I've been writing with fingers and wrist for my whole life, but my handwriting looks much neater after using arm for first time.

Most ballpoint pens require the "ball point" to be held more upright that a pen with a nib.  The popularity and change to using ballpoint pens over nib style pens hastened the change from arm based writing to finger based writing.  

My Standard One teacher here in New Zealand, Miss Gunn used to insist when we wrote with a pencil, that we held it much flatter and used our arms to write.  I regret never having kept up her advice.  

Up until the 1950s (at least here in NZ) children learnt to write on a slate with a slate pencil writing much larger letters than we would use for teaching children today.  This learning on a slate encouraged children to use an arm method because the only way the large letters could be formed easily is by using one's whole arm - otherwise it is quite fatiguing on an adult's hand, let alone how difficult it must be for a child's hand.  

Several of my teachers (only those over a certain age) taught in this more traditional style.  Although the letter forms were slightly different to those you are familiar with in the US.  I would be interested to also know more about penmanship outside of the USA.  Do you know of similar method books published in the British Empire?

I had a good friend (the late Douglas Dean) who started working in the early 1950s with the National Bank (of New Zealand).  When he first started he remembered the bank employed several then elderly men who sat on stools at high, slightly slanting desks, who would write official documents out with dip pens in what he described as perfect copperplate.  By the end of the decade they were all gone and typed documents were used in all instances.  My wife is a solicitor (lawyer) and at her first job the business (which started in the 1880s or 90s) still had this style of desk - although more of a curiosity than ever used.  I believe wills, deeds and other legal documents were all handwritten here at one time and in beautiful scripts, often on actual parchment (at least in the 19th century).

Me as an Arm Aimer: I know it's hard but, for me, it's a peace of cake.

I'm used to writing this way since childhood, but it was very frustrating for my benchmates because the table would keep shaking. I'm not able to get rid of this :(

I'm going to give this style of writing a try. I hand write EVERYTHING - because if I DON'T I'll forget it in an instant - and I'm developing arthritis in both hands, which is starting to cause pain as I write, especially in the top of my hand, where the tendons are. I can see how writing with my arm will offer a chance to keep handwriting, but  - hopefully - not cause myself any extra pain. Thank you for your clear, concise description and demonstration. It's clarified a few things I've read about arm writing but haven't been able to clearly visualise what they meant.



Also,  I really need to get myself a dip pen. Or two.

I finally stumbled upon this. I thought there was a problem with me as I write using my arm. Now I have started feeling fatigue easily and I'm looking for the videos to see if I'm doing something wrong without realising it. Gonna dive it!

I know this video is not new but it is very helpful as I need to modify my writing and drawing style after dealing with chronic tenosynovitis. You are giving me hope!!!!

Tysm for this video. I have chronic pain syndrome as well as just regular wrist pain and fatigue so I think I need to implement this into my writing 100%

Dude, super great videos; part 1 and 2! You explain through your thoughts very well. Keep it up!

I learn something new , thank you brother

Great change in writing . This  will  provide freedom and further improvements.

Good comparison between finger-writing and arm-writing

The best video on youtube I'm regards to handwriting posture and technique. You are a true help to many of us thank you.

Well explained, thank you!

I'm actually here after getting very frustrated with my death grip when drawing. Thank you so much for all the tips! It's going to be a challenge to essentially re-learn decades of death gripping but I am very eager for my hands not to hurt :)

Great video…exactly what I was looking for.  Thank you!

pretty insightful

thank you very much dude, i have been having issue of writing fast and without pain for long duration in exams, and i feel arm writing can be the solution to this. I will practice it right now. Very helpful video, plz keep that up!

This video is exactly what was looking for, thank you very much

Dude you are a lifesaver the lord himself (im not even christian). I'm left handed and also doing that death grip causing unbearable pain in exams, once a day for a month for total 3 hours + studying 8 afterwards. Im sad that i found your channel way too late, about end of the exam year, but still helpful. I know it sounds ridicilous but left handed .writing tips video would be good, other vids on youtube useless or outdated. I subscribed already and I'm so glad, immediately start using this technique