My Archery Journey - my Way of the Bow
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- Опубликовано: 15 фев 2021
- Upon multiple requests, here we go: My Journey
How I got into archery and how did my Way of the Bow develop over the years until now.
Pretty sure I forgot half of it, but at least some milestones on my way :)
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I'm a seventy year old new fan, plan on buying a Tatar bow after watching a review video by Armin.
This story really touched my heart. I am nothing like you. I went to university, got a job, work long hours (6nights a week), and go home to eat and sleep. Only to do it all again the next night.
I never got married because I always thought, "what if it doesn't work? What would a divorce do to me financially and emotionally?"
You have followed your heart. I followed a safe paycheck, a pension, good health insurance.
You followed your dreams.
Now I am in my late 50s still dreaming of "someday."
Your story, your journey is so inspiring. You have to live a life without regrets. That would be my message to young people.
What a beautiful journey your life has been.
It’s never to early to live your life bro.
And it’s also never too late.
I only has one teacher in archery and my teacher is you...from Malaysia with 💘
With or without the quiver your channel is still my favourite. I guess I'll never meet you in person in Malta, but maybe I will see you in Austria (my neighbouring country). Wherever you'll be, try to keep this channel alive because it is an inspiration to many of us.
A great and interesting story, I am proud to have been a small part of it. All the best for your future path.
thank you Andy
I started Archery in the early 70's. I was just a kid living in the middle of Nowhere Texas. I went out to get the mail. I lived on a dirt road and there was a quiver full of wood arrows just laying in the road. I guess it fell out of someones car. My Dad helped me carve a bow out of Willow. It did not take me long to destroy or lose those arrows. I eventually got a Bear Takedown. It was the metal riser with the slide in limbs. I got a compound bow my Senior Year of High School. It was a Browning Batam. I fooled with compounds a couple of years then back to traditional. I am 56 now and have found my way to horse bows. I am afraid my longbow and recurve will be collecting dust.
God Bless you for not kissing government @$$! You would be a Hell of a Texan sir!
Why would anyone dislike this?
It’s the government agents
exactly... you start wondering if youtube adds dislikes on its own so that the algo does not go crazy.
Vielleicht wurden ja heimlich Quoten-Hater eingeführt 🤔
Stupidity can't be cured sadly, that's why 🤔
@@HistoricalWeapons Too much time, no purpose in life to do anything with that time. Just sad and a waste imo
For an 17yo archery nerd like myself who had no Idea what he wants to do with his life, this video is realy inspirational. Thank you for this, maybe someday we'll meet hopefully.
I am only 16 but as an obsessed archer your story inspires me.
Thank you sir. I seriously picked up archery almost 3 years ago, and any time I had try archery before that I would shoot from the “wrong side” of the bow. It felt natural to me but the instructors always took offense to it, so I never stuck with archery. Then I found out your channel and I saw you shoot with a thumb draw, and I was like “that’s it, it’s not the wrong way to shoot”. So I literally got into archery because of you. You saved me so much time in research with your videos. I very honestly thank you for what you did for me even though you are not aware of it. Keep living your dream.
I am 54 and just started with archery. Best thing I have ever done...
Enjoy
Thank you for sharing Mr. Hirmer.
My first bow was a branch from an oak tree with kite string and my arrows were the straitest little branches i could find from anything lol. One of my brothers was a boyscout and he showed me how to make. My arrows were unfletched. I was only about 8 years old. Eventually my Mom got me two little long bows from a garage sale for just a few dollars.
I lived in Malta in 2014, it's a shame we didn't meet. You inspired me to try traditional asiatic bows and thumb release and now I'm absolutely in love. Great story and good luck for the future.
Felt as if I was there , in person, listening to you share some of your story. Very personal. Thanks Armin. :)
Wherever you go,we, your loyal friends, will follow. If you happen to come to Ireland and set up shop, I'll be there every weekend 😁😁😁
Wow, I would have died halfway through from stress, lol you are an interesting person my friend.
Thank you for sharing ! good luck for the rest of your journey
Mr Hirmer, I don't know where you are or what you are doing now, as always, I am late to the party...
I have only just started watching your videos, but your expertise and instruction is timeless. I hope you are well. Thank you sir for all of the help you have given me, and I'm sure, countless others.
Thank you for sharing, Armin!
Thank you for sharing. Thoroughly enjoyed the video!
