Скачать или смотреть Gungdo - Proper follow through for optimum arrow flight

After months of trying to solve the problem of my arrows slapping the bow and thus flying sideways before they stabilize, I have come to the conclusion that not only the correct release but also the "follow through" actually effects the arrow flight more than one can assume. For the KTA I found essential to use both the "torque technique" and the technique "pull the tiger's tail, push the high mountain" in order to have a consistent arrow flight and direction. Roughly stated, you have to get the bow out of the arrow's path. On release everything happens instantly, but when your technique is correct, the mechanics of the torque and follow through have just began to take enough effect, on that very moment, and the result is proof of it's effectiveness. Not everybody needs to resort to this technique to accomplice the above wanted outcome, because there are many factors that play a role on the arrow"s flight, one of the most important ones is the archers paradox. Other archery styles use bows that are center shot and don't face the challenge of the archers paradox as much as the traditional bows without a shelf.

In KTA many archers hold the bow arm steady on release, but others use the techniques described above. In the following link you can watch the well known Kim Hyeong-tak shooting. Observe how he (in this video) moves his bow arm to the left on release and use torque technique:
   • Korean Traditional Archery, Gungdo  

Finally, we can find more examples, in other styles of archery, even in compound shooting, on similar follow throughs. One is in the following link:
   • Myths about Follow-through