6 Minute Friday: Sliding Thumb Release

6 Minute Friday :D
The Sliding Thumb! Not sure if that is something new, but at least I never read or heard about that :) Have a look, try it out and see if it works for you. Thank you as always for watching, sharing, liking and your comments.

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[agamagreen]

That’s interesting! I will try it myself later in the garden ☺️👍
Thank you so much for sharing! ☺️🙏

Exit: I have tried and with the Bamboo Archery ring it is relatively easy to practice with this set-up, since the ring is pressed against the middle finger. So it’s only a small movement… 😁👍

[smakajo]

I understand exactly what you mean. You literally taught me how to "aim" with a bow in an earlier video, so the detail in your teachings come with clarity.

[kevinmaughan]

Back to thumb draw, my favorite, started watching old videos of armins about thumb draw last night.
Need more of this

[Scario]

Interesting technique, I'll try it for long range shooting like 50-70m because right now I struggle to stabilize my release at these distances

[abeldasilva]

Fully understand will try it tomorrow morning.Thanks for the lesson.Armin you are the Professor of Asian archery.

[abeldasilva]

Finally tried this technique and it works fantastically.I have to practice it more so it’s more natural.Armin you are the God of archery.Thank you Professor .

[tpntch]

Absolutely incredible coincidence! I tried this about 5 days ago when I read some article focussing on the thumb/middlefinger lock (more or less ignoring the index finger support) and it felt like a revelation. The arrows come out noticeably "cleaner" and felt way more precise. I am definetly looking forward to more videos of this !

[hauzi]

I checked it out, as soon as i saw your Video.
Place : Austria/20.5°
Bow: Gozer Nomad L2 #42 28"
Arrow: Gold Tip Traditional 500, Length 32", GPI 8.6
Drawlength (till ear) 31"

Smoother release and solid Bow-chatra.
Significant tighter 3-shot-groups at 18 m (all around 8 cm Groups)
Even for my anchor at 31 " the sliding thumbrelease works better then the L-release.

Herzlichen Dank

[ambidextrousarchery]

More like a Fantastic Friday😃! The Snake, the Griffin (!!!), a new technique, and a 6-minute Friday! Thank you, Armin 🙇‍♂🏹

[SuperBigsupa]

Thankyou Master Armin! Have a great weekend🙏

[txarli]

Wow, this suggestion changed almost everything for my "self-taught" archery quest. U're an amazing communicator, I hope I can travel to malta someday and take some workshop with you...
I'm following you since quite a while ago, but I've never had commented on your videos, but now that I finally decided to break the silence, I had to say... So many thanks for your content, it has been core in my research. Big thanks!
Keep doing a great job man cheers! 🙇

[abeldasilva]

Just got back to archery now I am watching all of your basic Asian Archery lessons.Thanks again.

[MaHa-htqk]

That is great Input. Not sure whether i am doing it right, but thumb is now much straighter and therewith less under tension. Produces less pain and tighter groups.

[OlivierNeu]

🤯 Great technique!
I've been shooting with a shallow hook thumbring for a while. Always using the Kyudo style release of turning until 'it shoots'.
But this 'sliding thumb' technique seems to result in even less string oscillation.

[ooTheMAXXoo]

I have been doing something similar that I thought of as kind of a shallow hook in order to have a cleaner release. Not the same, I was not thinking about moving the thumb forward... I will have to pay attention more and try your technique to see what is what... Thanks again!

[UTxTheArchangel]

Always learning from you, you are a great teacher.

[monokheros]

i solved the fishtail inducing string vibration by moving my pointer finger to the other side of the string. i believe that i learned that from you. thanks

[NewandOldArchery]

In the book of Arabic Archery, they say to move you your thumb first. Your thumb is what opens the release not the index finger, your thumb pushes the index finger just like what you are doing here.

And on some of your shots after the sliding release your hand was still over your shoulder in a crescent moon shape especially on the 53 pound bow you were using. This means there was a clean follow through (according to Arabic archery military manual)

After doing this for awhile now (and while doing this speed shooting) I think This maybe have been the way of doing it. It does all that is described in the old books. (Even with accuracy)

It’s super accurate, efficient and you can do it fast, this definitely is the faster way of releasing, while still being accurate. I know this to be true 1, 000 percent. The other way doesn’t really work while shooting super fast.

When I’m shooting multiple arrows quickly this is the only way to shoot and be accurate and still be able to load fast. And now after watching this video and learning even more, I’m going to be using the added teachings u put in this video to become even more accurate.

I thank you big time for this sir. You taught me a lot in this video. (Especially concerning the draw elbow and this video, showed me a lot concerning the release, I’m going to be stealing this teaching 😆 j.k) but in all honesty I need to do a video on this asap. I cannot thank you enough sir.

[jareth]

Nice buddy!! It's like the double set trigger on a sniper rifle . One hallmark of a good archer is a silky smooth release

[niel]

after couple rounds i think this does help with the release even with heavy bows.
before this video, my method is i draw to my anchor, and when release i gentlely "open" my thumb, its mostly crisp but sometimes when i'm tired my thumb will be drag foreward.
now with this sliding release, i still draw to my anchor first and then i do the slide, its less shock and cleaner but yes need some practice.
holy, its so helpful, Armin thank you for this.