The kyudo vocabulary

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  • Manners for enjoy Kyudo life

    The important thing is the safety and the avoid inconveniencing others.
    Each dojo has its own rules, so please follow them.
    The following is an example

    • Don’t touch other people’s tools without permission.
      Warming up with the other’s bow.
      Check the shape of other’s arrows.
      Check the other’s glove condition.
      etc.
    • Don’t draw the direction of the people with/without arrow.
    • Don’t straddle each tool.
    • Don’t check the aiming direction without permission.
    • Take care the final position of the Dojo.
    • Take care for concentration the other people.

    Ref.) 弓具の雑学事典

  • Front side Uchiokoshi

    I obtained some interesting results:

    • It is said that the Uchiokoshi is easier to align both shoulders, and I found this to be true.
    • Both shoulders felt slightly constrained.
    • By checking the condition of my shoulders while drawing the bow, my movements became slower.

  • Arrange glove 2

    I tried using the arranged glove, and the following issue was identified:

    • The wrist rest was too soft

    I will make improvements.

    Before post
    Arrange glove

  • Arrange glove

    I arranged the gloves to fit my own fist.

    • Arranged the stiffness of the glove
    • Changed the number of fingers from three to four
    • Modified the shape of the fork to better suit my fist

  • Effects of Stiff Shoulders

    Notice
    I trained with stiff shoulders condition, moving of the scapula differs from normal condition.
    Please check left scapula in under picture, difference between normal and left shoulder stiffness condition.
    It is presumed that the stiffness affects performance.

  • Check my triple cross 3

    Update my style, scapula is in my body more than before.
    So, the position of the bones has become more stable.

    I will want to right scapula more stable.

  • Old training scene

    I found my training scene in 2012.
    Compared to now, there are various differences.
    Overall: The force vector is not aligned with the bow. It is imaginable that Hanare move could become not aligned.
    Yugamae: The left arm was too hold
    Uchiokoshi: Not natural the left arm moving
    Kai: The bow and body were not united
    Hanare: The force vector is not aligned

    note)
    If I had be training the style, everything except Hanare can remains.
    However, I train another style – now Yugamae is better – then and now, it is not good that the left arm is too hold.

  • Update the Uchiokoshi

    Update my Uchiokoshi, the appearance changes are minor, but the content has changed significantly.
    The yunde operation has become very natural and great.
    The natural motion is high performance and low cost to my body.
    I will continue for update my style.

    The left is before, the right is after

  • Check my triple cross 2

    Please enjoy the video -front and back view-.

    Compare the first shoot and the later part, pull length of the first was longer than the later. (Yellow maker)
    The condition of the back muscles differs between the first and the later.
    The cause of differ condition is fatigue, but the goal is to reach a stable state that remains unchanged even when fatigued.

  • With/Without glove 2

    I find the section in the book Gendai-Kyudo-Kouza that was similar to the page –With/without glove-.
    1. Clip the arrow by the thumb and index finger
    2. Clip the arrow, and hook the string by the ring finger
    3. Hook the string by three or four fingers
    4. Hook the string by the thumb and hook the thumb by index finger and middle finger
    Each style has each culture.

    Ref.) 現代弓道講座