Simon Banks
Active member
Now this has been touched on before but I just wanted to understand what everybody's understanding of the term 'Instinctive styles/archery" was. Be aware that Instinctive styles/archery is not the same as Instinctive Aiming which is a specific type of aiming. Instinctive style covers all aiming techniques Instinctive, Gap, PoA, pick a point etc.
Its used in field archery circles to describe a traditional or modern bow which is shot without any sights or mark on the bow.
When I used the term in Target archery circles that did not understand.. They would prefer 'non-sighted styles or archers' or barebow.
NFAS the field archery org which I am a member has two styles.. Instinctive and non-Instinctive archers. All of the sighted classed are non-instrintive.
This doesn't surprise me as the majority of NFAS archers are shoot "instinctive styles" and I guess it makes sense that Target archers don't need the phrase because the vast majority use sights.. thus Sighted archers..
Its used in field archery circles to describe a traditional or modern bow which is shot without any sights or mark on the bow.
When I used the term in Target archery circles that did not understand.. They would prefer 'non-sighted styles or archers' or barebow.
NFAS the field archery org which I am a member has two styles.. Instinctive and non-Instinctive archers. All of the sighted classed are non-instrintive.
This doesn't surprise me as the majority of NFAS archers are shoot "instinctive styles" and I guess it makes sense that Target archers don't need the phrase because the vast majority use sights.. thus Sighted archers..