Thinking About Getting An Asiatic Bow?

as well we Chinese say whom you said you should be chemichi cheat but the means is that for a craftsman to excel you must first sharpen his tools and today we will talk about the bows this is a typical example of the modern way she attic eliminated bow will give a quick overview of the components so this is the tip in an Asiatic bow this is usually static or not bending sometimes it will point forward sometimes it will point backwards it really depends on the geometry to shape to the boat sometimes with Asiatic bows especially with the tips pointing forward you will see a string bridge or a string pad it might be small like this it might be bigger in some other types of bows it's usually meant to catch the string in case you have a really bad release but bows often don't need this now down here is a transition between a tip and the bending limb this transition is called the brain or the Gong Gong in Chinese it's also known as the Kisan in other cultures this part here does the work this is the working limb the bending limb and then this section here is the handle or the riser this is where that the archer is going to be holding the bow this part is usually not bending in an Asiatic bow so this part here is the handle and it has the the main handle itself where the archer is holding and then you have a narrow pass where the arrow will be held now this arrow pass it can be made with materials such as leather or suede in this case this is Ray skin it's a very durable material then finally putting this bow in tension is the string this is where you'll hook the arrow on to and you know this can be made of natural materials such as silk or linen but typically what you'll see these days or artificial materials such as Dacron fast flight Dyneema those kinds of things in general today's Asiatic bows available in street categories of materials on the entry-level end our bows made of solid fiberglass or solid plastic this is an example of a bow made with solid plastic limbs and this is an example of a bow made with solid fiberglass limbs now you don't see the fiberglass directly because the fiberglass portion of the limbs is usually Rapids with lettuce the second categories are laminated bows laminated bows are typically constructed with a core made of bamboo or wood in the middle and a layer of fiberglass on the belly and the back the fact that you have a wood or bamboo core lightens up the massive limb in a laminated bow making it more efficient compared to a solid fiberglass limbo sometimes with laminated bows you'll see extra layers of material in the core such as stable core fiberglass which is a cross weave glass that enhance the stability or you'll see a layer of carbon fiber which helps further lighten the limb and helps with stability as well in some pieces overall if the laminated bow is well constructed you'll have an efficient a pleasant bow to use for everyday shooting the third category's a natural material bows so among the natural material bows that the Chinese used in the past include bamboo bows here's an example right here they also used wood bows and also bows that were a combination of wood and then sinew on the back now the pinnacle of natural bows in the Asia axe fear in the Chinese sphere were horn composite bows bows made with a combination of horn on the belly wood or bamboo in the court and then sinew on the back all bound together with animal glue such as fish glue or high group now a natural bow may not be as fast or efficient as a laminated bow but there's a certain appeal to shooting with and owning a natural bow you know it's kind of like you're dealing with a living breathing being because the poundage is gonna change based on the weather how hot it is how wet or dry it is and each each bow will have its own character to it this it's almost like owning a pet and also by buying by shooting with natural bows you're supporting the craftsmen who are helping to preserve the heritage and the culture behind Asiatic archery in general there are two types as opposed by the shouts mudkips was - all big tips now small tip bows are optimized for speed they have a smaller tip up here minimizes the mess it helps with shooting lighter arrows faster the small tip bows have a little bit of a forward angle here that helps give you a little more leverage to pull the limb and store a little extra energy make the pull a little smoother that helps with the efficiency now big tip bows come in a couple different flavors both of them have larger tips so they're more suitable for medium to the heavy arrows now if the large tip is pointed backwards like this then it's optimized for stability that is forgiveness for bad release errors because the tip is pointed backwards throughout the whole draw whereas if you have a large tip bow with large forward pointed tip that's designed to help make the pull very smooth and to store a lot of energy because they have more leverage to pull the lip so this is real good for very heavy arrows okay so you want to get your first bow and it's very important to figure out the poundage over the bow and and usually the the poundage are measured at 28 interests of the drug audience and for people for the boy or vacuum moment they usually measure from the belly of the bow and all the way to 28 inches but for boyars around the world and they usually measured their weight the drone is from the back of the boat all the way to 29 inches and usually it's very important to to know