TheDarxide Posted March 21, 2006 Posted March 21, 2006 Just curious.I know it's not strictly a martial arts weapon, but it's something I have always enjoyed doing. Seems a bit more civilised than a rifle.
UseoForce Posted March 21, 2006 Posted March 21, 2006 Well, I have a few points for you. -Yes, I practice archery.-Yes, its absolutely a martial arts weapon. Some of the greatest martial artists of all time were your own English Longbowmen.- More civilized than a rifle? LoL. Would you rather be hit by a bullet traveling 3000+ fps and die an instant death from shock or have a slow, clumsy projectile hit you and cause organ damage, thereby ensuring a nice slow, painful death. Not really much of a choice, but a rifle is definetly more "civilized", as you put it. But yeah, bows rock! If it works, use it!If not, throw it out!
red dawn Posted March 22, 2006 Posted March 22, 2006 I've been wanting to do archery for a long time. There are just not good places in my area. I never said it wasn't dangerous.
shotokanbeginner Posted March 22, 2006 Posted March 22, 2006 I have always wanted to do kyudo everyone has fear, but it is when we let it overcome us that we losesoft, hard, slow, fast components of kata
UseoForce Posted March 22, 2006 Posted March 22, 2006 Where I live, there are a lot of archery hunters (like myself). I can get instruction, formal or informal, from a plethora of sources. I guess I'm lucky. If it works, use it!If not, throw it out!
TheDarxide Posted March 22, 2006 Author Posted March 22, 2006 Well, I have a few points for you. -Yes, I practice archery.-Yes, its absolutely a martial arts weapon. Some of the greatest martial artists of all time were your own English Longbowmen.- More civilized than a rifle? LoL. Would you rather be hit by a bullet traveling 3000+ fps and die an instant death from shock or have a slow, clumsy projectile hit you and cause organ damage, thereby ensuring a nice slow, painful death. Not really much of a choice, but a rifle is definetly more "civilized", as you put it. But yeah, bows rock!No, I'm talking English gent civilised, you know, would rather hack each other to bits with swords than just shoot some impersonnaly [sic] Back to subject, the nearest Kyudo club from me is 2 hours away, I was just wondering whether I would get anything from it that I wouldn't get doing normal target shooting. My only research on the subject is a load of stuff on Zen, and then a load of stuff that says the Zen stuff is bullsh*t.As an actual system, is there anything more to it?
Menjo Posted March 22, 2006 Posted March 22, 2006 Where I live, there are a lot of archery hunters (like myself). I can get instruction, formal or informal, from a plethora of sources. I guess I'm lucky. You ARE lucky, unfortunatly I dont have the luxury of a Archery training club or organization.Question for myself and the ignorant of archery though; I dont think people can, but is it actually possible to shoot more than one arrow out of a bow at one time and still hold decent accuracy? "Time is what we want most, but what we use worst"William Penn
UseoForce Posted March 22, 2006 Posted March 22, 2006 Where I live, there are a lot of archery hunters (like myself). I can get instruction, formal or informal, from a plethora of sources. I guess I'm lucky. You ARE lucky, unfortunatly I dont have the luxury of a Archery training club or organization.Question for myself and the ignorant of archery though; I dont think people can, but is it actually possible to shoot more than one arrow out of a bow at one time and still hold decent accuracy?Although I'm somewhat ashamed to admit it, I've tried this with my recurve (to much potetial to go wrong with my hunting compound bow). It's physics. Stick another arrow on the string, you've just doubled the load. In effect, it's like you are shooting a bow half as powerful. Not only that, but the farther an arrow is from the center of the string (where the bow is drawn), the less force the bow is able to transfer to the arrow. So, even an inch or two of space between the draw point and the arrow is going to hurt accuracy. The best way I can illustrate this is ask you to hold a rubber band like this: o------------------------oThe o's are anvhor points. Then, say you draw it back like this: VIf you put a projectile anywhere but at the point of the V, you will get bad results. There is not possible way to nock 2 arrows at the "sweet spot"In short, at best, you'll have two slow and random projectiles.At worst, you'll shoot yourself in the hand . If it works, use it!If not, throw it out!
Menjo Posted March 22, 2006 Posted March 22, 2006 Ok thanks for clearing that issue up!Maybe someday It'll come in handy one day and I wont make a fool of myself. "Time is what we want most, but what we use worst"William Penn
ShotokanKid Posted March 23, 2006 Posted March 23, 2006 I used to do archery, but I broke my bow. I was just an amatuer, doing for fun, with a few friends. "What we do in life, echoes in eternity.""We must all fear evil men. But there is another kind of evil which we must fear most, and that is the indifference of good men."
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now