I was struggling with arrows hitting my bow violently. Arrows hit my bow so hard that I could smell burned. I did not know what was the problem. I somehow thought that arrows were not matched to my bow draw weight, but I was not sure.
One day, I was practicing at Redwood bowmen club, and I met a guy(Mike) who was using a Hungarian bow with a thumb ring. We instantly talked to each other because there was only 2 of us who were using a thumb ring. He told me that a guy name Justin Ma, who a is instructor of Chinese Ming dynasty archery, and he might can help with my problem.
I joined facebook page of Chinese archery, Korean archery, and other Asian archery group, and I sent a message to Justin.
He was not only very nice, but also very knowledgeable of Asian archery. I asked many questions, and he answered all of them. We set up the time, and met up at the range.
The pictures are, Justin, repositioned my nocking point, and testing my arrows.
After he tested, and fixed my nocking point, all of my problems were solved. He corrected my form, and gave me great advice. It would have taken a lot longer to find out what was my problem if I have not met Justin.
Thank you, Justin.
This is Justin's website.
BTW what did Justin say about your nock point when your arrows were rubbing against the arrow pass? Was it too high or too low?
ReplyDeleteWell, arrow hitting the bow is not from the location of the nocking point. It's from my bad form, and not clean release.
ReplyDeleteJustin corrected the nocking point by lowering it, but it was more like he corrected my form, and twisting the bow hand to left side little bit when release solved the problem.
If arrows scratching the bow hand thumb, the nocking point might be too low, but as long as the nocking point is little bit higher than the arrow pass, the arrow should not touch the thumb, if the form is correct.
Ah okay. Thanks for clearing that up. I'm getting arrow rubs on my bow too and might have to torque my bow hand a bit. Still experimenting.
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