October 14 : Tape it up!

October 14 : Tape it up!
Sundays:

11:30-class outdoors, rain or shine.

 3:00 class weather looks good-outdoors!

Wednesday:
October 17: 6:30  Too dark for outside, we will be inside!

Last week we worked on getting the wrist snap-“sit dog!” with the sling doing the work to catch the bow. Bow arm stays STEADY.
Only the wrist snaps downward, with slight tension in the open thumb of the bow hand, and several students brought a shoelace to learn to make bow slings, sized to fit their hand.

This week we will focus again on the bow hand, and mark the lifeline with a pen, and tape the area that should touch the bow grip. We all use our hands constantly and when it comes to the setting of our hands into the bow, we try to "control" rather than simply "place". We will start with some blank bale training.

"PURPOSE: So what exactly is the purpose of the bow hand? What are we supposed to do with our hand when we put it on the bow’s grip section? The answer is simple; place the hand on the bow in a manner that allows the arm bones to resist the force loads that occur when the bow is drawn to full draw position." Larry Wise; Photos courtesy Larry Wise