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How to aim a bow and arrow

The bow and arrow aiming techniques are as follows:

One, the three points of gaze, fitness and target.

We all know that the basic method of aiming is three points and one line, and bow and arrow aiming is no exception. Bow aiming is the gaze, fitness and target to form a three-point-one-line, to carry out accurate aiming.

Two, keep the arrow body and gaze in a straight line.

When aiming a bow and arrow, the biggest difficulty is how to ensure that the arrow body and eyes in a straight line, which directly determines the success of the aim.

Three, mastery of aiming skills.

The bow and arrow aiming is skillful, when aiming, we should try to put our face on the bow and arrow, which can improve the stability of aiming, and can combine the bow and arrow and the person, can be better aiming.

Bow and arrow origin

Engels said in 1863: "Bows, strings, and arrows are already very complex instruments, and the invention of these instruments requires long accumulated experience and a more developed intellect." And perhaps the invention of the bow and arrow is somehow related to the origin of music. Bernard, the British historian of science and technology, has said, "The woofy, coarse sound played by the bowstring may have been the origin of stringed instruments.

So the bow has contributed to both the scientific aspect of music and the artistic aspect of music." Regarding, the ancient Chinese had a unique theory that "the bow is born from the bullet" (Wu-Yue Chunqiu - Goujian's Conspiracy Outreach). Bullet refers to a slingshot. In the oracle bone inscriptions, the character "B" (弹) was written as a bow with a small capsule in the middle of the string to hold the projectile. This shape of slingshot has been widely popular in China. In modern times, some of the jugglers in Beijing's Tianqiao jugglers used this type of slingshot.

Perhaps, the ancestors first invented the slingshot to launch small stones or clay pellets, and then further explored the bow for archery, thus giving rise to the bow and arrow.