We finally had kyudo practice after three long months yesterday. Allen's health was good and the weather cooperated for a perfect morning. Even if we as a group have not been able to practice Doria and Allen have been busy renovating the Iba. I didn't have my camera with me but we now have 3 paths, one for the long shot, one for the retrieval of arrows from the long shot, and one of flat stone to the shooting platform.
I did about two sets of two or three shots into the practice hay before doing one long shot set. My arms didn't get tired or hurt as they had been when I first tried to push and pull the bow but I'm still doing something wrong because when I release the string I get a 'twang'. I'm still struggling with the kake (glove) and holding the tsuru (string). I'm apparently holding the yumi correctly, or at least the right spot in my hand, because I had to stop because it was starting to hurt, because it was red after each set of shots between my thumb and pointing finger.
It was good day, even if my shots weren't not the desired results. Besides the long shots my arrows failed to make it to even the sand pit, much less the target area....
