Topic: Posture and Stance Questions
Hey there, I've been watching techniques and reading as much as I can about KTA trying to get as accurate information as I can so I'm able to put together a bunch of images and descriptions, which will hopefully help me learn proper methodology and thinking. I know there are other sources out there that attempt to do the same thing, and are much more credible than mine, but I find them lacking in the amount of detail I would like. They teach the techniques but don't dig into that next level of why. Which I personally believe is very important, specially for people with physical disabilities. (This allows them to see the reason behind something and adjust something to compensate.)
At the moment all I have is a diagram for (what I believe to be,) proper foot positioning. I would like to know why behind each of the things. Some of them are straight forwards but others are not and I would love some insight as to why things are being done. If something is wrong feel free to inform me.
There are a few things I'm not entirely sure about, first is the foot positioning, some of the videos I've looked at about foot positioning is on Christian Haensell's youtube channel where Coach Kim, at Kim, Hyung Tak Archery Training Center in which its clear that the foot is pointing 45° and that the feet do not overlap, as demonstrated in the black line on the diagram. But then in Thomas' book it clearly shows the ball of his right foot (string side) is overlapping with the heel of his left foot (bow side.)
Later in the video Coach Kim then explains you should lean forwards when shooting so that the weight is on the balls of your feet. The point of leaning forwards as explained in the video is to increase body stability, I also know that putting the weight on the balls of your feet allows for better natural alignment. So both of those things combined I'm only guessing but could it be that foot vertical position is dependent on the archers center of balance? And adjusting where the feet are positioned should be based on the specific archers body?
Secondly I'm not entirely sure as to why, but why stand like this instead of a more Olympic stance?
Thanks a lot!