanks so much. I am still having problems holding my chop sticks this helped alot! Happy New Year!!!

[@mayumikiki16]

Lol I love how you're so "jok sing" like me. I can tell there were parts where you didn't know how to say something and then just trailed off or said it in English. I do the same, half canto and half English mixed lol

[@Xxxsorrow]

Thanks for the tutorial! Btw you look beautiful in that dress. :)

[@zainabsuleman2707]

It's a good demonstration. Thank you

[@patricksoares9670]

I got used to using the pointy side of the hachi instead of the round side. Now I have to learn the right way. But thank you for the video.

[@ramagoudpalpanoori1074]

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[@ramagoudpalpanoori1074]

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[@ramagoudpalpanoori1074]

Patrick Kort Kamp

[@bogavante13]

Thank you very much. I went to a japanese restaurant and I had to eat with chopsticks for newbies.

[@TomisaburoRMizugawa]

Took me years to figure this one out - before KZbin came along that is. Rice is usually sticky (short-grain rice) so you pick up lumps of it. If you have to eat small bits that don't stick in lumps, you just raise your bowl to your mouth and scoop the food in with the chopsticks. Watch some Chinese or Japanese movies, there are plenty of examples out there.

[@ralphito79]

happy new rabbit year! i have some chinese friends so thanks for the advice on not to cross the chosticks, i had no idea!

[@arwenmeleth]

that was really helpful!! i always wanted to learn how to eat with chopsticks , so thank's a lot

[@travelingmerchant2401]

I found using my ring finger to support the bottom stick helps a lot!

[@miagirl]

OMG..hahahahaha My husband is chinese & I am Mexican..I spent 6 months with them & I HAD to eat with chopsticks & learn how & when to pour tea. Lets just say..it was never boring :D BUT..Im the bomb now..hahahaha

[@lightyagumi3046]

I have the exact same ones in the little white package, I got it from a Japanese Steakahouse

[@fridah7865]

Thank You so much! Yours is the easiest method I have found (well, that works for me, that is!)

[@MrMax89]

You are just too Awesome, in so many ways.

[@sheidenreich]

Thanks for the video! It helps a lot!

[@NoSelf23]

Thank you. I needed to know that. I use them to slow down my eating!

[@adamlawrence911]

Thanks most useful video I've found! You're a great teacher :) Thanks again x

[@Taisonsvlog90210]

Oh wow I never knew that, thanks for informing me on something i most indefinitely could have made an inference by my self.

[@PANDASvsBEARS]

i've never been able to hold chopsticks but that tutorial was perfect!!

[@FIyingDumpling]

I'm chinese and I've been crossing my chopsticks all my life, the "Vietnamese way" as some people all it. My parents never really taught me how to hold chopsticks, I just learned myself.

[@samvimes9510]

Thanks for the tip! It's so much easier for me to use the bottom three fingers of my hand when using chopsticks. For some reason when I use my index finger I can't grab anything and the chopsticks slide all around.

[@mountaingirl3437]

I like the little ice cream cones you made! Maybe you can do a video on how you made the ice cream cones?? They look like they would make cute little magnets for the fridge!

[@sarrra571]

thank you.. it was very useful

[@robloxlivegg2723]

It worked! I used this for 4 years!

[@imagefap9020]

Thanks Naomi

[@Yushellia]

wow your english is really good!!

[@rogel080274]

Now I can practice on that MUCH MUCH easier...wheeyy!!

[@Zimerick]

What would be recommended about holding chopsticks when you have a weird grip? Personally when I hold a pencil or a utensil it rests against the top of my right ring finger.

[@mnyng8271]

i was watching this while eating,ibought chopsticks yesterday and i want to learn how to use this thing and ....its easy XD this video was very helpful! :) thank u :*

[@khurshidahmad5540]

Tried to eat, using chop sticks, enjoyed learning,

[@oldgregg93]

I want to buy some nice chopsticks, and in summertime sometimes my local supermarket sells some in a set which is expensive and comes with plates and cups and all this stuff i dont need, or tiny ones with ends on a springy system for learning or picnic, where can you buy them seperately?

[@drunkenmonkey78]

It's so cute when you speak Cantonese :)

[@doctorhugosanchez]

Muy lindo tu vídeo, gracias por la clase. besos!!!

[@szskits9786]

The proper way kinda hurts the skin connecting to my ring finger's nail. The way I learned was pretty much the same except the bottom chopstick is supported by my middle finger instead of my ring finger. I find it to be easier this way too

[@kucingsuci]

+SZskits yes!!! same here I use same method. it's easier and doesn't hurt my ring finger

[@sibleueyef4484]

Yes, me toooooo!

