Speaking of archery, a sense of heroism arises spontaneously. "Ceremony, music, shooting, imperial, calligraphy, number", among the six ancient arts, shooting art occupies one seat, and every stroke and style reveals elegance. Because archery pays attention to accuracy, the bowman takes his time, and the arrow moves away from the string like lightning, which fascinates many people.
Yesterday, Mr. Cheng, a citizen, took a walk in his spare time and met such a modern sportsman who likes archery in Hankou River Beach. During the exchange, he learned that the archer’s accurate archery skills depended on self-study, and he was amazed when he admired them.
Can citizens personally own bows and arrows? How to buy? Can you practice in public places? In response to this incident, Wuhan Evening News reporter conducted an interview.
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36-year-old white-collar Hankou River Beach "an arrow through the heart"
Hold the longbow firmly with your left hand, and slowly pull the bowstring to your chin with your right hand, then quickly release your fingers. With a whoosh, the long arrow hit the bull’s eye 20 meters away. This is a scene that happened on the bank of Hankou River yesterday morning. A set of coherent and handsome movements came down, which made the passing citizens can’t help but praise "beautiful".
The reporter contacted the archery enthusiast Mr. Qin (a pseudonym). He told reporters that he is 36 years old and engaged in administrative work. He has taught himself archery for just one month, and his archery equipment was purchased from the Internet. Although the time is not long, in the training of 12 arrows as a group, we can already achieve good results of 5 yellow and 7 red.
Mr. Qin introduced that the reason why he can reach such a level in a short time is inseparable from his deep sports skills. Generally, beginners will have some difficulty in pulling strings because they lack muscle strength as the foundation, and their bows will be unstable. However, because he practiced badminton in a sports school when he was a child, he was supported by muscle strength. Coupled with his later experience as a soldier, he needed to stand up and raise his gun every day to practice shooting, so he skipped the two basic exercises of bow-ending and aiming, and naturally he would get started quickly.
Every weekend, Mr. Qin will choose a place with few people on the river beach for training, which often lasts from 7 am to 5 pm. "The feeling of an arrow hitting the target, bang, is very exciting!"
Although the formal practice only started in November this year, before that, he consulted the basic theory of archery on the Internet and taught himself. Coupled with persistent basic strength training, in just one month, Mr. Qin not only completed the whole set of archery movements, but also hit the bull’s-eye 20 meters away.
Mr. Qin said with a smile that his wish is to participate in the ACAC (Archery Club League) competition next year.
[expert]
Citizens can practice in regular indoor places.
Regarding Mr. Qin’s case, Wang Gang, vice president of Wuhan Archery Association, said that ordinary citizens should not follow suit at will. Mr. Qin himself has rich sports knowledge and a solid physical foundation, which is difficult for ordinary people to do. However, there are still security risks when choosing outdoor practice. At present, there are many archery ranges in Wuhan, and interested citizens can choose regular indoor places under the guidance of professional coaches to practice.
Wang Gang told reporters that bows and arrows are mainly divided into recurve bow, compound bow and straight bow. No matter what kind of bow and arrow you learn, it is entirely your personal preference, and there is no difference between high and low. He personally suggested learning from recurve bow, because it is the mainstream event of archery in the world.
"The Olympic Games has recurve bow events, so major cities in China have professional recurve bow sports teams." Wang Gang told reporters that the professional team has studied this project very thoroughly, from technical movements to psychological training, every detail is included. Beginners learning recurve bow can refer to these achievements and achieve twice the result with half the effort.
Wang Gang introduced: From the perspective of fitness, ordinary people practicing archery is good for health — — Sedentary people can exercise their muscles and bones through archery, especially to prevent hunchback. Because archery pays attention to "shoulders open and back tight", shoulders are opened and the waist is straight, so naturally it will not hunch over. When aiming, the distance between the eyes and the bow and arrow is 30 cm to 40 cm, and the distance between the eyes and the target is more than 10 meters. The eyes are adjusted repeatedly between the two, and the eyeballs move repeatedly.
For people who play mobile phones at close range for a long time and watch computers "destroy" their eyes, practicing archery is a rare exercise and compensation.
[Police]
Archery in public places is suspected of endangering public safety.
Are archery articles controlled items? Can I carry it legally? The reporter learned from the Wuhan police that at present, in China’s laws, bows and arrows are not clearly defined as controlled items, so it is not illegal for ordinary bows and arrows without firing devices to be recognized as sporting goods and owned and carried by citizens. However, in public places, we must pay attention to the safe packaging of arrows. If the packaging is not done well, public transport can refuse to take the passengers.
At the same time, the police reminded shooting enthusiasts that any gun powered by gunpowder and capable of shooting injuries is a controlled item. In addition, crossbows with firing devices are controlled items, and individuals cannot buy and carry them at will. The most common controlled shooting tool is the crossbow that fires steel balls.
The police also emphasized that shooting with arrows in public places is also suspected of endangering public safety. Therefore, this newspaper reminds the public not to practice in public places, so as not to accidentally hurt others and bring unnecessary trouble to themselves.
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Archery entry-level complete set of equipment is about 3000 yuan
Mr Qin told reporters that the bow and arrow he chose was the American hunting bow, and the price of the bow was around 800 yuan, taking advantage of the "double 11" discount.
He introduced that both American hunting bow and traditional bow can be collectively referred to as traditional bows, but one is a traditional bow in China and the other is a traditional bow in Britain and the United States. The arrows used in modern bows are all made of modern materials. The cheapest one is a glass fiber arrow, which costs a few dollars, followed by a mixed carbon arrow and an aluminum arrow, and the most expensive one is a carbon arrow. According to the straightness and hardness standards, the price ranges from several yuan to several hundred yuan. The higher the standard, the more expensive the arrow is.
Because it belongs to the initial stage, the arrow chosen by Mr. Qin is a mixed carbon arrow from 14 yuan.
According to a Taobao shop owner, the price of archery equipment varies from several thousand yuan cheap to tens of thousands of yuan expensive. For beginners of archery, they can participate in this sport by purchasing a set of primary equipment of about 3000 yuan, including two bows, 12 arrows and simple protective gear. Reporter Xie Binglin