i think the usual interpretation is that a thumb ring falls foul of the last bit of (h)(i)(h) Hand Protection.
(i) Finger protection in the form of finger stalls or tips, gloves, or shooting tab or tape (plaster) to draw, hold back and release the string is permitted, provided that such protection does not incorporate any device to hold, draw and release the string.
(ii) A separator between the fingers to prevent pinching the arrow and/or a platform tab may be used.
(iii) On the bow hand an ordinary glove, mitten or similar item may be worn but shall not be attached to the grip.
Makes sense to me. A thumb ring is an aid to releasing the string or in other words a release aid, and if you use one your in the compound category no matter what type of bow you shoot. Guess the same would apply if you put a peep sight on a recurve. Mind you be interesting to see how it would raise or lower a persons score.My understanding is that a thumbring would only be legal if you wanted to put yourself in with "Compound Unlimited" as it would be classed as a release aid! I've never attempted to get confirmation of that though...
Funnily enough, peep sights are something that comes up in debate at FITA every now and again.... Maybe one day...Makes sense to me. A thumb ring is an aid to releasing the string or in other words a release aid, and if you use one your in the compound category no matter what type of bow you shoot. Guess the same would apply if you put a peep sight on a recurve. Mind you be interesting to see how it would raise or lower a persons score.
You could argue that this is true of the Sugakji thumb ring. This ring has a small up-turned peg that is grasped by the finger. The more common Amgakji, tear drop style ring, protects the pad of the thumb from soreness and the thumb tip is grasped by the finger. The Amgakji, in particular, certainly does not aid the string release any more than a tab would aid string release off the fingers. In both cases, it is the archer's grip that holds the string, which is why I was concerned whether the archer would find this style less painful.Makes sense to me. A thumb ring is an aid to releasing the string or in other words a release aid
This is not attributable to the thumb ring but to the style. Even without a thumb ring, there is far less paradox. But I say this comparing thumb release and Mediterranean release with an Asiatic bow, a modern recurve bow suffers less with paradox anyway due to its window.Thumb rings can virtually eliminate the paradox of an arrow, just like a modern mechanical release aid, and so can't really be compared to a tab or glove.
I don't understand why this would be so. Does it just apply to shooting off the thumb on the right of the bow (for a RHed archer)? In that situation is it the thumb ring or the shooting off the thumb? Surely if you suddenly apply the stored energy in the bow to the arrow it is going to bend, whether it's a tab, glove, thumb ring, release aid, whatever? Please help me get my head round this!Thumb rings can virtually eliminate the paradox of an arrow, just like a modern mechanical release aid, and so can't really be compared to a tab or glove.
My understanding is that a thumbring would only be legal if you wanted to put yourself in with "Compound Unlimited" as it would be classed as a release aid! I've never attempted to get confirmation of that though...
Why don't you ask GNAS themselves for clarrification, rather than asking a forum in which you will get conjecture and opinion.
we've got tables for barebow but not traditional which is a bit annoying as well lol.Why don't you ask GNAS themselves for clarrification, rather than asking a forum in which you will get conjecture and opinion.
If GNAS say it is okay then iit is okay, get it in writing and then you have something to show a judge that may have an issue with it. All sorted for the price of an e-mail...
http://www.gnas.org/contactus.cfm