[@TycoTyrannus]

You are holding the chopstick way to low. Should only be about an inch coming out the back of your hand. Not half the stick. Thats a nub move.

[@bettycepeda5862]

Their is no such thing as a proper way to use chopsticks people use chopsticks differently

[@Doc_Mitch]

After going to three different Asian countries, I was able to use chopsticks naturally. Difficult at first but correct constant practice makes perfect.

[@SelphieFairy]

@torsk1 have you ever used round ones? I have, they're a bit stranger to eat with lol.

[@maduronatalia]

i learned to use chopsticks 2 years ago thnks to u :)

[@gingerbread1231]

Do you have a video demonstrating how to eat rice and noodles with chopsticks? That would really help me.

[@clubpenguin1212100]

the plushy rabbit is sooo cute!! i want one!! lol :P

[@DebisisRobustus]

i can't believe i've been using the wrong fingers all this time, thanks for the tutorial!

[@starlily16]

Happy new year!! :)

[@patriciabaroja9965]

Very nice explanation, thanks a lot. You are so cute!

[@KB-hq2zf]

i move it up and down just fine but when it comes to picking up food it just all goes wrong

[@astonkruger3159]

Same.

[@spacedcupcake]

I love your cheongsam! :D

[@rbl205]

Very helpful. Thank you for this informative video! :)

[@disney72]

Finally! Something that works with my small hands.. :))

[@alimimahmood1967]

I'm Malay father to 4 kids. Most Malay in Malaysia use right hand when they take a food. All my kids can use chopstick. They prefer using this when we take noodle instead of spoon and fork.

[@xKetherx]

you just saved my life! I got home from the take out place and they ran out of forks!

[@weasternspirit]

Thank you very much! Now I know how to hold them

[@savanabanana]

Haha, the first thing I practiced picking up with chopsticks was actually cereal that I snacked on while I did my homework, so I mastered it within in a few days~ It does hurt my fingers after a while, but I think it's because I put too much pressure on them lol.

[@SelphieFairy]

Sheryl you're sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cute LOL. :D I know how to use chopsticks already but I watched the whole video to watch your cuteness. xD Happy New Year!

[@brooklyncertified4854]

Thank you definitely helped.

[@riphaven]

You are beautiful, I had to watch twice because I forgot to pay attention the first time:-)

[@supercloss]

Easy! i already mastered it.

[@BlowPopCharms141]

Happy Chinese new year!!! =}

[@cativory_l3910]

THANKKK YOOU SO MUCH!You REALLY helped

[@vinuldash]

I do it with thin sticks and I often miss, I need thick sticks right ???

[@sperin98]

Yep!, they are nice, and have animes [japanese]

[@nukemonk]

Beautiful

[@codylaguana420]

+nukemonk Until she takes off all that make up on her eyes

[@nukemonk]

+cody laguana And? All women wear makeup.

[@codylaguana420]

Naahhhhhhh not all

[@nancypeters9519]

Very helpful

[@TheyCallMeFranklin]

Humanly impossible (This must be witchcraft).

[@mikeep19]

It's called sorcery

[@bettycepeda5862]

It's called a talent

[@PastorPeewee20]

I'm learning how it's possible lol

[@erikamvh1]

Omg! I think I got. Thank you so much!!!

[@TimFromLA]

I had to learn how to use chopsticks. My mom said, either learn or starve. I learned.

[@rayanelouhichi27]

Yay!! Nailed it first try ... but I had to use my middle finger to support the second stick which was on the bottom ...

[@gammondog]

Rayane Louhichi You need that middle finger to be on the underside of the upper stick were it is used to raise (open) it. The bottom stick should be clutched in the crook between your thumb and index fingers and supported near the tip by the ring finger. Most people tuck the pinky underneath the ring finger. Try starting out by placing the high end of that stick in the crook where the middle crease in your palm cuts above the web. A little higher up and closer to the base of the index finger. Also extend the ring/pinky fingers a little further away from the palm in the hand. This will make the base line between those two support ends longer giving you more stability. It's a matter of experimentation but when you free up that middle finger to do its' job on the upper stick you will have more grasping power. This will eliminate any muscle fatigue on your hand muscles. Good luck and above all, make all your practice sessions fun.

[@sputnikwood]

swoons over when pincstuff smiles towards the end. I think it should be "gaup yeh sic" rather than "ling yeh sic". i thought it was funny when you used that at first.

[@jenoyestewart1516]

Your English is great!