New book on shooting with a thumbring

Arry · Post by **Arry** » Fri Nov 30, 2012 12:37 pm

Hi, afaik Kay Koppedreyer's book is a good general introduction, but does not tell too much about technique. Adam Swoboda's book, on the other hand, concentrates on technique. So both books have their place, but are not really comparable.
Cheers,
Arry

Gocauo · Post by **Gocauo** » Fri Nov 30, 2012 5:23 pm

Hello Arry!

That is exactly what I was looking for...thank you for your reply!

Bede · Post by **Bede** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 7:27 am

Here is where you can find the review I wrote after reading Adam Swoboda's book. You might find it useful if you are not sure what the book contains.
http://www.thumbringarchery.org/blog/en ... bede-dwyer

Gocauo · Post by **Gocauo** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 4:30 pm

Thank you Bede!

But to be honest I went ahead and bough the book already...I'm just reading through it now to get the flavor as it were.

I plan to go through much more slowly once I get a thumbring fabricated.

Arry · Post by **Arry** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 5:22 pm

I believe this is a good course of action, especially if there is no-one around to learn from first-hand. When I started to actually shoot, parts of the book became clearer. An iterative process, really.

Fennec · Post by **Fennec** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 9:33 pm

I found the book in my mail yesterday.

The illustrations and the style of writing are very accessible. This book is pretty systematic and rich in detail. It covers the essentials and beyond. The chapters about bow maintenance, arrows and variations of thumbrings held quite a few things that I didn't know yet.

10/10

Arry · Post by **Arry** » Sat Jun 15, 2013 8:25 pm

Adam Swoboda, the author of the book, has made a short film about the follow-through of the bow hand:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSvxlwvhjjA

Arry · Post by **Arry** » Mon Jun 17, 2013 4:34 am

...and also another film on the fast-shooting techniques presented in the book:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejiU3ncU ... =youtu.be

mongolianarcher · Post by **mongolianarcher** » Sun Mar 02, 2014 4:55 am

I bought the book; it is equivalent to Arab Archery and Saracen Archery. Every thumbring archer should get ahold of it. It goes over every relevant topic (except horsearchery). The book has beautiful pictures, very technical at times, and I believe should come with a dvd! ahah

I am going to try to get Lukas to write a book. I will be his amanuensis if I must. He should at least translate his experience in horsearchery to the world.

Lucas

Jake Levi · Post by **Jake Levi** » Thu May 01, 2014 2:02 pm

It looks like I need to get his book for sure.

Adam that is a fascinating bow he is shooting in the video. How heavy is it? It looks quite wide compared to others that I see. Its a beautiful bow. Would you tell us more about it?

ringarcher · Post by **ringarcher** » Tue Feb 26, 2019 4:13 pm

As far as I know the address where the book can be purchased has changed and now is: http://thumbringarcher.org/ The address is very much similar to an old one - only one letter has changed.

Agras · Post by **Agras** » Sat Aug 21, 2021 10:19 am

Ordered one today and looking forward to get it. There is a german version too( i am german..). Does anyone know why that is 20 pages shorter than the english book? And what happened to the cover

New book on shooting with a thumbring

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