the maximum tolerance over the bow so usually if you are taller and you have a like a longer arm and you draw a longer you know you might want to get our longer bow and maybe happen I come longer like a maximum audience and the usually like you know is that if the bow is measured at 28 as the weight is measured at 28 inches and they say like the maximum radius of the ball is 30 inches and usually just add up you know three pound per inch but that's just a room some is better to measure it at a Pro Shop yeah and again it's important to make that distinction between measuring from the belly versus the back of the bow because that difference can be about one to one and a quarter inches yes that's right right we talk about the structure of the boat hey Justin what do you think about that as a handle what kind of handle do you prefer well speaking from personal experience I prefer handles that are a little on the smaller side just because it's you know a little more comfortable for me to grip a smaller handle is less susceptible to torque like twisting by the bow hand and also after I release a smaller handle it's gonna have a little sort of give a little more plane to a little bit more cushioning so that it won't interfere as much with the Aero flight an industry to that you know with the handle there's the arrow path component sometimes you'll see designs where it's a little thicker in the hand a little narrower layer Oh pass that's okay you know because what you want with a narrow pass is you want to be narrow so then the arrow doesn't have to bend around as much you need to get a clean shot you know I mean if you have a fatter arrow pass then you have to choose just the right scare oh yeah exactly just the right spine just the right arrow in order to make it work yeah so you know let me give you an example so or at least something to help illustrate as a counterpoint so this is a 95-pound bow its handle is pretty pretty thick very big for a mango yeah and it's it's not you know it makes for a little more of an awkward hold of course you know from for engineering purposes you kind of have to have a bigger handle for a heavier bow because it's taking you know yes you have to have something that's strong enough to take this dress that's right but you don't want to see a big handle for like a thirty pound bow like that's that's just way yeah it's a way over engineering so you know a sign of a fully made bow is that if it's white but has a really fat handle that's that's a no-go what do you think about that bending section what kind of what's what bending section well here's something I learned from Larry Hatfield who is a master bow maker he used to be the head bow designer for marketing archery back in the day and he still holds multiple world records for flight archery and something he told me is a good rule of thumb is that the moment you start to pull the bow even one inch if you feel the weight starting to build up here that means that you have a lot of the working limb is actually like doing work you know if you have to pull it 3/4 inches and then you start to feel the way building up that means that all you're doing is really just trying to lift this the string off of the tip and the way limit isn't even beginning to work yet but that's not the case with this book this bow I pull it just one inch and I can feel it start to work and it's not an accident also that this is a 52 to 53 pound bow and what I'm getting me to yeah exactly exactly and I'm getting it to Bend quite easily like this and that's because most of this limb is ready to work its ready to bend so that's this is actually a characteristic of a fast boat that's right you know and if we're speed is not everything you know but if you happen to have a bow that has this sort of characteristic then you probably have a fastball on your hands in fact this is one of the fastest laminated bows that I have hey Justin what do you think about the tips of the boat yeah so the tips there are a couple of different characteristics that you want to look for one stability and one is efficiency so I mentioned previously that the you know the sort of the front back bending that's a good characteristic of a fast bow but there's another kind of wig leanness that you don't want in the bow which is the side-to-side cleanness so this boat here it's very hard for me to twist it left and right and that's that means that this bow has high torsional stability you know same with his bow as well I try to twist it left and right very hard to do so mm-hmm so these bows will be pretty forgiving to errors and their release because if you have a bad release it makes the string can oscillate if the bow is twist resistant it has high torsional stability then it won't be as you know messed up by a bad release they don't be more forgiving to shoot with you know something like this bow very fast a little more Wiggly in the side-to-side dimension which means that you have to have a little bit of a cleaner release tissue this consistently now that's the torsional stability is one factor the other factor is the mass of the tips how efficient it could be here's an example of a tip that is gonna be relatively efficient you know it not only is it sort of narrow in this profile you know it has very little above the straight notch as well you know but it's it's like from here to here it's like a lever it the more mass you put on here the greater effect it's gonna have on the efficiency of the shot because not only does the