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My shooting technique!
Lumberman:
Interesting stuff!
Knotty:
Indeed! 😊
loon:
--- Quote from: Urufu_Shinjiro on June 29, 2016, 10:14:44 am ---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).
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Do you have a source of Manchus doing this? Maybe Scott Rodell? I thought no twist was applied to the bow in Manchu archery
Urufu_Shinjiro:
Maybe just the way I do the draw is manchu based, I've read so much research from various sources at this point I'm not sure, lol. I've read some manchu, a lot of turkish, some mongol, some hungarian etc. etc., lol. And every time I read about a new technique my shooting goes straight down the toilet for a bit while I work it all out again, I really need to stop researching, lol.
Knotty:
Well the Japanese did that aswell Urufu , in Kyudo.
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