oni wrote:Pedro C wrote:Welcome
got pictures? KTB? Sounds nice
I am getting a 20-25# bow now (Segye) because I can't hit anything with my 40-45#... so I imagine my form must suck for some reason. still for now I should definitely do pulling exercises with my 40-45#.
Do you plan to do 'true Korean' style with the frontal super open stance, double-hook hold, very low wrist etc or modify such as with single hook, parallel stance..?
Hi Pedro & Thanx.
Found a pic from a few months ago. The arrows are 2016 Easton Legacies. Same age as the bow.
A lighter bow would be good . At least kinder on home made bag targets but I bet it wouldn't take long to get used to the 45#.
I had sore rhomboids for a few weeks when I picked up the bow again but that passed as I improved my form some.
I try to shoot as traditionally as I can learn from watching videos but I'm not sure of some of the terms you use like "double-hook" hold.
I made a few thumbrings over the years but settled on the moose antler sugakji I made recently.
Looks nice!
Ah, I ordered some Easton Legacy shafts but they were too dang short They don't even specify the arrow lengths in Lancaster Archery..
You are now using a sugakji so I guess the technique would be a bit different? That double hook stuff is for an amgakji, as far as I know..
Double hook on the draw hand means you have two fingers (index & middle) holding the thumb, actually only half of the middle finger covering the tip of the thumb. Also the hold I was taught by master Heon Ku Kim was 1 and a half fingers holding the thumb, with a deep hook and the ring between the first joint of the thumb and the thumb's base - maybe this depends on the shape of the ring..
by deep hook, I mean, a shallow hook would be the tip of the index holding the thumb closed, holding the string. a deep hook would be the index more wrapped around the thumb, maybe past the distal joint of the index
This https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg70KpG5XsY is a bit different from the Korean style... actually what master Kim does is a bit more like standard double-hook than like gao ying's double hook, with some differences such as the deeper hold.. He is still very accurate with it