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Lumberman:
The string wouldn't track to the same place as before the rotation of the wrist.. Maybe it would be minimal... I get that if the handle was out of the way. The arrow would not have that resistance, like a drop away arrow rest but shifting the bow seems it would be similar to having a poor string alignment

Knotty:
Well , if it has worked for hundreds and hundreds of years..  I'm pretty sure there's a reason 😂

And it does work for me, it just depends on how you're used to shooting and what works for ya!

loon:

--- Quote from: Lumber man on June 28, 2016, 04:56:27 pm ---It's hard for me to imagine rotating the wrist upon release to be good practice.. How does that not rotate the whole bow including tips and thus move the string? I've never tried anything else besides the two under one over approach so I guess I should look into it

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uh yeah it does... on purpose  :P
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9pcei7cRcU

Ishi did it as well!

I've tried it and it is very hard to be consistent, although it is possible to be very accurate with it. I now prefer to do minimal movement in the bow hand without actively trying to rotate the bow. I guess, with a relaxed wrist? (if collapsed like in Korean style, otherwise more like the "big eagle claw" described by Gao Ying which is mostly just medium wrist, ring and little apply little pressure to keep the bow steady, don't try to have the bow move on release, pad of index and middle rest on back of the bow? just from my understanding)

Either way, have you seen Murat Ozveri's videos?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTZkrmM5hx4

I'd like to see a slow motion of the "forward khatra"..

Urufu_Shinjiro:
The way I do it is similar to the manchus in that my grip instead of being directly behind the bow is somewhat to the side, before draw I hold the bow up above my head and slightly in front of me with the arrow parallel to the ground. As I draw down and towards me (using back tension) this puts a very slight torque on the bow, so upon release the back tension pulls the bow slightly left and the mild torque twists the bow and when done properly the bow is entirely out of the way of the arrow and imparts very little paradox. As stated above this takes a lot of practice to be consistent with but is totally worth it when done right. This is one of the reasons I consider these asiatic shooting styles as more of a martial art as it is "harder" than regular traditional shooting in that there is more to keep track of and to practice and perfect than just consistently hitting your anchor points (I know I'm boiling down western shooting and not by any means saying it's easier as I know it takes a lot of work and practice to be good at as well, just trying to get my point across with my poor communication skills, lol).

Knotty:
Yeah , that's pretty much what I do aswell.

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