Can left hand users practice their right hand to use in everyday life and vice versa?
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Yes, they can. I am a good example of this, I am left handed since forever but can do things as a right hander.
For a time, I used to train writing with my right hand. I’ve becole pretty good at it as long as I trained, although I was slow, but my right handed writing was beautiful.
I practiced japanese fencing since very early childhood (*very* early) and, since my teacher was right handed, he taught me as a right hander. Now, I practice whatever the style of fencing – japanese, medieval european from italian and german school, Agrippa style rapier fencing or modern saber – as a natural right hander.
I can practice archery as both a left or right hander. My dominant eye is the left one, so I naturally am a left handed archer, but I taught myself to shoot both eyes open and “select the image I”see through”, so to say, so that I can deliberately “switch” to being a right handed and eyed archer, although this is not something that lasts : I have to specifically focus on my vision and select the right eye’s image each and every time I want to do it.
I recently got a job as a waiter and barman. I generally practice as a right hander and switch to my left when my arm gets tired of carrying the heavy trays. I see no difference in this useage.
Many things are made by right handers : almost every asymetrical thing is made to be more comfortable for a right hander. Left handers have to learn either to adapt their way to use the thing with their left hand or simply switch hands. I am the switcher type because I have two arms and there’s no way one slacks off while the other does all the job.
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