Deirdre started this discussion ·
I've been trying to find examples of these moves on youtube, and as far as I can tell it's just the hand placement, but can anyone tell me the difference between the bow and arrow, archer, and marksman? Thanks!
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EVamp83 ·
I'm not too familiar with archer and marksman. And archer points to different moves for different people, so that's a confusing one anyway. To me, marksman is the inverted grip with the inside hand up top, arm stretched, and the outside arm bent, hand right about shoulder height. Use of legs may vary. To me, bow and arrow is any inverted move with your back to the pole, both legs straight, one straight up, with the foot hooked, the other pointing forward, away from the pole. Many different grips/stances can be used to perform bow and arrow, including elbow, head or handstand, iguana/pencil grip, marksman grip, etc. I'm staying clear of archer, because of the different definitions that are floating around. Anyway, that's just my take on it. There are surely many different interpretations of these concepts out there!
I'm in agreement with EVamp83--I've seen a ton of different descriptions of the Archer as well! The most common that I've seen is where you're inverted with your back to the pole, both hands stretched up towards the small of the back, and one foot hooked while the other goes out from the front of your body. Wikipole has this main idea, but the placement of the hands are overhead: http://www.triagedesign.co.uk/wikipole/index.php5?title=Archer It could just be named by the legs, and maybe the hand placements can vary--no idea!
Veena ·
I just use the term Bow and Arrow for all.....different hand placements are only variations of the Bow and Arrow to me.
+1 to Veena.
EVamp83 ·
lol, +1 to chem for using '+1' 😎 I third Veena's statement BTW
EVamp....that is one forum "speak" that I have never really seen here. Kinda like lulz and pwned.
Deirdre ·
Sweet, thanks for clearing that up girls!
