Check out these updated video on achieving clean releases: kzread.info/dash/bejne/h46B1JSLlMLfm5M.html

I can't wait to become a pro bag dropper.

@iuliancrihana8559

5 жыл бұрын

this is misunderstanding of proper release - you have to keep a bag at the same height and lift your arm uncurling your fingers until the bag just drop.

@r4inxs510

5 жыл бұрын

No matter how hard you train, there will always be a Korean who drops bags better then you ;P

@theamazinggoldfish8713

5 жыл бұрын

Non desu ka

@Feeshyenjoyer

4 жыл бұрын

R4IN Xs it hurts how accurate this comment is

Sensei I am self- taught and had to learn the hard way, without your very articulate Videos, I would never have "got it", you are a great teacher, thank you very much, your videos are second to none.

@gtjz6683

3 жыл бұрын

Same here friend, just started archery and I find Nusensei’s to be very well-articulated and useful. Hope after three years you have become somewhat of an adept/expert/master!

@cliffbrown4217

3 жыл бұрын

@@gtjz6683 For me archery is a never ending learning process, I would never consider myself an expert.

I started learning how to shoot a bow when I was 5 or 6 years old. I have never had any form of professional instruction nor any training nor advice from any archery instructor. My father bought a 45$ bow and some 29 cent arrows at K-Mart. He was an avid deer hunter but almost immediately lost interest in archery hunting. The Bow was a 45# Bear Kodiac. It was taller than I was then. The arrows were mass produced wooden shaft, capped target tipped. After some indeterminate time, I would aggravate him about giving it to me. He would say "Boy, when you're taller than the bow, then you can have it." Seemed like centuries later, I got the bow from the closet for which I had permission, walked into the kitchen up to Him and my Mother and her older sister sitting at the kitchen table, and to my Great amazement: Put the Bow on the floor as it seemed I had done for thousands and thousands of times before and tested it against my head, The tip of the bow didn't hit me in the forehead!!! They seemed to stop talking, looked at me, then I looked at my father and stated IT"S mine now, and walked out of the house to the pasture and the hay bails that I'd toted for more than 200 yards fot a target and back stop. As a youngman, Correction, "boy" this type language to an adult would get your ass whipped. In this event, by merit of their appreciation of my long perseverance, and admired development of significant skill, it was tolerated and smiled upon, ever so briefly, and before that changed, I was out the door and towards the barn. I remember that moment as if I were walking just above the ground!! I shot that bow until the string wore out and broke. That nice storebought string was substituted with bailing twine. it broke repeatedly! Eventually got a new storebought string by virtue of my Mother. A few years later, I subsequently won the class archery tournament at college with that same bow. The upper limb eventually broke and hit me in the face. Hard.!!! That's the history of IT. In 1992, I was in the 11th ACR, I bought and had shipped to Germany, a Bear Kodiac 55# 56". That Bow has gone with me for many years to the Usury Mountain Archery Course here in Arizona with the machine shooters, I mean compound bow shooters. Every time, I hear exclamations from them: I can't believe he just hit that, How can you do that? I have a fixed release, and completely intuitive aiming technique. I don't ask myself how, just, Make It Work! I may have overindulged this narrative, but I wanted to take a few minutes to convey something of importance! EVERYTHING, I've heard you say and describe in every one of your videos here is rightminded and correct and truthfully characterizes correctness in the archery endeavor as well as my humble learning experience. I started learning with that 45$ bow and those 29 cent arrows over 50 years ago. I have subsequently been a US Army Scout and a sniper since 1984 and a firearms instructor since 1986. Thats all I have to say about that. This is my imperfect effort to give back something to You in appreciation of all the hours and gifted verbal ability that you've developed and expressed here and the many other presentations that you have made. With highest regards, and appreciation, Thank You

@scetchport

3 жыл бұрын

Great story and history,a crying shame he hasnt bothered to answer comments.

