12-01-2007, 07:41 PM
You might want to have a look at this link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZGG-b6d ... re=related
A very stylish technique but rather slow (probably to permit demonstration)
However this chap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T80CyJy ... re=related
bangs off 3 arrows in under 20 secs which is pretty good going. Both draw back to the ear rather than the eye like modern archers (ear being the technique also used by the classic English longbowman of the 100 years war), which is a style that calls for many hours of practice as it is more instinctive than aimed. If you want to try this remember that the archer's paradox works in reverse as the arrow flies off from the "thumb side" of the bow.
I'm off to the woods to hunt some squirrels. :twisted:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZGG-b6d ... re=related
A very stylish technique but rather slow (probably to permit demonstration)
However this chap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T80CyJy ... re=related
bangs off 3 arrows in under 20 secs which is pretty good going. Both draw back to the ear rather than the eye like modern archers (ear being the technique also used by the classic English longbowman of the 100 years war), which is a style that calls for many hours of practice as it is more instinctive than aimed. If you want to try this remember that the archer's paradox works in reverse as the arrow flies off from the "thumb side" of the bow.
I'm off to the woods to hunt some squirrels. :twisted:
Vale
Maximio
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Pete Noons in a past life
Maximio
COH I BATAVORVM MCRPF
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Pete Noons in a past life