Thanks for sharing your story, very inspiring.
We’ve had similar pasts. I started archery with the purchase of my first bow, a Bear Grizzly recurve in 1976. I was 15. Mostly self taught but eventually met some older archers and stumped with them as they helped me learn the art. Living in a northern Ontario small town there were no archery clubs but I didn’t care. As long as I could walk the trails, summer, fall, winter and spring I was happy. Later I went away to school and joined a fencing club and eventually became an instructor. While getting my engineering degree I joined the military and life and work took me away from archery. I left the military for the police and eventually retired from forensics. I began writing books but after a bit I had trouble concentrating and I began to worry. My doctor suggested I take up something from my youth and I rediscovered my love for archery. You had a big hand in helping me get back into it so I’m forever grateful, Armin. Now I’m making archery videos of my own. Maybe someday I’ll have a few subscribers too. I found out that because of past head injuries and my health I now suffer from retinopathy. Things are okay for now, and after a few surgeries my eyesight is pretty good but at sometime in the future I’ll have to give up my bow, but for now, as long as I can see even the blurriest of blob for a target, I’ll keep shooting. Great video, Armin. Cheers and good shooting. 👍😎🇨🇦🏹
@janarules that’s great Jan. Sucks about not getting the other bow, but glad you finally got one. There are excellent videos here, Armin being about the best, but there Grizzly Jim from archery adventures, Greg at 3D archery, Jeff at the nocking point, flea at bows and errors just to name a few. Enjoy, good shooting and share your archery.👍🏹🇨🇦
Thanks for sharing your story William and do not worry. I taught a blind woman to do archery from scratch and she did great, never give up on your dreams
@@ArminHirmer Thank you Armin.👍 Cheers, mate.
Thanks for sharing your story master Armin
Thanks for the interesting story... 🙏
Amazing story, very inspirational!
Thank you, Armin, very interesting 🏹
Very nice to watch and listen to your Archery journey. Thanks
Amazing photos and story, Armin
The Archer. a six-year-old asked me why am I an archer? good question ... because it fills my life. Armin, the bow fills your life.
Thank you for your story Armin. It was interesting.
Thanx mr Hirmer for sharing ....very inspirational
Great video, really fascinating! Keep up the great work always Armin!
Always inspiring.. love the channel and love the work .. all the best to you my friend
What a way! Amazing!
Thank you for this.
Fascinating journey, thank you for sharing
Glad I found your channel, Armin.
really interesting subject, your history (at least the few moments of it that you just told us ) is very inspiring thank you for sharing your experiences with us ! i don't know for the others people but i will continue to following your high value reviews . encore merci
awesome. Thank you for that biography, so far.. more to come of course.
Thanks for sharing your journey 😎❤️
Nice! Thank you for sharing!
Great story Armin ! Set your goals to came there...nothing is easy..nice personal story...thank you for sharing this with us...
Thanks for sharing your story, life is the journey as the destination is the same for all of us ,stay happy and sharing your gift to those who want to learn
Your story is inspiration for me Sir ... thank you for sharing ... and yes I love to know how you manage your shooting range.
Thank you for sharing your history. It's amazing.
Thank you for sharing. Great to hear your journey. Funny how things turn out. I'm an English man living in Bavaria.
You are a inspiration Armin your videos are very informative and well spoken. Best of luck with all of your future endeavors.
Beautiful and fascinating journey, thanks for sharing!
Great way to spend 30 min. Thank you for your story Armin always looked up to ya all these 2.5 years I've known ya :)
I MISS FIVE MINUTE FRIDAY
Me too, me too
already in work :)
Thank you Armin.
Thank you for all you do! Dedication and a huge heart, such a positive influence on so many
Thank you
Fascinating. Enjoyed every moment. A friend of mine started her working life in Regensberg after the wall came down (she was a teenager in Chemnitz), my ears pricked up when I heard you speak about it! May you continue to be as successful as ever and continue to inspire others. Chapeau as we say in France.
Such an amazing story. Very inspiring. Wherever you go after Malta, never give up this channel.....we’ll always watch your videos 🙏
Thanks Mr. Armin. Great video! I'm glad you stayed the course.