@dirttrack1123

Жыл бұрын

Who tf comes to KZread to read a novel

I have been shooting compounds with a release for the last 30 years. Just this year bought a recurve and started over with traditional archery. I was struggling until I found your videos. Your teaching is second to none. Well done. Keep it up.

I learn so much from your vids,def the best on the net.Can't thank you enough,keep up the great work.

Found this to be one of the very best release videos I have come across. Thank you so much.

Thank you for your very fine tips👍 You do an excellent job of explaining everything in a manner that is easily applied.

Happy I discovered you NUSensei. I just shot my first bow last week. I really enjoyed it and am hoping to set my own targets up at home once I purchase my first bow.

This is honestly the best explanation, of this subject, that I have ever been able to find. Very nice.

Thank YOU loved this Video packed with a ton of Great Information especially for a Beginner like me!...

You are simply a awesome teacher! That is a huge gift for you, but also for us. thank you

Thanks for this lesson, Mr. Nu Sensei! After 6 months pratice, the release seens to be the hardest step in shooting consistently.

Thank you for such great videos Nu Sensei! I have found them so helpful as a beginning archer. 😊

You just saved a bunch of money, enjoyed completing a nice little project, and supplied yourself with a very lightweight,portable archery target you will get tons of fun out of. Sportsman's Guide sells six packs of the fatigue mats for a whopping $18.99!!! And six mats will give you 3 sets of portable targets you will get years of use out of.You simply cannot do better than that for twenty bucks...been shooting all kinds of shootable implements out in the woods like this for my entire lifetime and I'm about to turn 66yrs old. Does not get better than this!!! You are ALL welcome!!! Have a blast...I have my whole life,,archery,airguns,slingshots,fun,fun,fun!!! That's what I am all about,just be smart and safe about how you pick your secret locations and be sure to always bring enough hydration along with a first aid kit just in case,you are out and about in the woods, after all, and I NEVER tell anybody where my secret spots are!!! That's MY spots to use without being disturbed of messed with!!! Enjoy everybody, this has worked out GREAT for me for an entire lifetime and can work for you too just use your head here for safety's sake. You simply cannot go wrong with this set up. If time permits I get my gear prepped the day before, leave early enough and I can get to my spots in time to set up a campsite with a tarp & hammock and I'm good for the day, or two!!!

Thank you for this video. Made me go from arrows all over the place to hitting my own on target arrows on subsequent shots. Extremely helpful.

This is the best channel I have come across on KZread on archery. Detailed and clear explanations of the technique. Thank you Sensei! 🙏

Great video!! Thanks so much. As a beginner archer the release is the thing I find hardest to master but your video has helped me understand the right technique. Thanks!

Fantastic lesson - I've built this explanation into my own coaching process for the club juniors. Many Thanks from the UK.

What just about all these videos. And I recommend them to every person I no who is just getting into archery. Have to say you can always tell when something was filmed in Australia by that badass Crow sound.

Thank you for this and all other videos, brother. You are amazing.

interesting video. As a coach here in the UK id say: draw the bow to anchor. using back tension hold the weight of the bow. increase back tension whilst you relax the fingers. the follow through is a natural uncontrolled effect to back tension. dont open the fingers....relax them

@TheAegisClaw

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, his release is like my own, needs work. If you look at the pros they never have their fingers flared open like Nu. It's a very hard thing though. It's my biggest problem.

@seeingthepattern

4 жыл бұрын

I’m still not sure what the difference is between relaxing my fingers and letting go.

@ZSmith-yy4lv

4 жыл бұрын

earthdog 58 while relaxing your fingers, they don’t really open. Instead, you just make the grip on the string weaker until it goes on its own.

Revisiting some of these videos after obtaining some more shooting experience is actually really helpful. Thanks, Sensei!

@aimeenunez8992

6 жыл бұрын

TimovieMan agreed! These vids are a great way to stay sharp and reinforce good form 👍

sensei, my gf says I am releasing too soon. any tips for increasing endurance?

