「教科書のような弓だ」という声に振り返ると、そこには日大選手の姿があった。トップクラスの強豪をも唸らせる技術と射品。その揺るぎない心気を"completely undisturbed"と評したある外国人の言葉がいみじくも正鵠を射る。 The Kyudo (Japanese Archery) player who reached the initial stage of empty mind.
Japanese Archery, Kyudo, in this situation is about the form, movements, and accuracy. This isn't a combat situation so speed isn't the issue, to the Japanese this is more of an artform when in a tournament.
I've been shooting a bow of one form or another my whole life. This is the first time I've seen it taken to such an art form. The grace and concentration they apply to this sport is nothing short of amazing. Beautiful to watch.
@@vgbmusic7934 either way if they're clapping for her or someone else, clapping isn't a huge distraction. Athletes have to perform even when a crowd is going nuts, all I'm saying.
As someone who practiced archery for a while in school and loved it, the concentration and mental fortitude of these ladies shown in their form is very beautiful.
now use the skills you've learnt with proper high poundage bow. Because you said 'it's martial training' so it should translate to actual weapons of war that can actually cause real harm, not only be strong enough to pierce paper, like bows in this video.
Beeing one with your weapon, understanding it, breathing in and out and giving all your attention on the target, that is art. Its beautiful and releafing. Once all the tension is down after you pulled the trigger/let off the string, all for you is left, is for watching your making of landing the bullet/arrow on the target.
@@FreakyChumy the title is archery-no heart fluctuations It means that her mind is stable and voided while shooting So its really weird to see your comment when I know the title
@@turu3498 This Ishigami , a character in Kaguya: Love is war, said that those girls who do archery and are flat don't need to worry about the string hitting their chest, lmao...
The beautiful way in which she shoots makes me feel like i might fall in love with the student council president of my school and end up never confessing my love to him
@@chocolatechipcookies6320 bro I'm not the one waiting a decade to see a hot Japanese girl. All I do is watch videos about hot Japanese girls everyday.
@@user-vs3gc4cn3t well also longbows based off of English long bows have draw-weights from 50 to upwards of 120lbs while those (according to some sources)nobly have a draw-weight of about 40lbs or so
I remember when I learned archery, it was advised not to hold the tension for a long time, otherwise you will be tired very soon and arms will be shaking and you can only dream about aiming then)) And she like never gets tired, just a machine :)
These bows are much lighter than traditional archery bows. These are Japanese long bows or kyudo and shooting them isn’t difficult because it’s not supposed to be you aren’t given points in where you hit the target just if you hit it or not. The difficult part is the form and technique which is what you are judged on. The steadiness of your movements and the form you take is what is judged rather than where you hit the target
@@Dargon8959 yeah the draw force on kyudo is only about 30lbs on average while traditional western archery has an average of 60 to 80lbs of draw force. The criteria on which you are judged is different for each sport so it makes sense that the bows have different draw strengths. Western archery adds points for accuracy while Kyudo adds points for form and technique.
The rain compliments her beauty so well! Also I used to do archery,but ever since covid hit my area,the place had to shut down.I just miss doing archery, it was such a relaxing way to relieve my stress from my studies and issues。
Wow they portrayed the archery here so well! It almost feels real! It's scary how close it is to the real thing!!! Everything is so perfect, from their calm, collected demeanor, to the design of the bow and arrows and how they hold them, plus an extra arrow while they fire one, down to the outfits! They must have watched fate/stay night extensively to interpret it in such a beautiful and accurate way! Seriously, I am amazed!!!
@@stripedrajang3571 Yeah I wonder why OP means. Real as in really like the way archery was when used in warfare/combat? Cause I imagine it's not - combat is chaos, desperation, fear, frantic bloodthirst as some remember their discipline and some don't. It's intensely emotional.
This woman's form is perfect; when she holds the drawn bow in-line with her mouth there is nearly no tremble or waiver nor is there any extra vibration at release, her eyes also never leave the target, her shot makes nearly no sound (i heard one creak during draw) when the girl who fired in the beginning did make noise, and she has no wasted motion in her body during the entire process....all of the energy from her draw went into her shot and that cannot be easy...I personally didn't believe in Zen Archery before I saw this, but now I could be convinced
When I learned archery, I was taught not to hold the string taut for too long, it loses some of the tension...? Though maybe it doesn't need too much force when it comes to target shooting, just accuracy.
I doubt that it would significantly loose any elasticity from holding it under tension. Permanent deformation usually only happens if you cross a treshhold i.e. you are drawing it too far. The only reason i can think ofwhy holding the draw to long is bad, is because what the body furing isometric holds is bascially having the antagonistic musclegroup contract really fast like pulses. With extended period of time your muscles will fatigue, and the contractions become asynchron und slower, which will be experienced as jittering in those muscles, therefore reducijg accuracy and precision significantly
@@xhawkenx633 thanks for the explanation buddy, I feel cleverer for it because you just linked "arm go shaky from holding bow string back" and the underlying biology of muscles! Yep, we take the string off the bow when not in use to preserve the string & the bow curve but in the short term, what he said ☝🏼
@Kantada Nearworld123 japanese treat archery more as a form based martial art than an accuracy contest, it's also about the movements you make and how you make them. Having said that, I don't know much about what is considered 'good' form - though we can infer from the audience in the video. :)
Not to undermine these ladies skills, I just think it's funny that modern archery is taking your time with each shot to make sure you hit accurately, while historically archers were expected to fire multiple arrows accurately in just a few seconds.
Not that strange to me just different standards from back then, when people regularly fight each other to death, you need more than the usual skills at the time to impress
