Yup. Almost my entire first lesson was spent on posture exercises. It took about 50 minutes before I shot my first arrow.Broady Brio said:
Is Archery the new thing?
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Ha I wish, it's just this little thing, only with silver barrel/scope.SckizoBoy said:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Ruger-1022.jpg
Given your advice, no number of bracers would be sufficient...subtlefuge said:
Most either have a bracer on purely out of habit or comfort or don't have one at all.
Well, that's rather cute... (somehow...(!))ReadyAmyFire said:
Still, I only say that (joking, of course) because horseback archery mostly used a shorter composite bow so 'gun with short barrel' => dragoon.
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Never mind me... -_-
LOL... don't think kyudoka would take too well to you referring to yumi as 'lanky'! :3ReadyAmyFire said:I like Welsh Longbows and the lanky samurai variants.
As for me...
No. There have been archery super heroes forever and every fantasy hero seems to use either a big sword, an ax, or a bow. Its not any more hot then it was before.
I thought this thread was going to be about archery becoming a popular sport, not archery in the media. So a bit of a cock up on my part.
Oh, I don't know, your jokes have all been bull's-eyes so far, at least in my opinion.Sean Hollyman said:Or the knee, we wouldn't want anything stopping our adventures now would we..DoPo said:Well, we must always aim high.Sean Hollyman said:We could try to, but it would be a bit of a hit and miss.DoPo said:I'd say it's her, but it's a shot in the dark.Sean Hollyman said:Is that Dora the Explorer?DoPo said:Sean Hollyman said:
Yes, I'm not exactly comfortable with some guy with a bow pulling the strings.
If it is, I'm bolting it.
But anyway, if you're with me, enlisting others, so we can fight these archers who menace in the media. Quite frankly, I quiver at the thought of them.
Damnit I'm running out here..
(Me, too. Maybe we should stop before we shoot ourselves in the foot.)
No.
I may be wrong... But archery has been around for QUITE A WHILE.
Sarcasm aside, dunno, I just think one or two big films have used it recently, I don't think it's the herald of a new age. I doubt it will catch on. But I may be wrong.
I may be wrong... But archery has been around for QUITE A WHILE.
Sarcasm aside, dunno, I just think one or two big films have used it recently, I don't think it's the herald of a new age. I doubt it will catch on. But I may be wrong.
Meh, compound bows. They look gorgeous, all the sexy mechanical stuff, but they make aiming and stuff way too easy from what I've heard. I mean, clicking arrows in place so you can aim at your leisure? Puh-lease, that's for wussies.SckizoBoy said:LOL... don't think kyudoka would take too well to you referring to yumi as 'lanky'! :3ReadyAmyFire said:I like Welsh Longbows and the lanky samurai variants.
As for me...
Not really, as it is becoming more popular as a sport as well. At least over here it is.The Artificially Prolonged said:
It does seem to be trending a bit more recently. I got a bow this past Christmas but that was just because I'm a nerd and my parents mistook me saying that long bows were cool to actually getting me one. It's actually really satisfying to just mess around with some hay bales and target shooting.
What do you mean by that?Cowabungaa said:
Still regardless, compound archery brings a few techniques and difficulties of its own. The wall for one thing, the release and bear in mind that deviations in aim have a much greater effect on the shot than recurve shooting.
'sides, back when SW was still... uh, 'cool' we (by that I mean our county association) had the Junior Essex Development Initiative, but that was only for junior recurve archers (i.e. the majority) while us 'dark siders' had... well, our coaches at best. Ah well...
It isn't.CODE-D said:Just wondering because
It seems to be the silent sell of some things.
Whatjathink?
The Hunger Games book come out years ago, Hawkeye is a decades old character, Brave is just keeping in setting, and the "arrow in the knee" malarky is just a meme caused by silly dialogue. The only one I'd say comes close to silent sell is Crysis, and even then it's a pretty weak sell considering the whole high tech theme of the series.
Honestly don't know what Crytek was thinking with putting a bow into a game where you fight aliens in power armour......
I'm not trying to be rude or anything, but I've honestly read your post 30 or so times, and I have no clue what you are trying to say.SckizoBoy said:
This guy is a professional archery coach, he commented on a few trailers of movies with archers in 'm.LetalisK said:
http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/03/avengers-hawkeye-archery/
http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/03/the-hunger-games-trailer/
He found the hunger game chick good (i haven't' seen the movie nor am I archer, so I can't tell) and hawk eye apparently sucked terribad.
Seeing as the female lead in Hunger Games was trained by a olympian athlete, I'd say they did the best the could
I don't mind archers. They can be cool.
I must admit, today when I played monster hunter, I decided to use the bow. Just felt like it. I personally think its a coincidence, but I guess people just like the style of it. There's something about the angles and shape of a bow that just seems cool in my mind. I'm certain someone could explain it better.
Also. Bask in the gar
Also. Bask in the gar
Well, looking at that pic of Jeremy Renner his elbow is turned up as it would be naturally (applies only to men, however, differing physiology etc. etc. etc.). With a dead straight stance, he can't avoid whacking it on release, and since the bracers protect the forearm, they're rather useless in such a situation...subtlefuge said:
Those without the arm strength to turn their elbow in at full draw get around this by having an oh-so-slightly open stance (i.e. me...) which does nothing to hinder technique. Their drawlength drops by about half an inch but overall, it's negligible (except to the drawlength of course). You can typically identify this type of archer very easily... they can't help sticking their butts out... -_-
I've always thought of archery as something really cool. In my fantasies, I learned it right up there with gymnastics.
Still plan on it one day. Just for the knowledge.
Still plan on it one day. Just for the knowledge.
That sounds a lot more comfortable than the way I was taught. Of course, maybe I was also taught that. It's been a while since I quit, and this thread is giving me mixed feelings about whether I should try to pick it up again.SckizoBoy said:
I can empathize with the man though, he was probably taught by a right-handed teacher. It's tough to always have to mirror everything. Us lefties have strange relationships with sports equipment and instruction.