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    Sometimes I do these instead of circles. I get the same results and it breaks the monotony.
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    I suggest we rename half strokes to double strokes after all the same side gets ground twice.
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    Quote Originally Posted by onimaru55 View Post
    I suggest we rename half strokes to double strokes after all the same side gets ground twice.
    I second that. Or Japanese style or something else. Half sounds like halfway down the hone as opposed to round-trip on the same side.

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    I was being sarcastic.
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