Another bullworker workout most suited for a smaller model.
This one is not for beginners!
A beginner can do it if they take more rest after each set.
But for those seasoned Bullworkers athletes among us, taking as little rest as possible for this workout will surely put you to the test!

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DYNAMIC POWER:
DRAWING THE BOW FROM THE CHEST by Mihai Cozmei

The optimal combination of accuracy and rate of fire is the main skill to be developed in mounted archery.
In order to be able to load and shoot fast without loosing power and accuracy, all the technical movements should be perfectly balanced.
The ideal form is to have always the arms moving symmetrically: closing the hands during the loading and open them at drawing-release.

At the level of the drawing technique this means to push the bow from the chest with the left hand, while pulling the string back with the right hand.
In one ancient Chinese archery manual the archer is advised to push the bow from the chest “like the moon rising from his breast”…

In our opinion, this technique requires a dynamic stance, otherwise it becomes very difficult to stretch the bow arm steadily and fast enough without avoiding the stress at the level of the elbow and shoulder.
Is more easy to open an elastic door by pushing first your body (with the left shoulder in front), through it, than using just the arms while standing unmoved in front.

Considering the bow as an elastic door, the drawing operation can be done with minimum muscular effort, by using the weight in motion of the chest turning into the bow.
This method can be compared with playing billiard:
When you hit a stationary ball with the other ball, the first one starts moving, while the hitting ball  stops (eventually even move back).
The hitting ball is the body, while the passive one is the bow.

For a good power transfer the bow arm should remain relaxed and elastic during the entire operation.
In our opinion, the optimal drawing position is with the both hands on the same level in front of the chest, with the left elbow near touching the body on the vertical line under the bow hand.
It is an double bended arm’s form, like an “attacking cobra”, with the wrist and the elbow locked in an elastic way.

The drawing operation starts with a short push from the chest, while turning the shoulders on the shooting line.
The power is transmitted to the bow while stretching naturally the left arm, avoiding all the time the stress at the level of the elbow, wrist and shoulder.
Because of the “billiard effect”, the body  is not going out of the balance, but it stops while sending just the bow forward.

The bow is drawn 90% practically without muscular effort, just using the weight in motion of the chest turning into the bow.
The full back tension is applied just at the snatched release, together with a lightning fast drawing of the last one-two inches of the arrow.

One of the most important conditions is to keep the left arm always supple and elastic.
After release, the left arm is bringing immediately the bow back, with the string horizontal in contact with the inner forearm and the elbow at the same level.
Practically the operation starts by letting the left elbow to fall by itself in the drawing position, followed immediately by an other push from the chest.
When the elbow is reaching the middle line, the nocking is already completed and the power transfer can be done without interruptions.

The right hand reacts automatically, pulling the string while rotating back the drawing elbow (like we described  in the previous post about the Circular Method).
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