Ahmed Karat, on Ottoman Archery 

Yes, that perspective is called Islam ... I was born a Catholic, and on my 26th birthday (7 years ago), I embrace Islam as a Life Guidance ... Because of those "I'm a soul with a container called body that will take me further to my journey".

This is the view of islam brother. Salam from indonesia

samee

@@orideconblingbling haha سبحان الله May Allah preserve you! May your arrows always fly straight.

Also you may want to focus on your release hand and avoid plucking. it helps better than destiny to have straight arrows on the target.. :)

@@keremagackoglu4152 Thank you for the input. I am actually working on my release, my endurance and stamina. My form collapses a bit after shooting about 30 arrows.

Ang Pana PH if you are only able to shoot about 30 arrows, it sounds like your trying to pull too much. What is your draw weight?

@@joey_m2000 My bow's draw weight is 30lbs. Turns out that I was really out-of-shape at the time of posting. Prior to posting the comment, I was already loosing more than a hundred arrows in a 2-hour practice session. My clubmates took a video of my shot cycle that showed where my form was collapsing. Worked on regaining my strength and stamina afterwards.

I was thinking the very same.

Yes

I was going to say the same thing!

He's in Australia not Turkey

Nah it actually sucks ass, full of ignorant people who have no clue what they are doing, extreme islamists and worshippers of the turkish president basically. If you ask a dude who really knows a thing or two about archery, he definitely will tell you where to go and who to find if you ever go to istanbul

@@Sumendivrigili your the ignorant person right now asshole. Dont talk about shit u know nothing about

Yes

Empty mind is not actually empty mind. I've been in a club with both traditional and Olympic archers, and i've notice that olympic archers were more easily become desperate under the pressure to shoot for scores. Traditional archers tries to remove that type of mind interference. Instead of focusing on the target, traditional archers focus on themselves, because they had done that thousands of times that they know how the body should feel when they arrow will land a hit. Similar to throwing a baseball, you see the target and try to hit it, but your mind is not exactly focusing on the target. What you see merely gave you a reference, the rest of your attention is focusing on your form. How tight you grip the ball, and when to release the ball. You are feeling yourself in search for that exact feed back every time the projectile is going to where you want it to be.

@@jj987987987 never said it was. but as we all know how easy it is to be distracted by our previous shots rather than focusing on the moment. How many times does a single bad shot turn into a down streak? or pressure from the competition overwhelms and your focus is not where it should be. empty the mind of distractions. when you think about it, we're only trying to be 100% focused for ~ 30 seconds, and it's surprisingly difficult to achieve all the time.

@@x3roxide That was one of the things that got me hooked when i tried archery the first time, that need to completely empty your mind and just focus on that yellow spot on the wall, time just disappeared as i stood there shooting and shooting, lovely sport!

I believe traditional Japanese do some of their training at shorter distances than that.

Yes

Yeah bro that's why if you learn archer in islam you will grant a reward and another good things from god

Don't bring santa pls

You should check out Armin Hirmer on RU-vid. He has a lot of tutorials regarding eastern bow shooting, everything from body stance to release of the arrow.

Morten Oen I’m well aware of Armin, but videos on the internet no matter how well done won’t be as informative as in person instruction.

TJJ Honestly, I feel your pain bro. What I'd give to go to Istanbul and meet Murat Ozveri and the folks at Tirendaz

@@abdullahyusof4739 Agreed brother. I want to learn Ottoman style archery in person. Teacher to student. Unfortunately that is not available for most of us living in the western world.

I feel you, i am learning eastern style by myself because at my school literally no one cares about it, they only do olympic recurve

Thank u. Was looking for it. It is from surah Al anfal Verse 17

The gentleman has good intentions obviously but the information he provide are mostly either wrong or incomplete. One of the most significant ones was the founder of the Archery Lodge he stated to be Murad II while it was actually Sultan Mehmed II the Conqueror. In your case the crucial mistake was the 600 reps thing. That 600 times each hand is not an accurate number and kepade bow is not something like a regular bow.. Dont put your regular bow under such stress. Kepade training is performed with very simple and weak bows having roughly 10-12 lbs draw weights. You can make it by shaping a simple PPE pipe. As for the number, it is written in old treatises that such number is 12.000 reps (per side.. namely 24.000 reps) in total.. if you do 200 reps per arm each day, you can complete the kepade phase in ~2 months. Completing the reps alone is not enough. You need to set a correct muscle memory during the kepade phase. otherwise it will be very hard to correct everything. you can refer to "abdulkabza" channel for more accurate and complete information. Best of luck!

His Murad/Mehmed mistake was a slip of the tongue. He admitted to me that he has a habit of mixing up names when he speaks, including William/Howard Hill in this video. When I met him recently, we fondly joked about him introducing me as Daniel to everyone. He was indeed mistaken in referring to the wrong founder, but he was thinking of Sultan Mehmed II.

@@NUSensei Indeed, I don't deny that he has good intentions as I have mentioned earlier. Yet, anyone who has not seen this message thread but watched the vid now thinks that it was Murad II since there are no corrections or annotations in the vid. I'm not being a smart ass, please dont take me wrong. That would really upset me. I can make a complete list of the missing and inaccurate or disputable info he has mentioned with respective proofs if you want me to in the name of providing accurate and reliable information to those who are into Turkish archery. Selamlar.

@@keremagackoglu4152 it would be very useful if you have a list! If not then not to worry.

@@BibtheChibI had already done this under the Facebook post of this video. I also had a conversation with this gentleman under the same post. He simply refuses to see the facts and prefers to write his comments in long sentences. So, no need to make an extra post about it. Plus the owner of this channel suggested that he will post a correction or make another video about the mistakes or edit the video - I dont remember which one, but you can find it if you go through the comments- yet there is still nothing done about it. I hope you are also sensitive enough to remind this to him.. :)

Congrats on your awards :)

Two weeks ago, I was taught about the Islamic Archery Technique by our beloved teacher Habib Qori from Temboro, Indonesia. Same teaching.