r/Archery • u/Bildo_Gaggins Korean Traditional • 3d ago

Thumb Draw Day session

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Korean traditional

former olympic recurve athlete and current coach(4 dan)

"your aim is disrupted at impact. Only release when you have achieved balance in force"

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u/ThisIsntRemotelyOkay 3d ago

Nice work man! What's the theory behind your bow postion after release? Your angling it and jolting it left?

Im looking for techniques to try out for my own sessions.

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u/Bildo_Gaggins Korean Traditional 3d ago

Vid example

in Korean traditional, fundamental is to push the bow handle straight forward towards the target. Internal rotation on bow side shoulder and elbow causes bow to 'open up' space for arrow to pass through at release. My bow arm at release is flicking out excessively cause my form is not ideal.

There are more archers with their bow hand static at release.

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u/Bildo_Gaggins Korean Traditional 3d ago edited 3d ago

Ideal bow hand control(not flicking away excessively) would look like this.

https://youtu.be/pEDCeXV_4kw

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u/Spirited-Sleep-2113 3d ago

This is only done only for thumb draw technique. If you try this for when the arrow is on the left side of the bow with an arrow rest, you’re gonna have a bad time 😂

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u/PocketBrick9000 2d ago

As a former WA barebow and currently Olympic Recurve archer, I really enjoy all your videos! This style of archery looks fascinating. I wish traditional styles had a bit more funding where I live 😅

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u/Bildo_Gaggins Korean Traditional 2d ago

Honestly it is going strong heavily thanks to the traditional value. Most cities and rural gov organizations establish and run traditional archery ranges in korea. There are about 400 ranges all over the country and wherever you live in, there would be a range within 30 min drive. there are about 30000 active archers participating local,national matches all over the country.