Shooting Traditional Firearms and Weapons > Shooting the Bow
Korean Archery
bluelake:
I was happily surprised to see this thread. I know the movie well; although it was called in English, "War of the Arrows", the actual Korean title is "Bow: The Ultimate Weapon".
The device you are talking about is called a "tong-ah" in Korean; it is a bamboo overdraw. The half-size arrows are called "pyeonjeon" (or sometimes "aegisal" or "baby arrow"). I have shot one for many years and they are quite amazing. With a 50# bow, it shot about 283fps. Once, I shot an arrow about 1,700 ft. (over a ski hill). At close distances, the arrow will blow through bag targets.
Attached are two photos; one is of a Korean dressed in Joseon dynasty military uniform shooting the tong-ah and the other is me shooting one (about a decade ago).
Thomas
http://www.koreanarchery.org
Sir Michael:
I was hoping you would find this discussion. Thanks. :lol:
bluelake:
--- Quote from: "Sir Michael" ---I was hoping you would find this discussion. Thanks. :lol:
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Twisting the string (rotating the wrist in towards the bow) is a necessary action to "lock" the arrow; it pushes the shaft into the body of the bow, so that it will not move. As for curving around an obstruction...
Sir Michael:
Imagine that.
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