>>2049274>>2049419He's an "olympic style" shooter. What do you expect?
>>2049272For a fiberglass laminate bow, maintenance amounts to waxing your string and flexing your arrows.
Primitive bows require water management and periodic refinishing. Compounds require a bachelor's degree.
Nu gives the premier range-guide instruction. You can definitely start out with him, if shooting western style.
If you're interested in asiatic styles, Living Arrow and Way of Archery will take you start to finish. Both pretty much recommend you start with a children's bow 2 meters away from a hay bale (pic related). Living arrow is meant to empty several quivers in 30 seconds, way of archery shoots one arrow with a 250# draw.
>>2049990LARPing implies play.
I'd put on some hosen and a gambeson to participate in an exhibition, but it wouldn't be play. I'd be 200% there to drink english tears and eat french poon.