I've been doing archery for over 20 years. Back then I learned from a good coach at our archery club, then by shooting a lot with others, then I took some lessons from the European longbow champion. I also added some books in the mix. With the arrival of smartphones we had a good training tool as you can film yourself in slow motion and analyse your shooting sequence. I do have a bow trainer, purely for strength training, but I don't use it a lot. I'm still of the opinion that an in person trainer is best. My suggestion is to join a club that is active in the sport and tournaments - they tend to have good and engaged coaches that will make sure your form is good, which will help with everything that follows and prevent long term injuries. Sorry for the long answer :-)
That's a very tricky question! First I'd try a modern longbow, traditional recurve, a target bow and a compound bow. Best place is to find an archery club and talk to them, they usually have gear. Once you know what type of bow you like, you can take it from there. If that's not an option then good starter bows are the Black Hunter takedown recurve or longbow - solid and affordable traditional starter bows.
Mate, I'm so stoked to see all the comments and discussion my little video creates. So totally appreciate your input! In my humble opinion the term Traditional Archery was coined shortly after Holless Wilbur Allen invented the Compound bow in 1966. A distinction was required between this powerful machine to previous existing bows. If you look at the rules of IFAA and WA the term barebow refers to either target archery recurves or compound bows stripped down to no attachments and aids. All the definitions for Traditional Archery that I quickly looked up include modern Longbows like the one I'm using here and also Recurves. There is however a wonderful and amazing genre of Historic Bows (American native bows, English Warbows, Japanese Kyudo bows, Asian Horsebows, the Stoneage Holmegaard) and the genre of Primitive Bows (bows made from a single piece of wood by modern people following no historic pattern). Personally I would put them all under the wonderful sport of Traditional Archery. If a bow has no wheels and only one string, no sights and no mechanical aids then to me it's a traditional bow. The thing is, there isn't a governing body to define it. I think that's good, it ensures wonderful conversations at a campfire.
Hi. This is a 35# @ 28", drawn to 30" resulting in ca. 40#. The bow is a 60" hybrid longbow, as such there is no stacking whatsoever at my draw length.
Easy standing still shooting at a stationary target. Archery skill been lost , try running clutching 3 to 4 arrows in your draw hand firing 3 to 4 arrows in under 2 seconds all of them hitting the moving target with precision and power . Thats elite ancient archery not this crap
You may want to take note that this video is intended for absolute beginners. I would love to see your video how you make someone new to archery do what you say in the first 5 minutes they hold a bow and arrow in their hand.
Standing and shooting at a stationary target is the foundational skill in archery. What's more, that's how most bow hunting is performed. It's the foundational way archery has helped humans survive for tens of thousands of years. Speedtard comments like this are profoundly ignorant, uneducated and trollish...
Great video, thank you!!!
Awesome not enough archery vids in NZ out there awesome
Thank you.
best👍👍
did you learn with a video or a bow trainer ?
do you think it's more efficient ?
I've been doing archery for over 20 years. Back then I learned from a good coach at our archery club, then by shooting a lot with others, then I took some lessons from the European longbow champion. I also added some books in the mix. With the arrival of smartphones we had a good training tool as you can film yourself in slow motion and analyse your shooting sequence. I do have a bow trainer, purely for strength training, but I don't use it a lot. I'm still of the opinion that an in person trainer is best. My suggestion is to join a club that is active in the sport and tournaments - they tend to have good and engaged coaches that will make sure your form is good, which will help with everything that follows and prevent long term injuries. Sorry for the long answer :-)
Which bow should I buy??
That's a very tricky question! First I'd try a modern longbow, traditional recurve, a target bow and a compound bow. Best place is to find an archery club and talk to them, they usually have gear. Once you know what type of bow you like, you can take it from there. If that's not an option then good starter bows are the Black Hunter takedown recurve or longbow - solid and affordable traditional starter bows.
Strictly seen, this isn’t a traditional bow, as it has a “window” and an arrow-pass. It is a bare-bow.
Mate, I'm so stoked to see all the comments and discussion my little video creates. So totally appreciate your input! In my humble opinion the term Traditional Archery was coined shortly after Holless Wilbur Allen invented the Compound bow in 1966. A distinction was required between this powerful machine to previous existing bows. If you look at the rules of IFAA and WA the term barebow refers to either target archery recurves or compound bows stripped down to no attachments and aids. All the definitions for Traditional Archery that I quickly looked up include modern Longbows like the one I'm using here and also Recurves. There is however a wonderful and amazing genre of Historic Bows (American native bows, English Warbows, Japanese Kyudo bows, Asian Horsebows, the Stoneage Holmegaard) and the genre of Primitive Bows (bows made from a single piece of wood by modern people following no historic pattern). Personally I would put them all under the wonderful sport of Traditional Archery. If a bow has no wheels and only one string, no sights and no mechanical aids then to me it's a traditional bow. The thing is, there isn't a governing body to define it. I think that's good, it ensures wonderful conversations at a campfire.
Picky, picky, picky!!!
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Hi. We're new to UA-cam. Can you please explain your comment?
Hey! What is the poundage and bow length of that bow you are using?
Hi. This is a 35# @ 28", drawn to 30" resulting in ca. 40#. The bow is a 60" hybrid longbow, as such there is no stacking whatsoever at my draw length.
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Easy standing still shooting at a stationary target. Archery skill been lost , try running clutching 3 to 4 arrows in your draw hand firing 3 to 4 arrows in under 2 seconds all of them hitting the moving target with precision and power . Thats elite ancient archery not this crap
Since I can't run and shoot at the same I will immediately sell my equipment . Thanks for the heads up .
You may want to take note that this video is intended for absolute beginners. I would love to see your video how you make someone new to archery do what you say in the first 5 minutes they hold a bow and arrow in their hand.
Lars Anderson fan I see.😮🤔🤣😂🤪🤡
Standing and shooting at a stationary target is the foundational skill in archery. What's more, that's how most bow hunting is performed. It's the foundational way archery has helped humans survive for tens of thousands of years.
Speedtard comments like this are profoundly ignorant, uneducated and trollish...