@BanesBasement

7 жыл бұрын

MrNov3k There's no such thing. All that matters is your accuracy. If your shots aren't accurate, then take more time to aim. It's all relative to the person.

@Pablosammy1

7 жыл бұрын

MrNov3k Think about someone really ugly. Or one of your parents, that should do it.

@tornoutlaw

6 жыл бұрын

Fail ^^

@kroposman2302

6 жыл бұрын

Damn, the joke almost went over my head

@mortiusvicimus8901

6 жыл бұрын

MrNov3k You're stupid! lmao rotf My advice to you is to do Kegel exercises with your fingers. lol

Great instruction,this is the video of yours that has finally earned my respect as to your ability as an instructor, this IS the most single most difficult aspect to teach a new Archer and these methods of yours I find THEE most clear and effective to convey to a new Archer that I have ever come across...thank you, this video WILL make a huge difference in my approach knowing that I am going to instantly get positive results due to the exact clearity of your explanations...I find this to be the most difficult aspect to teach a new Archer by far...you have just made this so much easier.We in the know realize just how simple and easy it is to do this ourselves but man, it is not so easy to get across to somebody new. Things I run into are similar to people that make an instructional video but insist on putting the're hands in the way while doing the critical parts and without that the whole video is wasted.

Just getting into archery, thanks for all the helpful videos. Got a 60'' 40lb black hunter longbow after days of research. Can't wait to get it. Take care-

Thanks NUSensei, your video tuitions are very helpful, I have a better idea going forward in my classes about form and shot process

NUSensai. As a new archer, your vids have been a revelation, but none more so than this one. My release is woeful (but sometimes lucky) and your instructions and tips will be put to good use. Thank you.

I keep binge watching these videos and keep shooting better and better daily, tho I don't know whether from what I learn here cuz I still make many mistakes.

Many thanks. You make it simple and clear. I’m a bow hunter of over 35 years, although successful, I suck at archery lol! I’ve watched many people and tried everything. You are helping me. I’m excited things are coming together with these principles.

Another great and so helpful video you made there. Thank you a lot for that!

Good video NU! Clear as always

hai sensei, im rayhan from indonesia and im beginner in archery, i want to say thank you very much for you education about archery, it really helps me to practice, i have subscribed your channel and im still waiting your new videos :D

Great video. Thanks for your time and effort.

Thank you Sensi. Very good information. You teach well.

That made prefect sense, thank you for your time and sharing your experience! =)

Very helpful, informative and passionate - thanks!

NuSensei, thanks for your advise!

Awesome video man, I like how thorough you are on your videos. I had to figure this out the hard way. I switched from a static to dynamic release and I think it helped my form problems like plucking the string and not keeping proper back tension. Wish I would have watched some videos earlier when just beginning, it would have saved me a lot of time, and lost arrows in the grass! Lol

Well explained. Keep up the excellent work !

Very well explained and I did find it helpful. Many thanks.

That was exceptionally helpful! Many thanks for making such an informative video. I will be blank-bossing it tomorrow at the range! :)

I am shooting barebow,, and found a static release helped with my consistency. It seems my dynamic release was way more extravagant then it needed to me. The way you explain the dynamic release makes it nice and simple. I think I'll knuckle down and work on that dynamic release tomorrow.

Thank you! That was extremely helpful.

