23/08/2026
OKM Club Training Diary 23/8/2026: Today we discussed Nerai (aiming), and practised checking the aim for each other. Ensuring your Nerai is correct can help you diagnose your shooting in eliminating aim as a factor. Ie. If aim is correct and you missed the mato, it is therefore because something in your form or shooting technique is incorrect.
In the Kyudo Manual p.71, Nerai is explained as follows: "In the full draw (Kai) the arrow must be directed along a line exactly to the centre of the target. In principle, aiming (Nerai) (with both eyes open) is determined by looking to the centre of the target, over the left fist on the left side of the bow, aiming with the outer corner of the left eye and the inner corner of the right eye. (see diagram) Normally, the arrow is horizontal to the target over the shooting distance of 28 meters, but the height of the left fist differs according to whether the distance is far or near, or whether the bow is strong or weak, or whether the the arrow is light or heavy."
