The distance from the string to the bow’s grip. Changing the brace height can be accomplished by changing the length of the string. This will indeed change the performance of the bow. An ancient Empire in what is in our current day Iran. Parthians ruled over a vast region from 247 B.C.to 224 A.D. Their lands stretched from modern-day eastern Turkey to Pakistan in the west and from the Persian Gulf in the south to Armenia in the north. The Parthians fought against ancient Rome and dealt a crushing defeat to her legions at the Battle of Carrhae in 55 A.D. The upper and lower arms of a bow. The limbs store the energy and transfer it to the string and therefore to the arrow. Limbs are curvy and sexy as all good limbs ought to be. As related to archery, the nodes are the spots on an arrow that do not oscillate when the arrow is flying. The nodes actually stay aligned. A bow itself can also have nodes that do not vibrate when the arrow is released and/or the bow is shot. The Japanese yumi, being asymmetrical, actually has the handle on a node, about 1/3 the way up the bow from the bottom. Very little vibration is felt at this point. An innocent enough mistake the uninitiated may make. The results could however be damaging to the bow and people alike.

The term “end loop” simply refers to the loops at the ends of a bowstring. A bowstring may be constructed in a number of ways, but they all must have some loop or means of being secured to the limb tips. Some bowstrings, such as those of the traditional Turkish bowstring have a separate loop secured to the bowstring proper.Under various monarchs, such as King Edward III, it was mandatory for all able-bodied men to practice archery weekly. This was to ensure the king would have competent archers at all times for his military campaigns. Many men would be found practicing at the butts on the weekends during these times. This refers to an arrow shaft that has been compressed along its length. This is done to increase strength and straightness. Made from a small, flexible yet sturdy material, typically leather, a finger tab protects the archer’s fingers from the dreaded finger pinch. The tab is usually specially shaped to cover the inside of the index, middle, and ring fingers for archers shooting Mediterranean style. The process of applying pressure using the heel of the bow hand on the lower end of the handle while drawing and shooting. A military decree or declaration made by Edward III of England to ensure that his subjects kept up their archery practice. He needed strong and well-seasoned archers for his military campaigns. Here is a little excerpt.

The practice of hunting game using archery. This is one of the oldest and most widespread occupations of the human race. Amazingly it has gone on for thousands upon thousands of years and still goes on today. Of course, archery technology has evolved over the years, but the concept is still the exact same. A jig which a fletcher or arrowsmith used to secure the arrow shaft and fletching while the arrow is being put together. The Assyrian empire was a mighy and ruthless war machine that had managed to rise from obscurity to control much of the middle east in ancient times. They were among the first to cast aside bronze and use a much more robust metal for forging the tools of war, iron. The iron age had begun.

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Organs such as the liver and kidneys lose mass with age and decline in efficiency. The brain is somewhat smaller after the age of 40 and shrinks markedly after age 75, especially in the frontal and occipital lobes. This shrinkage is not, however, correlated with declines in mental capacity. Intellectual declines in the elderly are the consequence of underlying disease conditions, such as Alzheimer disease or cerebrovascular disease.

Some like the look of them, others say that they produce more nice than other cuts such as the parabolic fletch. A piece of hard and resilient material that is placed on the side of the bow just above the handle. The purpose of the arrow plate is to provide some protection to the bow and/or bow handle area from the friction of arrows and fletchings as the arrows fly past the handle and away from the archer. An arrow plate is also sometimes called a strike plate. Flex, in terms of archery, refers to the amount of bend an arrow shaft provides. This is somewhat synonymous with spine. The greater the spine the less flex an arrow will have.A form of archery practice done in the great outdoors. The archer first chooses a target, typically a natural feature such as a mound of dirt or a tree. After the target is selected the archer shoots one or more shots and then moves on to selecting new targets. Safety is important and the practice is usually best performed in open areas with a low population density.

Fast flight is used mostly on traditional bows as compounds require materail with even more rigidity. Kevlar and various rigid plastics are used with some compounds. We’ve compiled an extensive, alphabetical glossary of archery terms. This list was made as extensive as possible with special consideration for the beginner archer. Go ahead, compare our list with any other out there on the interwebs. You’ll find ours has more words and phrases and in our opinion, the definitions are more descriptive and entertaining to read. You may use this glossary of archery terms as a reference guide, by looking up the word or phrase you are interested in or read it however you see fit. Either way, you will be sure to enrich your archery knowledge and vocabulary.Several modern bowfishing set-ups and equipment have been developed for modern archery bows, such as compounds, modern recurves, and even crossbows. The most fundamental piece of equipment in these set-ups is the reel. Most beginners start with a bottle-type reel, which requires the archer to haul in the fish by hand. Some graduate to spincast reels which allow the archer to play with the fish on the line to tire it out, very much like a reel on a fishing rod. A type of string for a bow. The term is a brand name of a string made by the company Brownell. The main desireable characteristic of fast flight is that is doesn’t stretch as much as some other materals or bowstring brands such as dacron. This rigidity and strength allows for more energy to be transfered to the arrow from the bow upon release. This energy efficiecy is the reason why it is called “fast flight”. A bow with a rectangular cross-section. Because of the rectangular cross-section of a flatbow, the stress of the limbs as they bend is more evenly distributed than that of a rounded cross-section bow. This makes flatbows quite sturdy. They are usually self bows, that are made from a single stave of wood. Several native American tribes, Inuit, and peoples of northeastern Europe used bows of the flatbow variety. Persia was the world’s first superpower stretching its empire and influence far and wide in the ancient world. The Persians also understood the importance of archery as their armies always had plenty of them. See our article on Persian archery here.