The important of Torikake is two things.

If you would like to pull the bow with ease, you need relax your right hand. please learn how to use your finger to decrease unnecessary power of your right hand.

To pull the bow wider without unnecessary power, you should learn two things how to set your finger.

1. put the root of your middle finger on the thumb.
2. touch the side of middle finger to the thumb.

please pull the bow with two way, you can pull the bow more easily.

I will explain how to use your finger to pull the bow strongly with your right wrist relaxed.

The article is for three fingers type of globe(mitsugake).

Let’s use the root of middle finger while pulling it, don’t use the tip of middle finger.

the middle finger have three joint. to pull the bow strongly, let’s use the part between second joint and third joint(the root of middle finger).

Aditionally, let’s use the side part of middle finger.

when you do that, you can hold your thumb with your middle finger.

and you can loosen your right wrist and this makes your right arm move easily after Uchiokoshi.

Therefore, you can pull the bow with your finger relax and with your wrist aligned straight.

If you tighten your tip of finger. your wrist muscle tighten while pulling. As a result, it can be difficult to move your arms wisely. You can not pull the bow strongly.

So, it become hard to move your right elbow behind your right elbow.

To release the arrow straight, it is important to move your right hand straight. So you should move your right elbow behind.

To move your right elbow widely, please not tighten your tip of finger.

In old kyudo book, There is an explanation to use your finger which is called ekyuuzenliki

E give
Kyu rest
Zen
Liki tighten ring finger and little finger

This teaching explain that you should tighten ring finger and little finger, while you should relax your thumb, pointer finger and middle finger.

If you tighten your tip of finger, you have a stiff in your middle finger and thumb, too.

you will pull the bow with unnecessary power.

kyudo teacher said that it is important to use your elbow to pull the bow widely.

but you will not move your elbow fully if you tighten your tip of finger. it become hard to be conscious of right elbow while pulling.

If you put your root of middle finger on your thumb, you
become can relax your right wrist and your arm.

you can pull the bow with your right wrist straight

If you put your side part of middle finger, your right wrist align straight. as a result. it can be easier to raise your arm.

in the kyudo book, it is important

your thumb align vertical to the string.

the plain of your arm align vertical to the ground.

if you put the side root of finger, your right wrist, you can make this form.