Wednesday 17 October 2018

Myranda from Game of Thrones

This is Myranda from Game of Thrones. Good series, was better when it was still based on the books, now everything happens too quickly, characters teleport from the other corner of the world to another in the change of the scene and people get resqued from seemingly certain death in the last second.

Anyway, Myranda here thinks you should look in the line of the arrow you are shooting. No, you don't need to do it. You shouldn't do it. Hold your arrow on the cheek, not in the line of the eye. Sometimes arrows are shot even lower, from shoulder level, especially in Eastern archery. So having the arrow line with your eye is not necessary, it can even be detrimental if you learn how to shoot like this. Since you have to learn how to not shoot like this afterwards. There's no benefits in holding an arrow this high, it just messes up your concentration when you think you should use the arrow as a guide. You shouldn't, you should just know where the arrow is pointing and where it will fly. You will learn this with a little bit of practice. Practice that the actress of Myranda sadly hadn't had time or resources to have.
She also bends her torso backwards which is not a stance you want to have.
Also could be that she doesn't use her back muscles to do the draw, instead pulling the string with only her arms strength.
And the ubiquitous back quiver is of course present.

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