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Flying Crane
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It’s been a love of mine since I was young, but I’ve not been active for a number of years. Fighting off some tennis elbow right now, it is taking months to go away but is getting better. So I am reluctant to work with my bows right now. In the past, I would regularly pull the bows while watching tv as a way of maintaining the specific strength for it. Kind of like weight lifting.
I have never done any kind of archery, but I am fascinated with kyūdō.
Flying Crane
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lklawson
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This can help:
Shooter’s Elbow (aka Tennis Elbow / Golfer’s Elbow) - Spinal Flow Yoga
Peace favor your sword,
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I use to shoot a lot growing up. Haven't owned a bow in many years but as my sons grow older I think about introducing them to it. It's a different world now though, not really something we can do in the back yard anymore.
We have a club not far from us, it has a very old history and the Scorton Arrow is still shot for, that competition dates back to 1673. History
I'd like to go but am busy enough as it is. We do go to Scorton Feast though, my daughter used to compete in the gymkhana and my OH still does the clay pigeon shooting.
I'd like to go but am busy enough as it is. We do go to Scorton Feast though, my daughter used to compete in the gymkhana and my OH still does the clay pigeon shooting.
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I started getting back into clay a little while back, but the ongoing costs are higher than I can justify plus the kids aren't really interested in doing it.
Archery though, they both enjoy it too and we can do it sensibly in my garden (in addition to at a club should we join one).
By 'sensibly' in the garden - in any direction we would shoot we have double the range they would use before our fence, I have some netting and we back onto farmland with no authorised public access
I could clay shoot happily in the garden too, but cartridges and clays add up quickly in cost and aren't exactly reusable - arrows (barring mishaps) don't really wear out...
Just got to find a nice bow - the very cheap fibreglass longbow I've had for 20 years is nothing more than a plinker at best, but it's entertaining for now.
How come? Built up area?
I'm a little surprised in a way that there's not more interest on here given it's martial history - maybe a bit too specialised?
Archery though, they both enjoy it too and we can do it sensibly in my garden (in addition to at a club should we join one).
By 'sensibly' in the garden - in any direction we would shoot we have double the range they would use before our fence, I have some netting and we back onto farmland with no authorised public access
I could clay shoot happily in the garden too, but cartridges and clays add up quickly in cost and aren't exactly reusable - arrows (barring mishaps) don't really wear out...Just got to find a nice bow - the very cheap fibreglass longbow I've had for 20 years is nothing more than a plinker at best, but it's entertaining for now.
How come? Built up area?
I'm a little surprised in a way that there's not more interest on here given it's martial history - maybe a bit too specialised?
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I have been looking into it, but to truly appreciate it i would need a car to transport my own bow to the different types. Impersonally leaning towards trying field archery if i get a chance.
And there are some problems for setting up a small range in my garden, cough.
And there are some problems for setting up a small range in my garden, cough.
Flying Crane
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Perhaps there isn’t enough in it that we can all find to argue about.
I got one, real true martial archery is field archery.
I dabbled a bit as a teen. I was quite good at very short distances. Much better than anyone else I knew, but then nobody else I knew ever fired a bow, so...Looking at the possibility of getting back into archery again this year - never done anything above dabble a little bit, but never had a bad time doing it
Anyone else?
EddieCyrax
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[QUOTE="I'm a little surprised in a way that there's not more interest on here given it's martial history - maybe a bit too specialised?[/QUOTE]
You might look into ArcheryTalk.com. Their forum is very active in all things archery. Great source of information with great people.
You might look into ArcheryTalk.com. Their forum is very active in all things archery. Great source of information with great people.