Great story. you've been a great source of information during my own journey. i really appreciate what you have done for the archery community. no value can be put on your reviews Armin. Priceless information saves us all so much money and time in trial and error. Chinggis Khaan is the reason i got into archery. actually it was Conn Iggulden's conqueror series about Mongolia's Khan dynasties. Such a romantisization of the Bow. It's a beautiful thing
Hey Armin, great video, thank you for sharing so much knowledge with us, it has been great to have you around in Malta and I hope you stay here for a while longer! :)
I will always come back and visit Malta Archery and my friends
You are the reason i got into asiatic archery. Thank you for opening me to a new style
looking forward to seeng you Wienna !
It was a realy good idea to make a video like this, was realy interesting. Ever since i started archery and i found your channel, i learned a lot from your videos... well tbh almost everything i know comes from you, so therefor im truely gratefull.
Inspiring and informative ... I saw this pop up a couple of weeks ago ... but I had to wait till I could give it my full attention.... thank you Sifu Armin.
I've watch it all twice, very interesting!
Thanks and respect !
How great is you tube. Good luck in your journey.
Yes, I would love to hear how you run an archery range, as I am also planning to set up an archery range near my small village
What an adventure, thank you for sharing. I remember stopping by the Embassy range a couple times per week when I worked in Valletta. First started learning thumb release there with Sean and Michele. It was a happy place, for me. Thank you!
Thank you very much!
Yes, come to Vienna, I would definitely go to your course there, I am from South Moravia.
Very interesting archery history, thanks for sharing. I enjoy your RUclips videos, so much so, am trying to learn thumb shooting!
Very interesting story. What I learned from your life journey is nothing will go according to our initial plans. People who are fast to adapt normally are the one who will survive and thrive.
Very nice that sounds like a really cool idea, I would love to go to a place like that 👍🏼👍🏼. For me it is a thing that really got inside me and I think about it all the time. Thank you sir for sharing appreciate it
As always Inspiring Armin 🙏🏹I hope your future is blessed and come from many successes and love👊😃
Thank you for the story. Best wishes on your next move. Whenever that maybe.
I always wondered how you ended up on Malta...
Interesting story indeed 😁
The feeling when you found out about thumb release was the exact same feeling I got as a kid when I first discovered that there were other ways of shooting, other than pinch grip. 😂
Btw, Im really glad you didnt get fined during lockdown 🙂
Inspirational story Armin, thanks for sharing, even though I'd myself enjoy an extended version:)
also, very interesting in hearing about how to run/start with an archery range, thinking of opening one shortly.. come to Vienna, we'll be dangerously close to each other, and maybe you'll visit one day or vice versa. Anyway, many of us started with a horse or Asiatic bows if you like after watching your videos, so I guess it's a good time now to say thank you :) have a good one Armin, wherever you are or going to be, you definitely know what you want from your life, and people like you, travelers, people ready to do something and stop being cry babies I admire. Enjoy!
Started watching you about three years ago, love the videos very informative, and a true pleasure to watch.
Thank you
Wow great story. Whats better is there is still alot more of the story to come. It would be great to see you in Ireland some day. I will definitely be there for that one. Thanks again for all your help. I personally would never have picked up a bow or even known about thumb release if it wasn't for you.
Thank you
Thank you Armin. I have always loved the idea of doing archery since I read about Robin Hood as a child, never really had the opportunity but all that has changed now so I am going to buy a Mongol bow and start out, let us see where this ends. I am a bit of a late starter (we are about the same age) and Asiatic archery appeals the most.
Thanks, a great story and really appreciate it. Ray from Riverside, California
Thank you Mr Armin Hirmer for introducing me to horse bows and thumb draw. I always loved archery but you opened another door and as you said a more natural feeling style of archery. I started my thumb draw journey just recently. A few months ago I got the Alibow fiberglass horse bow at 30# and for it not to be the most fancy looking bow I feel like it's a performer. I just wanted to thank you again for introducing me to this awesome style of archery. Cheers from America friend and keep up the great reviews and hard work
An interesting story. I like this. If you want to share more videos about your life, I'd enjoy it. 😁 It's inspiring.
I find it funny how you started your archery career with a compound bow 😁
What a inspiring story of perseverance and passion. Thank you for sharing this. I wish you all the best. You have probably already thought of this. . . Your explanation of the relationship that naturally builds among people lined up shooting shoulder to shoulder is very interesting. Leadership coaches and the Human Resource professionals might want to use this to build teamwork among business professionals. Just a thought.
