brentona
Well-Known Member
Love this bow. Dedicating this year to learning Gao Ying form. On my third week learning now with the help of the book "The Way of Archery" and emailing with it co-author Justin Ma. It's a Chinese military Archery manual compounded in 1637 and translated to English for the first time in recent years. Great stuff.
Here I am practicing on my gaozhen. Traditionally a gaozhen was a compressed hay bale set on a wooden platform. For mine I compressed some old t-shirts, wrapped them in carpet pad, and stretched it across a wooden frame I built.
The principle being, practice closely to the target to take away the distraction of hitting a target down range. This way, you can focus solely on form and mechanics to build upon.
Gao Ying says to practice this way for a month or more and I am on week three.
[youtube]kJ6VknR3TIM[/youtube]
--Brent
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Here I am practicing on my gaozhen. Traditionally a gaozhen was a compressed hay bale set on a wooden platform. For mine I compressed some old t-shirts, wrapped them in carpet pad, and stretched it across a wooden frame I built.
The principle being, practice closely to the target to take away the distraction of hitting a target down range. This way, you can focus solely on form and mechanics to build upon.
Gao Ying says to practice this way for a month or more and I am on week three.
[youtube]kJ6VknR3TIM[/youtube]
--Brent
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk