It's been awhile since your last post Jess-san. I got to say, that this video it looks even more technical and articulated, in the "gestures" than the previous ones imho. I can feel the art on it. Happy week-end
It’d be handy to learn that rotational khatra/follow through when you release the shot. I’ve done similar things like applying torque to the bow so when I release the shot it does it automatically. Both sideways and diagonal, a lot like some Korean or Turkish styles. Although I probably wouldn’t own a bow that big (my longbow’s quite enough!😅) I do appreciate the yumi and wouldn’t mind trying out this unique style of archery. Yabusame looks amazing aswell, but I’d be dreadful at that lol
Good question. I've never noticed the length to be honest as kyudo was my first type of archery. I started barebow recurve later and laughed at how small the bows were. So the length seems to be a physics related thing The longer Length of the Yumi was seen as a more efficient way of spreading the stresses across a longer bow compared to a shorter bow. Shorter bows have a greater tendency to split and fracture compared to longer bows. www.quora.com/Why-is-the-Japanese-bow-also-called-Yumi-longer-than-a-human-being-In-what-ways-does-length-contribute-to-shooting#:~:text=The%20longer%20Length%20of%20the,fracture%20compared%20to%20longer%20bows.
Oh I think I remember that too, the bow design being to protect it. Also I remember that since it’s asymmetrical they draw near the bottom of it and it has more resistance. Unlike most other archery styles that draw the string pretty much in the middle. There is a lot of people that “string walk” with western archery, but I prefer to gap shoot though. Most people start off with those target recurves or bare bow, that’s interesting you did it the other way around. I moved onto mainly traditional bows shooting off the hand like you do (I also have loads of Korean bows you would probably need a microscope for compared to the Yumi!) 😅
