Nostalgia

That’s because the target is very close to her, genius.

I am sure this poor woman can shoot a lot better that you.

I don't get what you're saying about drawing an inch before release but about accuracy it's all about the training and the quantity and quality of the practice.....you train for the arrow to go where the eyes are fixed...so it doesn't matter how fast you shoot except to say that a person trained this way is more accurate the faster he shoots because it gives less time for the conscious mind to interfere with the shot .....the way we train turns the subconscious mind into a ballistic computer

​​@@jareth7456I've been using our European d-flex longbows, only an 80lb draw at 28" for over 20yrs now (feeling old 😄) and I'm fairly fast but haven't reached that kind of unconscious accuracy yet. Yes a lot of it is instinctive the same as any physical movement like my footwork and bladework, or even the way I pass or kick the rugby ball but we still take a moment to pick where we want to hit it. A lot of historians I've met have told me that archers didn't just loose long flight arrows, they picked their targets and a lot of the time fired from within their effective range which when you think of the kinds of armour could be literally only yards away, so taking a moment to examine the target and pick a soft spot makes more sense doesn't it? I was only making the disclaimer that having speed over power and accuracy isn't a good idea or something that was done historically, the way he's show us is VERY impressive but more akin to trick shooting than archery, I can easily throw and shoot a can out of the air if I only draw it an inch sure, but it doesn't represent anything practical. Maybe that's part of the problem with modern sport archery, you win the point if you hit the target it doesn't matter how. Sorry for over explaining that I just wanted us to be on the same page 🙂

i often practice this same technique although i am nowhere near this level. in the fifteenth century arabic archery manual this technique is known as "shooting from the heart". Mihai Cosmei is clearly a master of the technique. watch him do it again. it is not performed by the draw hand alone like modern target archery it is more about how he used his bowhand. having taken the arrow from his quiver and knocked or loaded it onto the string he then punches his bowhand out and towards his target releasing at the right moment. we just cannot judge this technique from a modern archers perspective, there is far too much going on for that, remember where the name and description came from, a fifteenth century training manual. now ok i am told he uses a very lightweight bow, around twenty five pounds draw weight but he is not hunting with it, it could be said he is trick shooting at that draw weight however when i throw arrows this way i am using a fifty pound ottoman bow and whilst that is not "warbow" draw weight it is not far off and there is more than one archer today practicing the technique on warbows at the heavier end of the scale.

It's an asymmetric bow of Akkadian design I believe but otherwise called the living arrow bow

Thank You!@@jareth7456