Hello trad talk
A little about myself, I am a barebow turned olympic recurve archer and I've been shooting for awhile now and have come to love the sport.
However, with the amount of time I've been shooting I have come to realize that what I thought was one and the same (traditional archery and barebow) are not actually the same thing.
I always thought that traditional archery just meant shooting without a sight but after shooting with a club full of trad shooters I discovered a whole other culture in archery, and that "traditional archery" has a much more deep and complicated meaning than what is presented face value.
So my question is, what meaning do traditional archers find in their shooting, and how does it differ from the barebow philosophy***?
***Barebow for me meant that as an archer I shoot to achieve an olympic recurve-like result without the use of sights. Extreme concentration, a method of aiming and excellent shot execution was the priority.
A little about myself, I am a barebow turned olympic recurve archer and I've been shooting for awhile now and have come to love the sport.
However, with the amount of time I've been shooting I have come to realize that what I thought was one and the same (traditional archery and barebow) are not actually the same thing.
I always thought that traditional archery just meant shooting without a sight but after shooting with a club full of trad shooters I discovered a whole other culture in archery, and that "traditional archery" has a much more deep and complicated meaning than what is presented face value.
So my question is, what meaning do traditional archers find in their shooting, and how does it differ from the barebow philosophy***?
***Barebow for me meant that as an archer I shoot to achieve an olympic recurve-like result without the use of sights. Extreme concentration, a method of aiming and excellent shot execution was the priority.