Advantages and disadvantages of compound bow and traditional bow

The compound bow is currently the most popular type of bow. Its basic principle is to use pulleys to reduce the force required to open the bow, while the use of eccentric wheels reduces the force required to maintain the bow state, making it more suitable for long-term aiming. The compound bow must be equipped with accessories such as sight, arrow rest, and release, which have the advantages of high power, high accuracy, and small size. The disadvantage is the low launch frequency. Traditional bows, broadly speaking, refer to all bows other than modern bows; This includes not only the Mongolian bow, the Scythian bow, but also the wooden American hunting bow, American longbow, and English longbow; But among archers, traditional bows refer to the Qing bow and the Scythian bow (the main difference between the two lies in the tip of the bow). Its main feature is the use of Mongolian style release movements, which are different from the Mediterranean style release movements of American hunting and longbows.