A Real Archer In Training

[Gibbs505]

I have seen demonstrations of medieval Japanese horse archery in which the archer is shooting with his grip on the bottom 1/3 of the bow.

If the Japanese only developed one type of bow this would make sense because you can't use a longbow from horseback by gripping it in the middle. Being a Samurai was expected to be an all around warrior it would make sense that he would carry only one type of bow for both types of combat.

Armies that were horse based developed the horse bow specifically to allow the archer to fire from horse back. Armies that were more infantry based (and culturally more homogeneous) tended to go for longer bows even it it wasn't a true long bow.

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willowfall

Interesting!

 

[phlebas]

This archer looks strangely familiar

 

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[Gibbs505]

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[phlebas]

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Looks like Elf armor


Wow, she would blend into the background, sinuous as the deadliest snake


Hard to follow that, but I'll try

 

[ShadowWolf]

Looks like Elf armor
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Wow, she would blend into the background, sinuous as the deadliest snake
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Hard to follow that, but I'll try
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It seems to me the lady with the red hair and the angel are delivering punishment against those who did wrong. I wonder what other forms of punishment they would dole out

 

[Gibbs505]

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[phlebas]

bend that bow

 

[willowfall]

Ok, shooting with my toes I can't do. She wins.

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[Jollyrei]

If Lara wants to quickly strip the skin off her fingers, she should by all means shoot like this.

 

[phlebas]

There is something very elegant about a woman with a bow.
Elegant and deadly

 

[phlebas]

Bump

 

[Jollyrei]

Elegant and deadly

She's very cool under fire.

 

[Crux-Emperor Baracus X]

That's a deadly weapon !!

 

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That's a deadly weapon !!

One weapon is long range, the other rather shorter range.

 

[phlebas]

Bump

 

[ShadowWolf]

One weapon is long range, the other rather shorter range.

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The pictures 6-8 have a nice artistic quality to it. I especially enjoy the arrow and stance in the pictures.