Very nicely explained

Hugely helpful - great video

highlighted most of my problems in this one! thanks

Cool, this was really interesting. I do kyudo but know nothing about western styles of archery, so it is interesting to hear that you do pretty much all the same things, despite the exact positions and so on looking quite different. For example here you talk about expanding through the release, which we call nobiai in Japanese, and the follow-through, which is zanshin in Japanese. The difference between the finger release VS the thumb release of kyudo is interesting too, it seems to me like maybe the kyudo thumb release is easier in terms of doing it in a relaxed way. In kyudo one uses a two fingered shooting glove with a thumb hook, and this allows the weight of the draw to be carried fully by the glove, you don't actually have to use any arm muscles to keep your hand "hooked" into the string. The glove just holds the weight by design, a bit like a modern mechanical release, and the release occurs naturally as you expand because the expansion causes the wrist to rotate a little, which releases the string from the thumb hook. Of course, similarly to what you mentioned, it takes quite a while before beginners learn to trust their glove and stop holding the string with their muscles. And until they learn to relax their hands they can't shoot straight and don't have a smooth release.

This is the video I need right now

amazing thanks a lot for your super-useful videos!

thank you for very helpful recommendations!

Thanks for the lesson, you are helping a lot.

Great video!

Great video. I've been doing drills to fight target panic(Jim Casto's method) and soon will be at the actual arrow shooting stage. This video should be a great help and plan to use dynamic type release.Hopefully, this will help .

That was a super helpful video, thanks a lot!

thanks for the great advice cant wait to put it to use many thanks.

That really is a great video. Thank you, it helps me a lot.

great info, thanks for sharing!

Thank you. That was a big help.

Excellent video.. thanks!

That was very helpful, Thank you!

Extremely helpful!!

Great video, thanks!

This helped a lot thank you!

Thank you - great upload. I’m actually a compound bow shooter .... the release is my weekness. Which is not good. Very helpful

@ZSmith-yy4lv

4 жыл бұрын

Interesting. Most compound bow shooters I’ve seen use the trigger thing to let the string go.

At last! Thnx Sensei!

Great information, thanks

👍The suggestion of release with shut eyes at short distance is the better way to be conscious of the shooting process...without the interference of ego that want to achieve a goal..

omg! thank you so much for this!

Hey NUsensei I like this video but one thing that helped my release exponentially is relaxing the forearm and not the fingers. If you haven’t tried this I’d recommend it to anyone having issues with release. Relaxing the forearm for some reason relaxes the fingers very equally

If you are using a clicker, then it is worth mentioning that you are pulling the arrow back at the point you release (rather than holding a particular draw length), so this is going to support the motion of a dynamic release.

I've been watching your videos and they are very informative, thank you! Do you have any tips for making your own targets?

thanks for the tips from norway

Thanks for the easy explanation of the release, the close up of your fingers just made it for me, to just relax by simply letting go. Just a word, do you ever have any electrical problems in your shooting area, I noticed the over load of lines plugged in the electrical outlet, I was amazed. LOL

thank you for this info

Hey Nu, Love your videos and I have learnt heaps from watching them. I do have a question about the follow through though. I am using a compound bow with a release aid, what is the correct way to follow through when shooting with a release aid? I think I am learning bad habits as with the release aid I am shooting from a static position and it feels weird when I try to follow through the same way I would when shooting my recurve.

thanks... very helpfull

Thank u so much sensai....

very helpful vids, thanks

this is super helpful, as are all of your videos Sensei. In my town, we have archery clubs but no teachers. do you have any suggestions other than watching videos? I thought about asking one of the more advanced people at the club for help, but get too many different answers as there are many different style of bows there, including traditional Chinese bow. I feel lost...

I will practice in the art of bag dropping

Sir my shoulder became high what i can do for it for my improvement

could you do a video on mechanical releases? I've never seen you shoot a compound, but figured I'd ask anyways! 😀

You just earned a subscriber ;D

I just tried to understand proper release - very good video. if you look at anchor point - the real anchor point is about where you fix the arrow or the string, not the hand or your fingers. when you static release you move a little your anchor point because the arrow will go from string a little forward. when you dynamic release actually you keep the arrow or the string in the anchor point and you move your arm backwards uncurling the fingers until the arrow goes. the traditional release is without device, only from fingers, so is made by uncurling the fingers while the arrow stays on anchor point (more or less). you just draw the elbow while uncurling fingers until the arrow escape from hand - actually until the string escape from it. at first look seems that you draw while you release, but actually the arrow stays on anchor point, the arm moves back while uncurling the fingers.

