If an archer shoots just for fun he has all his skill.
If he shoots for score his hands tremble and his breath is uneasy.
If he shoots for a golden prize he becomes mad and blind.
His skill was not lessened, but the vision of the target changed him.
-Old Chinese poem
If he shoots for score his hands tremble and his breath is uneasy.
If he shoots for a golden prize he becomes mad and blind.
His skill was not lessened, but the vision of the target changed him.
-Old Chinese poem
So long as the new moon returns in heaven a bent, beautiful bow, so long will the fascination of archery keep hold in the hearts of men.
You have to relax when you're shooting an arrow. You can't be tense. And that just helps, in your day-to-day life.
-Stephen Amell
Nothing clears a troubled mind better than shooting a bow.
-Fred Bear
Don't think of what you have to do, don't consider how to carry it out! The shot will only go smoothly when it takes the archer himself by surprise.
-Eugen Herrigel
Fundamentally the marksman aims at himself.
-D.T. Suzuki
