forefinger practice Persian Cane game

Zarasp · Post by **Zarasp** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 9:57 pm

Hi,

the Persian stick target game to correct the forefinger of the bow hand, is a good game to play when you try shooting both horizontal & vertical planes with pin point accuracy, it is much more fun with sharp arrows so they don't break but cut the target form the top in small pieces until no marks are left.in Sistaan it's called the "cane" game & done in distances up to about 30 meters!!!

all you need is a stick a few millimeters wider than your arrow shaft, put in ground, (or taped to a target) vertical, mark it and shoot from top to bottom, its a simple design, but the vertical stick creates a minimal horizontal plane , this gives a much better estimation of your skill that hitting a round target.

this practice was probably a good measure of the sharpness of the arrows too, as a stick in the ground will not be cut without moving it unless the arrows are sharp.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBhrgdk2eKs

Uli · Post by **Uli** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 7:51 am

Uli · Post by **Uli** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 7:53 am

interesting training technique, thanks for teaching

I'm also a great fan of the Hwarang bow.

jbl · Post by **jbl** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 2:53 pm

Great stuff as always Zarasp. Thank you for another training tool.

Gokmen · Post by **Gokmen** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 5:04 pm

I remember Hector Cole showing us a similar game in Czech Rep, which was practiced with longbows.

ravenbows · Post by **ravenbows** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 2:05 am

I have been doing this since being a teenager. Just intuitively, always felt it was a good way to practice.......often times I would use an old arrow and mark it or use the fletching as markers to aim at.......just like the old addage...."nothing new under the sun."

Amarutu · Post by **Amarutu** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 6:55 am

...but something new under my sun. thank you!

Zarasp · Post by **Zarasp** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 10:55 am

Thank you i hope this is useful for you,

I am in no position to "teach" this technique, i am just repeating what i remember from my grandfather' teaching in a very simplistic way to share & hopefully find references/ corrections of this old technique.

Important note, this practice was probably a good measure of the sharpness of the arrows too, as a stick in the ground will not be cut without moving it unless the arrows are sharp.

please if anyone has references of this technique in a thorough way share.

Sincerely
Zarasp

BK · Post by BK » Sat Oct 01, 2011 1:17 am

when you think about it, if you are consistently hitting a line the width of your arrow's diameter at 10 yards you'll hit it at 20, 40, 60---------------yds. windage becomes one less thing to worry about, elevation can be a bitch though. Thanks for providing this source.
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gpang788 · Post by **gpang788** » Sat Jan 28, 2012 8:20 am

Can someone repost the video again? Its gone..