I think I go in left shoulder on most casual hugs. That leaves my right arm free. If it's a close friend/intimate hug - full frontal press.
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DavidS - Sep 23, 2006 2:42:33 pm PDT #9868 of 10001
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-t - Sep 23, 2006 2:42:44 pm PDT #9869 of 10001
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Lee, on your Juniper Lee question, if it's who I think it is she used to be a Yeti. I forget her name, but she was the smartest of the Yetis (who are typically pretty dumb, apparently) and June did some sort of spell to de-hairify her so she could pass for human and go to school and stuff.
-t - Sep 23, 2006 2:46:37 pm PDT #9870 of 10001
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I think my head goes to my left so the huggees head is to my right. Back pats with the left hand if that's called for. Unless I'm holding something in either hand, of course. Then anything could happen.
aurelia - Sep 23, 2006 2:47:29 pm PDT #9871 of 10001
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do y'all lean to your left when coming in for a hug?
I never really thought about it before, but yeah, I think so.
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§ ita § - Sep 23, 2006 2:47:47 pm PDT #9872 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If it's a close friend/intimate hug - full frontal press.
Head to the left?
I give a million sorts of hugs to krav people alone, based on physical and other intimacy. But I always go left, and there's nary a collision.
A friend of mine from Vancouver asked about kissing guys on the cheek and I was adamant that I was not about to start. She got confused because I'd always done the Montreal double kiss (starting left, natch) when I was in Canada--it just seems weird here, though. There is one krav friend who does it, and I had to talk myself down from it creeping me out.
msbelle - Sep 23, 2006 2:49:28 pm PDT #9873 of 10001
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left, so right arm goes over shoulder and left under. right feel weird. of course if it is a both arms over the shoulder hug, it doesn;t matter which side.
-t - Sep 23, 2006 2:51:35 pm PDT #9874 of 10001
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I know I've had to do the which-way-to-lean dance when going in for a hug. That may have been me trying to hug non-huggers, though.
§ ita § - Sep 23, 2006 2:53:05 pm PDT #9875 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
if it is a both arms over the shoulder hug, it doesn;t matter which side.
So your head can be left or right?
Now I'm trying to think of who I hug right over/left under and who I hug both over. And if I hug anyone both under.
DavidS - Sep 23, 2006 2:58:16 pm PDT #9876 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Head to the left?
Yep. I think that's a standard convention. Otherwise - headknocking. And I suspect it's based on predominant right handedness.
msbelle - Sep 23, 2006 2:59:41 pm PDT #9877 of 10001
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only both arms under with some of the really tall exes. If I hug both arms under head only hits the chest.
and yeah, head either side if both arms over. cause usually with a both arms over, that person is about to get kissed.