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GregB:
--- Quote ---I was thinking today that I haven't shot (practiced) in a long time because I'm hunting so much. Heck, I need to shoot some
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You've been getting all your practice here lately at the real thing! ;)
armymedic.2:
i read a book that many of you may find interesting. It is titled "zen in the art of archery". it is about a foriegner who travels to japan and practices archery for 8 years until he is a zen master, the first foreigner to do so. While the japanes style is different, the book addresses the elusive perfect release, or lack there of, and the man shoots for a few years beforee he ever tries to hit any target. talk about practicing your form! the book goes into visualization, feeling, and allowing the arrow to do what it wants, which with training, is ultimately what you want. you can't tell the arrow where to go, you have to ask it in perfect (language) "form". interesting read if you are so inclined.
Kegan:
--- Quote from: armymedic.2 on November 02, 2008, 06:25:27 am ---i read a book that many of you may find interesting. It is titled "zen in the art of archery". it is about a foriegner who travels to japan and practices archery for 8 years until he is a zen master, the first foreigner to do so. While the japanes style is different, the book addresses the elusive perfect release, or lack there of, and the man shoots for a few years beforee he ever tries to hit any target. talk about practicing your form! the book goes into visualization, feeling, and allowing the arrow to do what it wants, which with training, is ultimately what you want. you can't tell the arrow where to go, you have to ask it in perfect (language) "form". interesting read if you are so inclined.
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ODesn't sound that far off from what Byron Fergusson seems to teach, or what Hill did. What sort of accuracy did he get?
Susquehannock:
I think I read somewhere that Byron Ferguson honed his shooting skills shooting in the dark, or something like that. I can see how one would concentrate more with their eyes closed and rely on muscle memory rather than what their brain is telling them to see. I know what you mean about getting in the zone. I have been shooting for about 4 years, and this is the first year that I am finally starting to feel the "zone". Confidence goes a long way!
JW_Halverson:
When you are in that Zen Zone there comes a time you "feel" the arrow flight before you release and you know where the point of impact will be immediately on release. And that can be distracting. Mark Baker, the guy that did the muzzleloader training for the stars in the movies "The Patriot" and "Last of the Mohicans", really said it best in an article he wrote about 9 years ago..."Aim small, miss small".
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