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Yeh, these are definately not long bows. These are actually the horse bows the Korean horse soldiers would fire from horseback.

 

Still damn hard to pull back with a thumb, though. :cry:

Kuk Sool Won - 4th dan

Evil triumphs when good men do nothing.

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Isn't it amazing how they aim and fire - with accuracy - from horseback? Some of the contests that have been filmed are really amazing to watch.
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Archery training sounds very interesting. Is this Zen archery or just regular archery. Also can anyone explain that whole exposed nipple thing with the archery uniforms??? :karate:

 

 

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Joe I think what you are referring to is removal of the loose style of chothing from one shoulder so that the bow string cannot get entangled with the clothing on release. Oh, and women practicing that art do not remove the clothing. So don't get excited about that possibility.

 

 

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That's quite true. We have to abandon out traditional do bock for just a t-shirt when training.

 

The ladies are offered chest protection if desired. Fortunately, there is a lady BB (master as of this coming summer) that encourages them to use it based on her experience once (OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!) :bawling:

Kuk Sool Won - 4th dan

Evil triumphs when good men do nothing.

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The traditional Japanese archery (kyudo) uses the thumb to pull back the string. I shoot recurve bows much like the Mongolian bows. They are much easier to pull back than the Japanese bows. If your thumb is hurting you might need a new glove. The Japanese gloves are designed to use the thumb and they are re-inforced with a piece of deer horn to eliminate the pain in the thumb.

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You can get leather arm guards to protect your arm from the drwawstring, very useful things.

 

Is use of the wooden longbow included in 'traditional' archery?

 

 

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i did archery once at a camp i went to. i sucked but it was damn fun. id do it again if i had the chance.

 

 

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searcher,

 

Glove????

 

We're not allowed to use any gloves. Why do you think my thumb hurts? :lol: :lol:

 

Of course, if I had been training all this time since I started this thread, it probably wouldn't hurt by now.

 

We can only use the arm and chest guards, no gloves.

Kuk Sool Won - 4th dan

Evil triumphs when good men do nothing.

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