Why Ancient Archers...

Timo Nieminen · 4th December 2012, 12:56 AM

The difference with this video is that the arrows are held in the drawing hand rather than the bow hand.

Holding in the bow hand is common enough - South America, Africa, China, Japan, Oceania, Europe, at least. I've only seen holding in the drawing hand from Japan (before this).

This particular version requires thumb draw. I want to play with it a bit and see how it works (in slow motion). My first thought is that the usual lock might not work; this might need the Japanese lock used in kyudo or the Mamluk "pillion lock" (where the middle finger is over the thumbnail, rather than the index finger). Must try!

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4th December 2012, 12:56 AM	#6
Timo Nieminen Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 422	The difference with this video is that the arrows are held in the drawing hand rather than the bow hand. Holding in the bow hand is common enough - South America, Africa, China, Japan, Oceania, Europe, at least. I've only seen holding in the drawing hand from Japan (before this). This particular version requires thumb draw. I want to play with it a bit and see how it works (in slow motion). My first thought is that the usual lock might not work; this might need the Japanese lock used in kyudo or the Mamluk "pillion lock" (where the middle finger is over the thumbnail, rather than the index finger). Must try!