B.E.S.T archery

[fazhu]

Hello all.  After doing research on proper form, here (thanks Moebow and Terry!) and elsewhere, I keep hearing about B.E.S.T archery.  This is the technique codified by Kisik Lee, yes?  What other resources are available (one on one doesn't count as I live on Guam) to learn more about this?  I know mr. Lee has written two books, which one is a better first?  I have also heard the name Mckinney but can't seem to find any info.  Is B.E.S.T where you learned the rotational draw technique from Moe?  I loved your video on that and am trying to incorporate it and would love to delve into it with both feet as it were.  Thanks for any help any one can give.

[moebow]

Hi fazu,  I spent several years in Guam one week at Anderson AFB    

BEST is an acronym for Biomechanically Efficient Shooting Technique and YES, it is the technique that KiSik Lee has defined in his books.  They are rather expensive and if I was to get just one,
"Total Archery -- Inside the Archer" is the one!  It IS definitely a target archery oriented book but it has all the elements of form that can be adapted to your own shooting style.

I have spent most of my retired life learning this style and trying to adapt it to a useable form for us traditional shooters.  I use this basic and try to adjust what is taught there to the styles I've learned from Asbel, Hamm, Ferguson, Wesley and Jenkins.  What I show on the video is probably not exactly what BEST really wants to see but as I say, I've tried to demonstrate a way that gets traditional shooters into their back muscles in a most efficient and repeatable way.  Once you have learned the FEEL of really being in the back you don't have to be as exaggerated as in the video.  It is simply a way to get that feel.

Depending on what type of shooting you want to do, it (Total Archery) will give you form basics and the reason why and you can pick and choose any part that works for you. I will say that it is a system that is proven to REDUCE common archery injuries.  You cannot avoid injury if you are doing anything at all but reducing them I would think is a plus.

Glad you got something out of the video and let us know how it is going from time to time.

[zetabow]

Originally posted by moebow:

 learning this style and trying to adapt it to a useable form for us traditional shooters.    

What I show on the video is probably not exactly what BEST really wants to see but as I say, I've tried to demonstrate a way that gets traditional shooters into their back muscles in a most efficient and repeatable way.  

Once you have learned the FEEL of really being in the back you don't have to be as exaggerated as in the video.  It is simply a way to get that feel.

Well said Moebow, it's also been my goal to take some elements from target form and try to make them practical for Trad shooting.

The training I did with Olympic Korean coach Kim was inspiring as his personal passion is shooting the traditional Korean Horn Bow so I felt he had a good understanding of the form differences /compromises you need to make between Oly target and Trad shooting styles,we had some interesting talks on this subject.

I really like the stuff your doing on video and feel we're on the same thought track                

B.E.S.T method, I hear about a few good target archers that either dont like or struggle to get this method to work for them, so it seems like with everything inthis sport this method is not a fix all for everybody.