Shot my Kóvács Magyar bow today for the first time. Awesome!!! Great video!
Inspiring as usual, from another professor Selby convert, may your future be prosperous and fun...
Very inspiring story, thank you for sharing! And I'm so glad you pursued what you felt best and healthiest even when gov was pushing against you. Keep up the great work. Such a humble and real gentleman. There's a lot of popular entertainer RUclipsrs who care more about numbers and money (I know some personally, and makes me sick watching those, like goofy ads), but it's great to watch someone who talks in a normal voice and is really passionate about what they do. You've got a new subscriber and follower. God bless 🤟😁 🏹
Thank you very much
That was a very interesting story I really enjoyed it thanks for that little snippet of your life. You should consider the south of Ireland very mild winter apart from the rain 😪. I wish you the best of luck where ever you end up. 👏🇮🇪
Thank you
And what an incredible journey you have embarked on! To elevate the "sport" of archery, to an art form. And beyond. To bring a lot of restless souls like myself, into the NOW. When someone can inspire people to control their egos, that's truly a gift. Where I live, this is terribly needed. Thank you for sharing.
Sorry to hear you may well be leaving Malta. Am glad we managed to visit. All the best for the future. Stewart & Jane.
I have to repeat: welcome to Vienna. I'm sure you'll be successful. Weatherwise it is not Malta, but it is not Sylt either. Only the next four months might become a little bleak in this regard - but March/April will be very nice again in Vienna. If you want any advice on things local -- you know where you can find me....
Awesome I am ready for my archery journey or adventures 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯🏹🏹🏹🏹🏹🏹🏹🏹🏹🏹🏹🏹🏹🏹
I'm a newbie. Your video is very inspiring. I hope the archery could be a way of life for me and my kids. Thanks a lot Armin.
Obrigado Armin eu também fui inspirado por você a admirar este esporte. Não participo de competições devido a idade mas o amor pela arte foi a mesma que vc teve. Continue assim.
You have quite the reputation and you also should not underestimate your influence on your viewers. Because of watching your videos I recently started getting into thumb release and just ordered a manchu bow from fairbow. In the time it takes to be build I work up to the drawweight with a Sarmat bow. When ordering both bows I mentioned that I came over from your videos so there is another closing circle.
Love your videos, all the best for 21 to you and your family.
Thanks Armin, you’ve certainly inspired me by what you do in archery. I will cherish the trip I made to Malta in order to meet you and learn at the range. I love archery so much now and have been able to shoot at least four days per week for the last two years. So many beautiful bows and thumb rings I now own. I made one recently from deer antler and it works very nicely :) I too am trying to move (back to Scotland with my wife) and I’m waiting, like you, for this pandemic to ease up. Best of luck to you and I hope we cross paths some day again. - Joe
Thank you
I just started getting into archery 6 wks ago - at 77 I really have to get back into shape - your videos helped me a lot to avoid injury (had 'frozen shoulders' 20 yrs ago) my range is still somewhat restricted :-( but I am working on it. Danke fuer deine Information und viel Glueck in Deutschland. I'm from Canada and came from Germany in 1960.
Danke Günther und viel Spass
good Job and amaizing
Hallo Armin: I am starting the journey in my late 50’s. Your videos have been most helpful. Danke sehr fuer die grosse Hilfe!! Grusse von die V.S. :):)
sad to hear that your plan is to leave malta . i allways liked to watch your videos from a place where the sun shines most of the time. i planed a vacation in
malta because a buddy of mine is coming from valetta and he invited me to come over when its possible. so i thought i could do a litle visit at malta archery
and shoot a couple arrows at your range .
anyway --- best wishes to your future and success to your next projects
Interessante Geschichte! Viel Glück für die Zukunft!
Wonderful story to share. Our dear Armin, thank you for sharing your skills and advice here. I hope to meet you someday. You are the single reason that I switched from three finger to thumb release and now I'm very deep down the rabbit hole and studying daily the asiatic archery styles. I have since bought many fine bows in my ownership now that you have recommended through your reviews and have my own outdoor range in the redwood trees. No doubt this is also a blessing to the fine bowyers and artisans in across the world to increase interest in their products. Practicing archery has truly helped bring me balance and focus and the martial arts spirit through this last crazy year of Covid isolation. Every evening after work I can go to the backyard and shoot 100 arrows and feel instantly inspired all over again and feel I am making great progress!
Thank you