Traditional Manchu Archery of the Qing Imperial Guard 

Look up "The Way of Archery." The authors of this book have a Chinese archery class in GA every year. It eill be this coming October. They specialize in Ming dynasty military archery, which has a lot of similarities including long draw and how to use the bow shoulder and back to reach full draw.

thanks Armin nice find, the graphics over the archer are awesome, that guys form is amazing, i think maybe the best instruction on form i have seen yet, and the form it self is beuteful, i love the discription of the time to release.so thanks again cheers

Welcome. Yes, Scott is very deep into the manchu style of shooting and I love his way of explanation too. He just finished a book about it. Hope it will come out soon :D

this is awesome, i love to know different shooting styles this also helps one to find the style of shooting that best suits them.

I think there is some difference from korean archery.

Hello Mr.Armin.. You're great bowman too...

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Happy to hear it is useful. Thanks for your support!

Thanks.

My pleasure, happy to help...

Your are most welcome, it is our pleasure. Thanks for your support.

The bow arm should be slightly bent, check to make sure your elbow is down for proper shoulder alignment.

Thanks!

The is a military style of archery.

Thanks. Good luck in your training.

I have been fortunate to train mounted archery briefly with Pettra Engeländer in German, riding bareback and shooting my Manchu bow. Unfortunately, the demands of 20 some Chinese Swordsmanship Seminars a year has kept me from doing more.

Most asian shooting techniques shoot the arrow from the right side of the bow.

with the thumb draw you suppose to shoot from the right side

it is true that some modern day mongolian archers use that . but this ... is plain stupid . watch a right hand archer . if he use mediterranean draw ... the string will go forward and to the left ... this is the reason for the arrow being put to the left of the bow ... to help the paradox , not to work against it . if he use thumb draw ... the string will go forward and to the right . this is the reason for the arrow being put to the RIGHT side of the bow in asian style of shooting . there also some advance knowledge in the asian style of shooting that require the arrow being placed to the right side of the bow . this is not the place to debate that . do you ever saw a modern day mongolian shooting thumb draw with the arrow on the left side of the bow while riding a horse ? NO ! why ? "advanced" ! lol . you know why many of the modern day mongolians are the only asian style shooting archers that use protection on the left hand ? why ? "advanced" ! lol . the short answer is : No . you were supposed to shoot from the right side of the bow only , as a right hand archer .

Bull Lea Honestly I was unsure when I commented on it. I tried the thumb draw the last time I went shooting, but I actually found it more difficult than the mediterranean draw. But then again maybe I was doing it wrong.

This does not really sound plausible. The string always will go the side where the arrow is put, regardless how you draw. Having the arrow on the left side, gives you an minimal better way to aim though, as both eyes and the arrow are on the same side. If the arrow is put to the right side, one eye will follow the arrow and the other eye will look along the other side of the bow. I never had any difficulties to shoot from the right side with "mediterranean" release, though. (I' basically always shot from the right side, regardless of release)

You never know.

putting arrow on right side removing archer paradox because the arrow launched in same direction of bow rotation during launch sequence. this will makes the arrow fly straighter than compared with left side arrow rest, in which the arrow will slightly veered upon release. thus, right side arrow rest is inheritantly more accurate

But I understand that in that case the release is using a thumb ring?

Golgo Onethree Yes, I see clear now in the vídeo that is using a thumb ring, hence is needed to put the arrow in the right side for a rh archer. Thanks for comment.

Also in traditional combat situations archers rarely had time to aim so they needed to fire quick. Putting the arrow on the right side allows the archer to fire with one fluid motion while shooting on the left requires you to take multiple steps.

Pab bem It is proved that the rotation of the bow is much to slow during the launch sequence to prevent the archers paradox. ( The arrow has almost left the bow when the rotation starts as some vids show)

***** I'm back to mediterranean grip. Pa-kua was bullshit. I expect a martial arts instructor to be somebody I can't fuck up hand to hand nor at range with a bow.

***** In the age of gunpowder, I guess we are just doing it for fun anyway.

+videosman1234 It's perfectly viable. for centuries, the bow held it's own while coexisting with crossbows and early firearms (gonne and arquebus)

Depending on tome of day they likely won't know where the arrows are coming from. And being able to shout "flight" (high curved trajectory) is an advantage, too.

Can't you come up with facts that explain your claim?

@@aliendoggy1 I would like come up some video

Everything presented in this video is based on Qing period manuals which were translated for my book, "Traditional Manchu Archery of the Qing Imperial Guard," (www.amazon.com/Traditional-Manchu-Archery-Imperial-Guard-ebook/dp/B00O4FFDT0/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=manchu+archery&qid=1628081323&s=books&sr=1-1). Every detail of the technique was verified by these historical documents. The works we translated are presented in both the original Chinese with the English translation. Please read these sources before adding any new comments. Thanks.

@@scottm.rodellgrtc2969 I could mention to you that this video was already famous in Chinese video website.

@@yussufmohanmud2038 That's nice to know, which ones?

This is the manner used in Manchu Archery, it can be found in many period illustrations. Manchu Bannermen employed this technique with the thumb ring went shooting heavy war bows.