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sagitarius boemoru:
Not exactly. Its set of pictures how I draw the bow. Dont be fooled though as the shortdraw pictures do not preceed correct ones.
What I do is : I start with bow somehow high, beside me, not in front of me. I pull first because its easy and once I get my drawhand far enough I push with my bowhand and level the bow. For a person with shorter arms and good leverage this is very effective method. Also when leveling for shooting at target I go little lower in knees into the stance which is similar to chinese heavy bow shooting stance described by Mr. Selby in his stunning "Chinese archery" It is very stable.
This is correct (or what I think it is), the shoulders and ellbows line in:
Not as good - you can see here that 2´´ of arrow is sticking out and it does make difference. Drawhand shoulder is bit higher, which shows there is still some potential in frame.
This is crappiest version I was able to produce. Half of the arrow is sticking out. The pulling phasis did not preceded the pushing. Its actually more difficult to do, because it strains the draw shoulder.
What I attempt to describe probably wont work for everybody, tall wiry types usually use different method and any person taler than me would not have anchor as far back. But its very effective method in terms of strenght and energy expenditure.
Keep in mind I m only 5´3´´ 130#.
Jaro
duffontap:
Thanks for posting that Jaro. Do you still have a video you could post? Perhaps a photobucket or youtube video?
J. D. Duff
Justin Snyder:
Thanks Jaro. I noticed that when you draw the correct way you also keep the bow a little lower on your chest, at least it appears that way. This allows the use of the major muscles of the chest and back to draw. If the last 4-6 inches of the draw were done from the last position, it would all have to be done with the arm muscles of the drawing arm. Besides being to difficult to pull, that would put some serious strain on the shoulder. Justin
sagitarius boemoru:
Here is video shot couple of years ago. Dont mind the shooting the chainmail, there was prevalent idea in those times that hanging chainmail is actually harder to shoot through. I wanted to demonstrate that shock wave in mesh actuallyappears at moment when damage is done and the arrow is away.
Anyway there is a shot of me excersising my bigger bow (Osagebacked hickory which I dont have anymore).
http://rapidshare.com/files/31979196/Heavybow.mpeg.html
Jaro
duffontap:
I can't get the file to open. Do you have a youtube or photobucket vid?
J. D. Duff
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