Therefore, it is necessary to adjust the posture and learn how to pull without straining the muscles.
Therefore, it is important to understand the details of the stepping motion. This is because stepping on the foot correctly reduces the burden and burden on the posture of the body and bow. First of all, by constructing a posture with no useless force on the upper body, it will be easier to wake up and draw.
At that time, the stepping angle is written as “60 degrees” in the first volume of the textbook. In the old days, this is described as “fan-shaped ruler” when the opening of the foot is compared to a fan. The old man explained the angle compared to a fan when the angle of about 7 or 8 was suitable for stepping without fully opening the 10-bone fan.
However, there are other ways to step. If you read an old archery book, there is also a way of stepping that changes the opening of the foot, which is called “half-character stepping”. Understanding these details will prevent the body from being lost in the next draw, leading to improved shooting and technical improvements.
In this section, I will explain “half-climbing”, which is a step other than the reverse letter C.
■Try to open your left leg wider (Hantyouji Asibumi)
A normal stepping foot opens the angle between both feet to 60 degrees. On the other hand, stepping on a half-letter character widens the left foot angle and narrows the right foot angle. Make sure that the toes of both feet are aligned with the target when you step on the half-character.
If you look at an old Japanese archery book, there is a sentence that is taken up as an explanation for half-stepping. For example, Norifuku Chiba, the second volume of the textbook, and Norin Suzuki, the third volume of the textbook, explain the stepping of the half-letter character as “stepping the left foot wide and narrowing the right foot”.
In addition, in the explanation of the shooting method of the fishery officer of the Oshu bamboo forest school, which is one of the archery schools, a half-letter stepping is explained. There are descriptions not only for Mr. Uozumi, but also for the four-volume book. There is also an explanation in the shooting manual of Noriyoshi Yoshida, a disciple of Awa Kenzo, that if you step on and pull a strong bow, you should step on your right foot a little narrower.
Next, I will explain the benefit to open your left leg wider when Ashibumi.
■it became easier to pull the bow
One of the features of half-climbing is that it makes it easier to push and pull the bow. The reason is that changing the stepping angle changes the position of the other joints.
By stepping on the left foot widely, the muscles and back muscles that tighten the left buttocks will be tightened compared to when the foot is stepped open at 60 degrees. This tightening of muscle leads to strengthening the pushing force in the target direction, so it becomes easier to push the bow. Many people tend to think that the left shoulder rises in the draw and the left arm muscles are pushed strongly if the push is not possible. In this way, even if you try to push hard, you can’t easily eliminate the rise in the left shoulder.
In that case, it can be improved by arranging the skeleton as follows. When striking, do not try to squeeze the bow with your left hand, but drop your left shoulder. Then, step on your left foot and tighten your left hip and back.
Then, when the bow load is applied, the left body is less twisted and can be pushed harder. In this way, to eliminate clogging and rising of the left shoulder, change the angle of the “left foot”, not the left shoulder itself. Actually, the cause of the force applied to the archer is also related to the position of the right elbow, but it can be used as a solution.
■It become easier to align your shoulder. Don’t pull your right shoulder behind when pulling
When pulling the bow, it is easier for beginner to move their left shoulder forward. Therefore Your right shoulder more likely to move behind.
To solve that problem, try to open your left leg wider.It makes it easier to align your shoulder. When you do this, your left bottom muscle tighten and your left shoulder lower. then your right shoulder joint will be wound inward.
If you close your right foot a little, That makes it very easier mot to pull the right shoulder behind.
When the angle of the left foot is widened, the direction in which the left hand presses and the direction in which the foot faces are closer. As a result, it is easier to push the left hand. In addition, as the angle increases, the spine in your body tightens. As a result, the body becomes weaker back and forth, but stronger left and right.
■Important notice
It seems that Hantyouji Ashibumi looks good, but there are important notice. If you stand with this war, Your left bottom may move behind. That makes it hard to press the bow strongly.
Because both the male and female tend to weaken the muscle as you get older. If your bottom muscle weaken,the pelvis cannot be raised. As a result,
and the force to push the bow open at the meeting decreases. This is explained by Norio Chiba in the second volume of the textbook, “If you become an elderly person, your left shoulder will not stretch, so you may take this step.”
There are only two such steps. One is when the muscles that tighten the buttocks become extremely weak in old age, and the other is when pulling a bow over 23 kg. In such a case, the burden on the left shoulder will be reduced, so it is necessary to change the way you step
But even so, there are many ways to devise. For example, “Slightly increase the number of kg of the bow and train the muscles of the left armpit” and “Train the external rotator muscle of the buttocks and raise the pelvis”. In any case, by reading not only archery books but also anatomy books and understanding the function of half-climbing, you can see what you need to improve your archery.
As you can see, there are other ways of stepping than the method of opening at 60 degrees. In fact, changing the width or opening angle of both legs can affect the body. Understand “Effects of shooting on how to step” and understand how it affects shooting.
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