Paul mentioned to me that he tried to practice the long pole on the left side too.

Normally, we only practice the pole on one side. However, there is nothing wrong if you want to practice on both sides.

All the long pole forms I have learned lead with the right. The exception is this Wing Chun pole from an old master that leads with the left.

The left handed pole form is made up of 18 movements out of which 16 are full techniques and 2 are half techniques.

If we want to practice the pole on the left side we would do the left handed long pole. You can practice it on the right side too but when you try to apply it that’s when you understand why it leads with the left hand.

So let’s move to learning the left handed Wing Chun long pole once you have managed to build a foundation in Master Leong’s Shaolin 6 1/2 point pole. This would be an incentive to practice more, practice harder and master the basics before picking up the left handed long pole.