bow have to move the arrow it's got to move the bowl in back into place yeah after the shot a little bit of extra mass closer to here near the handle that's okay but a little bit of mess up here has a big effect so you want to definitely find a bow that's a little more you know slim a little more reduced in this especially for Nolan Pankaj yeah I'll show you an example of something that you don't want like this one right here the the tip let's see the string ends here and so it has a lot of this extra dead mess up on top here this does nothing for structural integrity all this does is slow things down that movements just yeah exactly so this is this is a slope oh yeah I can just look at it and I can tell it's a slow go yeah all right so here's a Manchurian bow ching dynasty bow and the which you'll see often with the reproductions of these is that they're gonna try to mimic the tip dimensions of antiques antique like military bows which were you know 80 90 hundred and probably even even higher product what do you mean yeah and but if you're if you're trying to shoot this with something that's like say 40 pounds like you're gonna lose a lot of efficiency because those tips were meant for heavier bows but you're trying to shoot a lighter trolley with that so there are actually modern-day reproductions of of Qin Dynasty bows with slimmer tips look out for those but you know I think that would help a lot when you shoot it's better doing like you know target shooting yeah kind of bowstring material do prefer it really depends you know with string materials that are most available with bows today you'll lie to run to things like that from which is a softer type of string material or things like fast flight and Dyneema which are a stiffer so with Dacron it's a little softer it's a little easier on the bow because it's a little more elastic little stretch after the shot you're probably gonna feel a little more hand shock but it's gonna be safer for the bow overall but it is gonna be a little slower compared to something like fast flight and Dyneema it's gonna be it's not gonna stretch as much if it stretches it's going to be very little so as a result you're gonna actually get faster arrow flight with something like fast flight and i neva and the but it's unfortunately it's gonna be a little harder on the bow as well you have to ask the Boyar to make sure that the tips are reinforced if so that is safe to use with fast plate and Dyneema and the bow itself has to be more strongly built as well because the string is not stretching after the release so if there's any residual energy it's gonna transfer to the rest of the boat so what advice do you have for beginners choosing their first bow okay first don't block get a cheaper bulb you know just cheaper fabric gospel and you know see if you want to get into it or not and because I see a lot of people you know spend a lot of money on a fancy bow for their first ball and they mentally is just hanging on the wall and second will be like you know get a little pankaj consider you know at the beginning you don't have proper form and you might mess up and they injure yourself and trust us so we learned it half way you know this is no shame for you too 20 pound or 30 pound at the beginning I see you know once you build up your form you can just gradually like a go up and that yeah I'd say speaking for personal experience there's no quicker way to mess up your form then shooting with a bow that's too heavy you know we we are you know we're teaching a style of military Chinese Ming military archery but we you you don't get to that poundage overnight you have to develop your form step by step you know any of you go to heavy then you're gonna have to spend a lot of time recovering your form after that so definitely avoid that if you can that's right Justin do you have any suggestion for the intermediate and advanced dodges hmm well so for intermediate archers at this point you're kind of settled into your form and to make the shooting experience a little more pleasant you might consider upgrading to say a laminated go you know that's a pretty solid choice for everyday shooting and you'll you'll get a pretty big thing for your buck if you upgrade your arrows as well yes like that dense of the the arrows are a huge factor in terms of your consistency now as for advanced archers you might consider maybe increasing the drawing of your bone none of the boat self but buying a new bow and incrementally higher draw weights it depends like if you want to give yourself that physical challenge you can consider upgrading your draw weight step by step but it's totally cool you know if you're comfortable with your current draw weight if you want to get a nicer bow like a nicer line they did it Bo that's something that you might consider or if you really want to if you feel like you're like really on hardcore you're in it for life you might consider getting a like a window okay thanks for watching the video hopefully you learned something and you know just try to fully use your equipment and they enjoy the shooting alright see you next time

Channel: The Way of Archery

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Keywords: Gao Ying, Traditional Chinese Archery, Chinese Archery, Ming Archery, Inchworm Form, The Way of Archery, Way of Archery, 高穎, 尺蠖式, Jie Tian, Justin Ma, Horsebow, horse bow, Chinese Bow

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Length: 19min 14sec (1154 seconds)

Published: Mon Nov 12 2018