Tag Archives: Sport

Range closed for remodeling.

Welcome to Los Angeles Archery! Hi, I am Alejandro Barahona, Level 3 Instructor Instructor at Rancho Park Archery Range in LA. — the best place to practice Archery in LA… soonish. Many of you have had the surprise of going … Continue reading

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You Are New to Archery and You Want Your First Bow…

You might have taken one of the free archery classes at the range…or you might have not. You might not have even hold a bow in your hands before. All you know is that you want a bow. You want … Continue reading

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Hi There! Archery in LA

Welcome to Los Angeles Archery! Hi, I am Alejandro Barahona, Instructor at Rancho Park Achery Range in LA. — the best place to practice Archery in LA. We are located at Cheviot Hills Recreation Center, 2459 Motor Ave., Los Angeles, … Continue reading

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We are always learning, Part 2

Now that I told you my story on the first part of this post, let me tell you how connects with Archery. As a coach, I spent most of my time teaching, and not as much as I should practicing. … Continue reading

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We are always learning, and when we stop, we die

A long time ago, in another continent, I was practicing Aikido, as I would do every Sunday for three hours. That day, we were focusing in aiki-ken or sword techniques. And I remember that I wasn´t too happy with my … Continue reading

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Sport Science, Archery and Stance

One of the most complicated things to explain to a new archery student is the importance of stance. The tendency in modern archery is to use natural body stance and natural body positions. The idea being, using the least amount … Continue reading

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Brave Promotion at Hollywood and Highland

Hi y’all, I had a little bit of a brain fart…for the last month or so (Is there something like a permanent brain fart? Do I suffer from acute Brainfartitis? ) and I did not mention a Brave promotion I´m … Continue reading

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Eye dominance and the Modern Archery Technique – Part 1

I used to be a lot more strict with eye dominance and archery than what I am now. When I began learning archery, some time during the dark ages, right after my uncle UGGhH discover fire by pure chance, followed … Continue reading

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VNSA Sight Review

Anselmo Dominguez from Elitus-Archery send me at no cost to me one of his titanium VNSA sight post for recurved bows for testing. Anselmo designed this sight so that regardless of the position of the sight along the sight elevation … Continue reading

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People who need peope, part two

If you come to the archery range at Rancho Park, you´ll see that we have kind of a loose organization there. We don´t have a single Range Master or a single RSO or Range Safety Officer. We don´t have a … Continue reading

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