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Swamp Bow:
Steve, I assume when you say "lock in" you do not mean to lock your bow arm elbow as was discussed earlier, just "lock" the position in general?  Thanks.

Swamp

Marc St Louis:

--- Quote from: adb on February 10, 2010, 07:27:41 pm ---If you haven't seen it yet, there is an awesome youtube video: Distance Shootng with an Englsh Warbow. Check it out.

Wide stance, draw "into the bow" (use your entie body, not just your arms), feel your shoulder blades come together, use the whole arrow, bend your knees, sit back from the waist, loose, and follow through. Shooting in the bow feels a bit like you're arching your back, and sticking out your butt.

As I understand it, there are two ways to do this: a rolling loose, and a sustained loose. A rolling loose starts with the bow flat, and you roll foward and up, loosing the arrow in a smooth forward motion, with the archer often stepping forward to follow through. For a rolling loose, check out the video on the EWBS website. The above youtube video I already mentioned, describes what I call the sustained loose. Which technique yields more distance is up or debate, but I believe the top warbow shooters use a rolling loose.

I'm sure Steve will chime in on this, giving much more detail.

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I've seen the vid before.  Nice but the music is a bit campy...it woke my wife up and I could hear her laughing hysterically from the bedroom

Yewboy:

--- Quote from: Swamp Bow on February 11, 2010, 10:19:51 am ---Steve, I assume when you say "lock in" you do not mean to lock your bow arm elbow as was discussed earlier, just "lock" the position in general?  Thanks.

Swamp

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Yes that is correct Lock the position

adb:
There is also an excellent youtube video of Glennan Carnie (and others) doing a rolling loose in slo-mo. It's called: For the Love of the English Bow. Check it out.

Oorlogsboog:
From personal experience.. I think locking or fixing a stance is often a point raised by people that shoot far less poundage than warbows.

In order to be allowed to shoot a bow at my club, I had to take 'lessons'. I was fitted out with a 24 lbs recurve bow and required to shoot 'properly'.
Trainers were immediately enthousiastic, as I drew the bow and could keep it at draw for quite a long time (I had been pulling a Stratton 110 lbs bow for about a year at that time... ). Their claim: stance is solid as a rock (duh...)

They were shocked however when I brought a 100 lbs warbow..  >:D It was an awesome sight to thm, but they simply didn't get it..
Best compliment I got on the club was from a lass shooting next to me, who said watching me shoot was like someone 'dancing' with a bow. It was more fluent.
Totally not FITA of course...  ;D

Point I'm trying to get across is... shooting a warbow is not :
- raise bow
- draw arrow back
- keep tension and 'aim'
- think about it for a couple of seconds....  ::)
- loose
- stare at your arrow for a while...  O:)
- listen to THUMP
- repeat the process

It's more dynamic, more fluent. I've also watched the YouTube flicks and got pointers from other warbow-archers, which were of much assistance. But most important is listening to your body.
As long as you can make the effort without wrecking your body, it's probably the right thing to do for you.

You're not going to be able to draw 100+ lbs FITA-style. At least.. I've never seen anyone do it  ;D

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