Malta Archery: Focus on the Mediterranean Release 

thank you

enjoy your bow and thanks for watching

hi Emily. i simply don't like 3 finger under :) yes and a video about the arrows we use is already in the making :) thanks for watching and have fun with your new bows (hint hint thumb release is even more fun!!)

Hi Markus. This is our regular training bow the Snake Recurve from Arc Rolan France

empty mind know that it's right on point

focus works

many say it is easier to learn and easier to be more accurate - but that simply because you have the arrow on the bow better in sight. I don't see any advantage.

Armin Hirmer I have found this to be very true for me. I’m trying not to let this dissuade me from my thumb release practice though. It is nice to switch to Mediterranean for a few shots. This will likely be how I hunt grouse until I have become more proficient aiming with thumb release.

Vielen lieben Dank Jürgen. keine Sorge, mein Deutsch wird immer schlechter hahaha. Freut mich, wenn ich was tun kann :)

Ach noch was.....Grüß Gott und Sodele.Zu Schön hahahah

ja geh weida

Yes you should always unstring your bow. But on the other side I heard of German companies who ship the bow strung...

@@ArminHirmer thanks Armin i will do. Any suggestion on what type of arm band . Im still learning and getting hit in the arm a few times

In Kyodo it is more a form factor and the follow through ending back tension. Does not increase arrow speed. Lucas and many other horseback archers do it more for the sake of being balanced and maybe increase the speed of the arrow.

Thank you, that was helpful. =)

sorry Claudio... my spanish is not enough for it :)

no problem, you are also very expressive. Thanks for sharing.

I guess there is no right or wrong, just what works for you. I feel it more natural with the middle finger

I did a video about it recently

@@ArminHirmer I'll keep looking, not sure which video. To clarify if needed I mean a Mediterranean draw that's still on the left side too. Thank you for responding.

@@stevenmitchell1743 I don't find mine, was included in another video about khatra I guess. But here is one for you :) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MVjAO67g2_I.html

@@ArminHirmer Wow, thank you so much! Keep up the great work!

I personally don’t like it that much and a sling a stehe poundage of the bow is not too high it’s fine :)

@@ArminHirmer Thank you for sharing this awesome content.

Hello Mohamed. You can use the medieval chest draw with 3 fingers, you can put the arrow on the other side and shoot with slavic release (still 3 fingers) check my video about that - and draw to your chest or earlobe then.

Armin is a decent guy but in this case I do not agree with his advice. Having a very short draw length myself (he does not), I feel I am better qualified to answer from personal experience. A while back, the members of my club got together, and we compared draw lengths, then we all stood back to back to compare wingspan, and we also looked at the length of our arm sections. What we realized was that while the upper arm is very similar between people of the same height, the forearm length is highly variable. Someone 2 inches shorter than me had much longer forearms, and as a result had a longer draw length. A very "standard" anchor point to the corner of the mouth was also very natural for him. The goal of the anchor is to have the arrow aligned with the arrow at full draw so you are holding with skeletal support and little muscle energy. So if that does not happen with the finger at the corner of the mouth, simply pull back further and use your thumb behind your ear. That is what I do and it works better for the alignment when one has short forearms. The corner of the mouth is NOT one size fits all! If after doing that it is not long enough of a draw, just do a warbow draw like the english guys do. Mark Stretton has some good advice on getting consistent using hand contact to the side of the face: markstretton.blogspot.com/2015/04/arrow-hand-ii-establishing-anchor-point.html Note how that is a draw to the neck and shoulder area, NOT the chest. I would also strongly discourage the slavic draw the way Armin does it.

many archers, many opinions

thank to both of you

Hahaha ya there is a resemblance

yeah, he does.... wish he had the same sarcasm.... would be awesome: house with archery

Yeah, thought the same. The face shape, the beard and hair are very similar.

:) thanks for watching Mark

Bow is sold under name "60 inch Snake", by different manufacturers (PSE, SAS, Arc Rolan...). There is 48 inch version for kids.

Oh, er.... I just see it below :P

:) Snake Recurve from Arc Rolan, our training bow

Thank you!! :)

Wrong side of the arrow?

@@ArminHirmer do you shoot with the feather against the bow

@@tysonesh898 of course, it makes no difference in traditional archery with feathers, for me and all my students.

@@ArminHirmer i think its called feather bounce