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Drawing to the ear or chest, aiming and anchoring?
bradsmith2010:
if your arrows landed really close at 140 yards , you can tell there is the potential for accuracy with the lower anchor,,
it may not be practical for short range target shots,, but if you practice it , it can be accurate,,
when I shot clout shoots, I would anchor under my chin,,, and there is no reason why you can't have a different anchor for your normal close range shots,, and a clout shoot anchor,one of the best archers I know did this,,, one of the guys I competed against had a very low from the chest anchor,, and he shot better than most,, good luck with your shooting,, :)
jayman448:
Its absolutely practical. Look how ishi shot. Right to the chest was his anvhir and he did weel enough to survive. Peraonally i use middle finger at the corner of my mouth, my thumb lands behind my jaw, cock featger touches the tipof my nose. I like the three anchor points. I found for me getting my thumb behind my jaw was very very important
loon:
--- Quote from: Nance on April 12, 2016, 03:56:20 pm ---My husband is only 5'10" haha.
I would like to get that extra speed from gaining that one inch in draw length. My draw length is 27"ish. But I'm not willing to give up accuracy.
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32" draw length from the belly? That's a bit past the earlobe for me, and my armspan's roughly equal to my height. But I dunno. That's also with a collapsed bow hand, so putting the bow only on the web of the hand like Gao Ying would probably give me an extra inch.
With a longer draw, you can anchor with the arrow on the lips or something, maybe right above the lips. Also, Gao Ying argues for drawing to the arrowhead. Did I post something about drawing either to the arrowhead or to some wrapping (felt by thumb and/or middle finger w/ arrow on the outside?) on the arrow somewhere else? I don't really find a shorter draw more accurate so far... the corner of the mouth is fleshy, it's not an exact anchor. The head moves. Don't know if/how some of the great archers got around that..
Something about muscle memory of the back and Gao Ying going on about "true full draw" and how sometimes longer arrows may be okay.
jayman448:
--- Quote from: loon on April 12, 2016, 09:27:42 pm ---
--- Quote from: Nance on April 12, 2016, 03:56:20 pm ---My husband is only 5'10" haha.
I would like to get that extra speed from gaining that one inch in draw length. My draw length is 27"ish. But I'm not willing to give up accuracy.
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I don't really find a shorter draw more accurate so far... the corner of the mouth is fleshy, it's not an exact anchor. The head moves. Don't know if/how some of the great archers got around that..
Something about muscle memory of the back and Gao Ying going on about "true full draw" and how sometimes longer arrows may be okay.
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exactly because of the corner of the mouth being fleshy is why i use the corner of the mouth AND the fletching to the nose AND my thumb hooked behind my jaw. realize too that anchor is a poor word as your form should follow through (unless you practice a static release) therefore your not really anchoring there but referring to that spot as a crucial midpoint of the shot
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