The Second Arrow

Patrick earned his 3 pin in the JOAD Xperience Program!

Emma and Colin are proudly displaying their first pin earned in the JOAD Xperience Program. Abby and Joseph presented them with their awards!

Dede and Galo, a husband and wife team, sharing their 2nd pin which they had just earned for JOAD Xperience Program.

Keeping archery in the family! Here Hoss, Annie, and Mitchell are proudly displaying their new pins. Hoss and Annie for the Adult Achievement Program and Mitchell for the JOAD Achievement Program.

Julianna earned her first pin in the JOAD Xperience Program!

On Saturday, March 2, Catherine, Jonathan, and Patrick earned their purple pin in the JOAD Acheivement Program!

On Saturday, March 2, Richard and Karen earned their next pin in the USA Archery Adult Achievement Program!

For my students checking in today Saturday, March 9, we are going to have our archery classes today. See you at the range.

Today, February 23, 2013, Karen earned her first JOAD Xperience pin. She completed all 4 of her goals in one class which earned her the White pin for knowing archery safetly procedures and rules. Great Job Karen!

Finally! Construction begins on expanding the archery facilities at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista. This will include an indoor archery range that will allow archers to shoot 70 meters in any type of weather.

Here is a great video showing the Archers Paradox with a Longbow and wooden arrows.

On Saturday, February 9 2013, these 4 archers earned their first pin in USA Archery's, JOAD Achievement Prgram. Just as the adults pictured below, these archers are part of the Beyond Archery class and have been shooting for 9 months now. Congratulations Jonathan, Mitchell, Catherine, and Patrick!

On Saturday Galo earned his White pin. Today, shooting after the beginning archery class he shot his best group yet!

On Saturday, February 9 2013, these 5 archers earned their first pin in USA Archery's, Adult Archery Achievement Prgram. Congratulations Hoss, Karen, Meghan, Richard, and Irene!

On Saturday, February 16, Dede and Galo completed all of their goal for the White pen-Safety and Rules. This All archers currently enrolled in the Intermediate and Advanced class through Escondido Recreation are eligible to participate in the USA Archery JOAD Xperience Program. Dede and Galo were the first two students to attain a pen in this new program. Great job you two! Look for more acomplishments from other archers soon.

The Second Arrow also welcomes Karen Evans to the Instructor Archery staff. Karen is a Level 1 instructor and a vice-principle at a La Mesa school where an OAS (Olympic Archery in the Schools) program has just been started.

The Second Arrow welcomes Josh Harper to the Instructor Archery staff. Josh is a Level 1 instructor and has a interest in Turksih Archery and Instinctive Style Shooting.

Congratulations to all the youth winners at the Vegas Tournement this weekend: http://www.facebook.com/

To watch some of the Las Vegas Archery Competition check out this link for the times and events you can watch live and online: http://www.youtube.com/user/archerytv/featured?v=aNfUBtF5a_Y

Saturday Escondido Recreation Classes for February 9th: For my Saturday students checking in tonight. I am planning on holding all the classes tomorrow. The weather report says it is supposed to be sunny all day and right now I am holding onto that thought. If it is still raining in the morning I will call everyone to cancel class.

Archery lessons are now being given at Disneyland with Ye ol' fashioned bows and arrows!

Miranda from the movie Brave is now at Disneyland!

A humorous sneak peek from the movie Brave opening in theaters on June 22.

Congratulations to the archers (and alternates) who will be representing the United States in London this August: Miranda Leek Khatuna Lorig Jennifer Nichols... Heather Koehl Brady Ellison Jake Kaminski Jacob Wukie Joe Fanchin

Another Interview with Khatuna Lorig and her role for training Jennifer Lawerence for "The Hunger Games"

Olympic Archery Trials-2nd Round Qualifying: Chula Vista Training Center: The event will start next Monday, April 23rd, with an open practice in the afternoon, but the main action will start on Tuesday at approximately 8 a.m. Tuesday - morning there will be a 72 arrow ranking round for the full team competing for the spots - 16 men and 16 women. In the afternoon they will all be shooting the first 3 of the "Round Robin Matches" where they go head to head against each other i...n their divisions. Wednesday - there will be 8 more matches - This is also the first (practice) day for the Para-Olympic Trials. Thursday - there will be the last 4 matches, following which the team will be cut to the Top 8 archers. This will be the first day of competition for our Para-Archers who will shoot a 72 arrow ranking round. Friday - morning will consist of Elimination Rounds (Top 8 archers) - This will also be the second day of ranking for the Para-Archers who will shoot another 72 arrow round. Saturday - will be 7 Round Robin Matches - Our Para-Archers will also be shooting Round Robin Matches that day.

Another article about the rise in popularity of archery in current and upcoming Hollywood movies.

Due to the popular response to my upcoming archery classes, Escondido Recreation and The Second Arrow have just added a third class from 11:00-11:55 for youth and adults. Classes begin this Saturday and will run for 7 weeks.

To learn even more about Pixar's upcoming movie, Brave, check out this link:

Here are some behind the scenes photos from the upcoming, and much looked forward to movie, Brave...

For those of you who are available today around 4:15 Pacific time, I will interviewed on my friends radio show "What Would Arwen Do." KUCI (from the college campus of UC Irvine) can be heard live on the Internet 24/7. Her show runs from 4-5 and I should be on around 4:15 or so. Today's topic will be Archery and The Hunger Games movie. To listen, go to their site and look for the "Listen Now" in the upper right hand corner of the page. Click on the best mode for you and your computer to hear us live.

Here is an interview with Jennifer Lawrence's archery coach, Khatuna Lorig, and how she helped the young actress look like an authentic archer for The Hunger Games movie...

For those of you who can't get enough of The Hunger Games, below is an article about who was Jennifer Lawrence's archery coach for the piviotal role of Katniss.

Thank you to all of my friends, and friend's of friends for helping to increase my business presence here on Facebook. I appreciate your help and support!

The Second Arrow and the City of Escondido have partnered up and I will be starting Beginning Archery classes in April. This arrangement has taken over a year and a half but both parties are happy that this endeavor is about to begin. The first session will have two beginning classes, one for children and adults, and the second for adults only. The price is $84.00 for the 7 week course and both classes will meet on Saturday mornings. All equipment will be provided and recurve bows will be used. Please read the flyer or contact me if you have more questions.

The Second Arrow will have a booth at this event which will allow you to come out and try shooting a bow and arrow for a small fee. We look forward to seeing you there.

This beautiful picture came from this website: http://www.facebook.com/#!/instinktives.Bogenschiessen

I've updated my mission statement to better define my purpose and intentions for The Second Arrow: "Developing Abilities and Enhancing Capabilities through Traditional Archery"

Inspired by my recent trip to Italy, I have just bought my first longbow. Wooden arrows, back quiver, and glove are on order and should arrive next week. Let the Renaissance games begin...

A New Mission Statement for the Second Arrow: "Developing Abilities and Enhancing Capabilities through Archery."

On Saturday, September 3, 2011, The Second Arrow hosted the Archery Tournament for the 24th Annual San Diego Senior Olympic Games. For results please check the link. More pictures from the event will be coming soon.

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