What is she doing ?!??

[GlisGlis]

 



p.s. linked the image directly. Did not waste PA server space 

[DC]

I think she's aiming to the left.

[High-Desert]

I think it’s a technique where you knock the arrow a foot high and rest it on your wrist, which imparts a left spin to the arrow, allowing you to shoot around corners.

[High-Desert]

It looks like the same method I use when hunting unicorns. It’s also common with people who have no #%*$ing clue what they are doing.

[dylanholderman]

It’s also old!
This pic was torn apart years ago when it was first put up as a promo for the movie

[Hawkdancer]

Explains the safety of the unicorn population!  I sort of thought it was the standard hold for shooting down jet fighters!  Also agree with last part of your comment, HD!
Hawkdancer

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It looks like the same method I use when hunting unicorns. It’s also common with people who have no #%*$ing clue what they are doing.
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[GlisGlis]

I think it’s a technique where you knock the arrow a foot high and rest it on your wrist, which imparts a left spin to the arrow, allowing you to shoot around corners.

I have to learn that 

[rebsr52339]

Looked at it for 15 min. before I saw she was holding a bow. 

[AndrewS]

@GlisGlis

for shooting around corners or shooting the returning arrow have a look to the book "Arab Archery" of Faris and Elmer.
There is a chapter where they describe stunt shoots.
https://www.archerylibrary.com/books/faris-elmer/arab-archery/docs/xliv.html

[Mesophilic]

It's a special technique that was first employed by modern combat archers in the UN's mission to Somalia and perfected later on in Iraq and Afganistan.   If you were an operator in the super top secret Army 1005th Airborne Division detached to the Navy through the Coast Guard these techniques would make alot more sense.

[Hawkdancer]

At least she is pointing her finger in the right direction - I think!
Diesel, are you sure those guys weren't further detached to the French army?
Hawkdancer

[sleek]

It's an A symmetrical bow. Like a woodlands yumi, but shot upside down. There is a ring on her finger with a hook that serves as the arrow rest, allowing her to adjust point of aim by flexing her index. I'm liking how the bow has wraps on it, holding down splinters... so realistic!

[Eric Krewson]

I understand she spent a year with a top notch archery coach and could actually shoot her bow in the movie. Movie promo pictures like movie props are always a little suspect.

[bjrogg]

Honestly. She's doing better than probably 75% of the people that pick up one of my bows. At least she has it strung correctly. It always surprises me how confusing this equipment is to so many people. I've learned not to assume anyone knows anything until they show me they do. I've even had bows that I braced and people still tried to hold them backwards. They almost always have a difficult time keeping arrow on shelf or string.
Bjrogg

[Hawkdancer]

Brian, that proves this is not a simple sport!  Saw her on one of the late shows and I believe she was laughing about how little she knew when she started!  Got pretty darn good as she progressed. I  Didn't see any of the movies, though.
Hawkdancer