Topic: Surprised
I have been learning the Thumbring technique for a little while now, and have only ever used this style with my Grozer Avar. However last night I decided to try it using a conventional 60 inch centre cut field recurve, for a right handed archer. This obviously means the arrow would be on the left hand side of the bow. To my surprise the arrows fly true without any pitch or yaw, and without striking the bow!! to me there is absolutely no difference to my normal loose which is Flemish (two fingers). Could someone please explain why this should be the case, as I always thought the arrow has to be on the opposite side for a right handed archer using a thumb draw? I am going to try it with the arrow on the left with my Avar bow to see what happens.
Addendum: There is a slight difference in aim point, the arrows were hitting slightly high and left, which I corrected by canting the bow to the Right a little. I'm not sure if the way I grip my bow has any bearing on this, I tend to only use my Thumb and forefinger to hold the bow, with them being quite loose, the other fingers barely holding the bow at all. At full draw the bow locks into the pocket just in front of my Thumb.