Just seen this vid for first time. Answer to making own targets...this is important for ALL archers to know,,,you do not need to buy and lug around all those great but heavy/awkward shooting cubes, I quit driving to improve my health ten years ago and do everything by bicycle,bus,& foot power along with a variety of multi size backpacks,and I love all shooting but NOT shooting around other people,,,sadly,here in the U.S. all the nut cases that really should NOT handle weapons have made fun shooting for us sane folks very difficult so I came up with my own kit to pack up & just go to a remote wooded area and set up and shoot all afternoon...the 2×2" square gym mats or shop fatigue mats are the perfect solution as they are the same size face wise, as the cubes, and are lightweight and portable and will last for a long ass time because just letting sit in the closet for awhile allows the puncture holes to self seal. Here is what I do...lay one mat so flat side is up, use double sided tape to line perimeter all along edge, use transparent industrial strength glue to spread on center area, then take second mat and perfectly place stop first mat with flat side down, this is for complete, tight seal. Now weight the top overnight to let dry, run a cut line right down the middle and slice through clean. Now on the two edges you just created with your nice, clean slice you will place a strip of Velcro and place together...this is a lightweight, portable archery target that can now be separated with a good pull, folded one over the other to slip perfectly into my pack with remainder of kit, and off I go to my favorite, secret shooting places,,,just toss target on suitable grassy Hill with enough of a steep angle to keep in place and/or using trusty belt knife, trim a couple saps as supports to stand it up...when you set up your new outdoor range just stick the two halves back together and start shooting or if you are comfy with your skill level, just use the two pieces for separate targets to alternate shots from, and you can spread them out if room permits and practice hitting multiple targets. You

I've been trying to look through the comments and searching some of your other videos but haven't found an answer to my question yet (and if I just overlooked it, can someone link the comment or video please?) But I was wondering about your thoughts on using a d-loop with a release, or other release aids from the compound bow world and using them on a recurve style bow.

How do I train to keep my bow arm up on the shot. I've always just dropped my bow arm.

Damn good video.

I was thinking about the release follow through. Where should my arm go if my anchor point is beneath my chin? Where should my elbow point? Where should my hand be? Thanks!

Could you please demonstrate proper release and follow through on a compound bow?

Thank you

Hey @nusensei can you give me an order to watch your videos for form from the ground up? All of you videos are so detailed and helpful but I’m a beginner and want to learn the fundamentals.

Summary of Release: Just let the string roll off your fingers as you expand to your anchor point in a natural fluid motion! Got it, Thanks!👊😇👍

I've read a guide that says the release should be sub-conscious and kind of surprise the archer. Apparently when we consciously release the arrow our body tries to compensate for it and ruins form. When I try to expand and relax my hand the string still seems to get caught on the tips of my finger. I still feel like i have to move my fingers out of the way to release the arrow. This results in me plucking the string and ruining the shot. Any suggestions?

Your release is so smooth! Personally, when my bow becomes too high of a poundage, I find that I will start plucking my string with a terrible follow through. That's when I start lowering it down to something more manageable.

Nu sensei What do you think of wrist turn described in Arab Archery and Saracen Archery as the best release when using thumb draw ?

@NUSensei

7 жыл бұрын

This is something I haven't come across, and can't really comment on.

@simonschuh5283

7 жыл бұрын

The Arabs use a thumb ring with a hook in it to hook the string they have to rotate the wrist in order to get the string to come off the hook.

Do you have a video showing how to initially fit and adjust a recurve sight. Should i adjust the pin to centre of the arrow?

@ericb6390

5 жыл бұрын

Follow the arrow, if aim and arrow is hitting high then raise your sight, if aim and hitting to right then move sight to the right, and so on

Could you do a video on how to find a coach?

after watching the video, I master my bow even more