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Historical Archery Stance

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I am currently learning historical archery with a native teacher (in Asia) who makes his own traditional bows. One thing that caught me off guard was the stance he taught me, and I have to undo the straight up stance I am used to in modern recurve.

First is the feet, the front foot is pointing at the target while the back foot is almost 90 degrees off outwards. What are the benefits and drawbacks of this compared to the position that modern recurve archers use?

Second is the hip. In full draw, I was instructed to lean away from the bow from the hip. My head and feet are still aligned, but my butt is sticking out. When we watched playbacks of how I did, he mentioned that my hips are not back enough because the strings touched my clothes. What are other reasons to lean the hips back? It seems like from pictures historically people did this stance, but why did people stop and started to stand straight instead? Are there any posture problems that could arise from this? I have an injured shoulder from the past, and I am worried not standing straight when shooting will impact how much pressure is on my left shoulder.

Third is the canting of the bow. I was instructed to tilt it 15 degrees to the right, how does this impact how I aim and how the arrows flies? In modern recurve I was using gap shooting, and now I am trying to learn instinctively.

Apologies if these questions were already answered somewhere on this sub, maybe I am using the wrong keywords, but I couldn’t find explanations as to why historical archers stood this way. Any explanations or advice are appreciated!

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