Few shooting questions: Split finger, hitting arm...

[tsissar]

Hello guys, I am new to this forum and relatively new to the bowing.
I've been shooting selfwood 50 pound longbow for the past two months. I have few questions about the proper shooting:

1. Split finger shooting vs three under. I like split finger shooting and at first that is what I was doing. However, I noticed that even though I wear protective glove I hurt my point finger and take some skin off of it after a day of shooting. I am positive it is because of the knock point on the string. I've been doing three fingers under for the past few weeks, but still wonder how do people overcome hurting their point finger on the split finger technic?

2. First few weeks when I was shooting I was not hitting my arm at all, but for the past month or so I've been hitting my arm a lot and ordered arm guard to protect the arm. The string hitting armguard at the very top - probably 1.5-2" below the elbow.
I think I was not hitting my arm earlier as I was not keeping my arm as straight as I do now. Is this good or bad?
Do I hit so high up the arm with the string because my brace point too high?

[mmilinovich]

tsissar:

There's another "hitting arm" thread right close by.  Check it out.  I think the answer(s) to your problem are there.

Mark

[moebow]

If you are using a brass nocking point, you may have a sharp edge on it that is causing the problem.  That's why many prefer a tied on nocking point locator.

Also see your other question about the string hitting your arm.  As Mark said, there is another thread here about this.  Bow shoulder down and back and bow elbow rotated so the "point of your elbow" points at the horizon behind you.

[D]

I had a brass knocking point that was cutting into my glove.  I changed to serving tied around my string several time and tied as tight as I could get it and soaked it in super glue.  I prefer that way over a brass point.  That might help