"russian"/"persian" back quiver techniqu

Uli · Post by **Uli** » Sun Nov 27, 2011 11:50 am

http://www.youtube.com/user/SeregedelRe ... o9RGnujlkI

this looks quite relaxed
& similar to persian back tirkash technique

anybody applied this to thumb draw ?

jack farrell · Post by **jack farrell** » Sun Nov 27, 2011 2:01 pm

Uli; This was posted a short while ago. The arrows have special nocks. The draw hand is held palm out.

Storm · Post by **Storm** » Sun Nov 27, 2011 5:02 pm

And the string is held in the proximal crease:

See here at 8:40
http://www.youtube.com/user/SeregedelRe ... _W01h1SVWQ

MJuingong · Post by **MJuingong** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 2:13 am

1. You need a slow-motion camera to check those two films out.

2. The bow the girl is using is obviously a light one, she can hold it at arm's length and pull the string from the bow arm's extended position.

Bede · Post by **Bede** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 8:53 am

I have never seen an authentic Islamic Persian back quiver nor is it mentioned in the manuscripts being translated at the moment. I do not doubt they existed for foot archers since there is a long history of them in the Middle East, but they are not illustrated or written about in old manuscripts from Iran. There are mentions in Mardi's Tabsirat written for Saladin of back quivers. There are some illustrations of archers or attendants carrying waist quivers over their shoulders by their belts.

The technique of shooting, as has been mentioned, is a reversed Mediterranean release without any intervention of the bow hand to hold the arrow. With the thumb release, the arrow is temporarily held by the thumb and index finger of the bow hand. The reason for this is to check the integrity of the arrow, something that would be necessary in battle, but not in a demonstration where everything would be checked out before the action.

Eleazar · Post by **Eleazar** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 7:01 pm

Hi Bede,

could you tell me more about Saladin back's quivers please?

Eleazar

Bede · Post by **Bede** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 6:18 am

The text has the names and not much more. I will look it up and see if I can find more detail.

Eleazar · Post by **Eleazar** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 8:02 am

Bede, you have my admiration. If you will find, I will try to do, OK?

Thank you very much.

PS: do you know How I can upload my photo to profil. For now it doesn't work