| [quote=Mad Archer;151697]I don't believe the argument was that Pip's method was wrong, but more that Pip's view that the Korean's method was necessarily damaging to archers was to be taken as gospel.
I do feel that shooting a bow is the same basic function, whether you're talking about a longbow, recurve or compound, and so the discussion of technique is appicable to all these.
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Having collected a bow from Pip and spent some time discussing technique with him I know he has strong views on the subject. Why was it suggested that the Korean method was damaging to archers? I look at some archers who have adopted a very diagonal position for the legs with a very straight bow arm and think they look awfully uncomfortable and that it can't be good for the body? Interesting to read Horace Ford, with his insistence that the act of shooting, done well, should be graceful and pleasing to the eye. Perhaps this is the same as Ascham talking about "fayre shooting"? I think top performers in any sport usually have a graceful economy of movement, which some modern recurve styles lack in my eyes.
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