Uploaded February 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A discussion of the "Holding" step in the KSL Shot Cycle. Positioned between Transfer and Expansion, Holding is a key part of the KSL Shot Cycle, enabling the archer to sit inside the bow and change their mental state from conscious movements to subconscious execution.
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A discussion of the "Holding" step in the KSL Shot Cycle. Positioned between Transfer and Expansion, Holding is a key part of the KSL Shot Cycle, enabling the archer to sit inside the bow and change their mental state from conscious movements to subconscious execution.
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![NU Archery Practice [Python] | 21 Oct 2024 | Pre-Nationals
Bow: Chaser Python
Limbs: Uukha EX-1 36#
Arrows: Easton A/C/E
Sight: Sanlida
Stabilisers: Shred
Clicker: E1 Sexy Leg
Finger tab: W&W EZ
Quiver: Legend XT-420
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![NU Archery Practice [Toparchery Turkish] | Jan 13th 2020
Practising a number of drills and skills, including shower shooting, blind nocking and a four-step drill for movement. This was done over several hours, so it was pretty clear that I was getting fatigued by the end.
Bows:
Toparchery Turkish Bow from Huntingdoor:
https://www.huntingdoor.com/46-traditional-turkish-bow-recurve-longbow-for-hunting-30-35-40-45-50-lbs.html
Music:
Te Amo by GenEric Beats:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NdIdVYCezM
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![How Fast Did English Longbowmen Shoot?
A deep dive into historical sources claiming how fast English archers could shoot.
Sources referenced:
Franklin, B. (1776, February 11). Letter to Major General Charles Lee. In E. Langworthy (Ed.), Memoirs of the life of the late Charles Lee, Esq. (pp. 312–314). J. S. Jordan. (Original work published 1792)
Hardy, R. (1976). Longbow: A social and military history. Patrick Stephens.
Hergrim. (2022, September 26). English archers shooting 12 arrows a minute: Celebrating 190 years of bad history [Online forum post]. Reddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/badhistory/comments/xoglgk/english_archers_shooting_12_arrows_a_minute/
Loades, M. (2019). War bows: Longbow, crossbow, composite bow and Japanese yumi. Osprey Publishing.
Mason, R. O. (1798). “Pro aris et focis”: Considerations of the reasons that exist for reviving the use of the long bow with the pike: In aid of the measures brought forward by His Majesty’s ministers for the defence of the country.
Neade, W. (1625). The double-armed man, by the new invention: Briefly shewing some famous exploits atchieved by our Brittish bowmen: With severall portraitures proper for the pike and bow. J. Grismand.
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