The reason why lay down the bow inward about 15 degree

Why do Korean archers let the bow lie inside his body at about 15 degrees when shooting an arrow ?

This is not intentionally to lay down the bow at 15 degrees, but to check whether it was pushed exectly by turning Jung-gu-mi(중구미) inward.

Jung-gu-mi(중구미) refers to the upper part of the forearm.

Usually beginners are not good at pushing just Junggumi not rear arm inward, so master check that beginner shoud even a bow to lay about 15 degrees.

You should turn less than Jung-gu inward and not turn your forearms.

This feeling may be a little weird.

The reason for doing so is that the fore and rear arms act as like screw is tightened and fixing them like joints.

That’s why it’s completely fixed so that the forearms don’t fold until the end of the release.

When the forearm is not tense, the forearm could be fold a little when Junggumi (the upper part of the forearm) is not twisted, and when the entire arm is tightened, the forearm (Junggumi) is twisted.

And if you lay down the bow it has the advantage of stably catching arrows on the third side.

If the bow stands upright, the three sides that hold the arrow will not be effective.

The reason why the left hand is twisted is that the restoration point of the string is fundamentally in the center of the rim of bow, so if there is no opreation , the arrow will go to the right, so to offset it, the left and right hands are automatically squeezed inward and released.

Let’s find out how to practice twist Junggumi inward without using a bow next time.