Chinese Archery I
Class Objective
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Chinese Archery I, Ritual Archery 文射, is a basic archery course. Students will learn about range rules and etiquette and critical archery form through ritual archery. Unlike modern bows, traditional bows do not have auxiliary accessories, so archer's form is the core and only thing matters. Since arrow head could not be seen during big draw, students need to learn instinct aim instead of using their eyes like in modern archery. All equipment including safety kits will be provided. |
Prerequisite
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Minimum age 8 years old or 7 with pre-evaluation. |
Class Format
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4 sessions (1hour/week). Max 6 people/class. |
Syllabus
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· Prevent injury. · Range safety rules and etiquette · Instinct aim . Thumb draw, arrow placed on lateral side of bow · Critical archery forms and skills including alignment and full draw 入彀, and Khatra 让箭 · Big draw shooting (5/10M) · History of ritual archery and other knowledge about Chinese archery |
Note: The syllabus is subjected to adjustments according to students’ conditions. - All the teaching materials are documented in ancient texts.
Chinese Archery II
Class Objective
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Chinese Archery II, elementary Military Archery 武射, is an intermediate archery course. Students will apply skills from I and transit from big draw to small draw at longer distances and fast shooting. More methods and grips of drawing, nocking, and releasing arrow will be introduced to set a solid foundation for fast shooting. All equipment including safety kits will be provided. |
Prerequisite
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Require Archery A1, Chinese Archery I, or legit experience in modern recurve or compound bows. |
Class Format
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4 sessions (1hour/week). Max 6 people/class. |
Syllabus
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· Small draw with different hand grips on both lateral and medial side of bows (10/15M) · Critical archery forms and skills including alignment and full draw 入彀, and Khatra 让箭 · Different grips for fast loading arrows and blind nock · Drills and games · Introduction to fast shooting, depends on the student’s learning conditions. · History of military archery and other knowledge about Chinese archery |
Note: - Syllabus is subjected to adjustments according to students’ conditions. - All the teaching materials are documented in ancient texts. Students could use their own bows if they already have.
Chinese Archery III
Class Objective
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Chinese Archery III, intermediate Military Archery 武射, is final stage of archery on foot before moving to mounted archery. Students need to master faster shooting and related tactical/martial arts movements. All equipment including safety kits will be provided. |
Prerequisite
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Require Chinese Archery II |
Class Format
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4 sessions (1hour/week). Max 6 people/class. |
Syllabus
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· Fast Shooting · Carrying multiple arrows with the hand and shoot · Shooting from different postures · Shooting from different body angles · Footwork and shooting on the move |
Note: - Syllabus is subjected to adjustments according to students’ conditions. - All the teaching materials are documented in ancient texts. Students could use their own bows if they already have.
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