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  2. Bow draw - Wikipedia

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    A bow draw in archery is the method or technique of pulling back the bowstring [1] to store energy for the bow to shoot an arrow. The most common method [citation needed] in modern target archery is the Mediterranean draw, which has long been the usual method in European archery. Other methods include the pinch draw and the Mongolian or "thumb ...

  3. Mongol bow - Wikipedia

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    A right-handed Mongolian draw. The Mongolian draw, or thumb draw, uses only the thumb, the strongest single digit, to grasp the string. Around the back of the thumb, the index and/or middle fingers reinforce the grip. This is traditional across the Asian steppes, as well as in Korea, [6] Japan, Tibet, China, Turkey, India and recent Persia. [7]

  4. Mounted archery - Wikipedia

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    In the 1758 Battle of Khorgos, mounted Mongolian Dzungars troops armed with muskets faced off against Qing Dynasty mounted Manchurian, Mongolian, and Chinese archers armed with Manchu bows. The battle was won by the Qing forces. [53] Traditional Manchurian archery continued to be practiced in China up to the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty in 1911.

  5. Glossary of archery terms - Wikipedia

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    At full draw the distance in inches from nock point on bow string to deepest grip spot (pivot-point) plus 1 + 3 ⁄ 4 inches (44 mm) (ATA standard). Bow: characteristic measure of the bow together with its draw weight. The technically given optimal draw length for full draw of that bow (ATA standard). Draw weight of a bow means weight at its ...

  6. Thumb ring - Wikipedia

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    17th century Mughal thumb ring. A thumb ring is a ring meant to be worn on one's thumb.Most commonly, thumb rings are used as an archery equipment designed to protect the thumb pulp from the bowstring during a thumb draw, and are made of leather, stone, horn, wood, bone, antler, ivory, metal, ceramics, plastic or glass.

  7. Mongolian Practical Shooting Association - Wikipedia

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    Since then, qualified shooters from the club have participated in a series of international IPSC shooting events. To further promote the sport of IPSC in Mongolia, the MPSF was officially joined to IPSC in 2012. The first event of MPSF was the Level III handgun match "Mongolian Open". The match had been organized five times since 2013.

  8. Category:Mongolian female archers - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Mongolian female archers" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.

  9. Category:Mongolian archers - Wikipedia

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    Mongolian male archers (7 P) O. Olympic archers for Mongolia (15 P) P. Paralympic archers for Mongolia (1 P) This page was last edited on 2 January 2017, at 16 ...