Turkish Archery: Technical Advantages of Thumbrelease-I

Pulling and releasing the string of a bow were executed with various techniques and thumbrelease (or Mongolian release) was one of them. It is an old technique and has been used widely by many nations and tribes in history. Turks were one of those who perfected the technique and used for centuries successfully both on battlefields and in sport archery. Here we demonstrate how the shot is stabilised by this shooting technique and what an ancient Turkish archer might have been capable of.