Arrow Maker, Yang Tae-hyeon | An Artisanal Record | WorldFest Houston Gold Remi | Full Documentary
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- An Artisanal Record - Arrow Maker, Yang Tae-hyeon/How to make Korean traditional arrows/Korean arrow master/54th WorldFest Houston Gold Remi Winner
“Arrows are honest. Arrows never lie.”
There are 84 steps in making Korean traditional arrows, from collecting bamboo to shaping them.
Hours and hours of the arrow-making process comes to life in vivid cinematography.
Using materials from nature such as green bamboo, isinglass, bush clovers and pheasant feathers,
the master creates arrows that fly true and hits the target right in the center.
These arrows are made by the hands of a master who has been making them for over 50 years.
An exclusive set was built, detailing the magnificent colors in UHD.
“50 years of passion, bow and arrow maker, Yang Tae-hyeon”
Bow and arrow maker Yang Tae-hyeon was born in Jeonju, October 1950, during the Korean war.
He was unable to walk until the age of eight. Due to polio and poverty, he had a difficult childhood.
His life changed entirely when he began to learn how to make arrows from his uncle who happened to be the best arrow maker in the country.
Then one day, his uncle died in an accident, and traditional arrow-making now faces a crisis due to the influx of cheap Chinese-made arrows.
Director: Kim Dae woong
Photography: Kim Byoung-soo
Production Support & Research: Chungbuk Research Institute of Cultural Heritage
Produced by: MBC Chungbuk - ภาพยนตร์และแอนิเมชัน
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Thank you so much for watching and loving this documentary.
Many of you who have watched have sent me questions about the details of the arrow and how to purchase it.
As you already know if you've watched the documentary, the arrowmaker's son is helping his father make arrows. This son's email address is:
ko9mong@naver.com
You can contact him via e-mail for more information about arrows.
There is a movie I really wish to see. I think is now on YT. WAR OF ARROWS. As a traditional Archer with some modern compound equipment for deer hunting here in Alabama US. I build my own bows and started building arrows. As there is a type of bamboo here. In the movA ie there was a over draw the hero used that let him shoot arrows that looked about as short as crossbow bolts. This type of device was ingenious. The speed the arrows must of had compounded the power of the bow. Not to mention they were able to get more from each cut shaft. I have made long bows with tendon backing.Normal self bows Even a few out of PVC tubing heated into a surprisingly powerful recurve. I also make my own steel broad heads for Trad hunting. It may sound funny but spoons lend themselves to this. As one can insure they all weigh the same. A friend took a large wild boar with one of my heavy broad heads. It was still shave sharp after he recovered it. And we had a feast that fed A lot of folks with that pit cooked boar.I was taught how to flint nap. The way its been done for thousands of years. Archery is A art in every aspect. I am now teaching my 3 nephews how to draw and shoot without sites. They are fast learners. I would love to have one of those beautiful bows in this video and this mans arrows are each a work of art that I would love one to hang on my Archery wall. Where my favorite bows and arrows that are hand made. His would take center place for sure. I am now looking into building a horn bow that looks in a way like yalls in Korea. I love the idea of a compact yet powerful bow. Like a Horse Bow. Thank You for this video I enjoyed it very much.With money being so tight these days. If one cant buy something. Its better to know how to make it ones self lol
I make arrows, mostly for myself. I use ash wood, plastic knocks, turkey feathers and buy the points. I make my own shafts, not well, but I do. As time goes by, I make more and buy less, so that I can carry my own work and shoot arrows that I had a hand in creating by myself. Arrow making to me is just a series of jigs. Shaft making jig, tapering jig, cresting jig, painting jig, fletching jig... all of which help me to make the same arrow over and over again. But, this guy in Korea? Yeah, he's the best I've ever seen and as a Canadian who shoots a Korean bow, I get this guy. I understand him. May every arrow he makes, be better than his last one.
Have you watched the Korean movie War of the arrows?
I use the straightest stick I can find, sharpen the tip, use duct tape for the fearlther and carve the knock.
@@MustAfaalik
That movie looks sweet!
🏹🕳🏹
Ditch the jigs, develop the eyes
I'm late for work and two meetings while I'm watching a man make arrows. Thanks again TH-cam.
Superb documentary! This should serve as a model for how a documentary should be produced. All you see now is just poorly-edited footage with huge gaps in processes, and without any any technical knowledge or sharing of the artisan's experience. Every step is fascinating, and Yang Tae-hyeon sharing his life story and experiences and how they impact every detail of his work is just beautiful. Thank you!! 😁
Made me tear up when he started talking about his mom and he had not done one thing for her. Wish I can tell him You are her enduring legacy! You did just fine!
Have you seen the Korean movie War of the arrows?
Incredible autobiography of this artisan. Thank you for this documentary. Beautifully filmed and researched. I cried when you were explaining the fact that mass produced arrows took away your incredible trade. I’m glad to see the best archers know that your arrows are the best. 😢👍🏻🇦🇺
May the son continue well in his fathers tradition, and bring honor to Korea. The rest of us across the world are privileged to bear witness.
Oh, and I loved seeing the statue of Yi Sun Shin at the Naval Academy holding bow and arrow. The terror of sea to the Japanese army!
He not making arrow but he making art.. so many art in it..
WOW. This man is a real artist. This is just awesome. Korean Culture has incredible hard working dedicated people. Much respect.
Greetings from Brazil.
Watch the Korean movie War of the arrows, buddy.
A humble man who gives honor and respect to his master.. Nice student and artisan...Hope to visit him someday and met him.
i love it when people are passionate about their craft
This line touched my heart
There is no such thing as rebirth
But if there is i want to make ARROWS AGAIN
😭😭 touched my emotions such a dedicated and respectful person i have ever seen hope your son make it through like the way you did. Salute sir i literally cried
And you touched my heart. Watch the Korean movie War of the arrows.
@@MustAfaalik sure i ll my dear🙏
That was awesome. It was great watching the master arrowsmith at work. This guy is an artisan - we were just hacks. Watching him work reminded how my brother and I used to make arrows -nothing as esoteric as bamboo shafts -just good old POC. We couldn't afford aluminium or fibreglass arrows - and carbon wasn't a thing back then. We never got into trouble as we were too busy making arrows ! We used to spend ages making them -sometimes even cutting up our own feathers - I used to paint mine like a coral snake. Took forever to make them - then take them out hunting -smash them up - and then repeat the process all over again. Spend all our pocket money ( thank you Hincho's Archery supplies !) - and ate rabbit stew !It was fantastic fun !
Way to go, Korea for preserving tradition like this. Gave someone a purpose, meaning and necessity for the future people as well as purpose to pass down the tradition to keep it going.
Than you for sharing you beautiful heartfelt heritage and your craft that is now something rare overrun by modern men, computers,machines; where making money and mass producing arrows does not add the skill the human touches that give honor and respect to times gone by where life had more meaning, more hard work but more joy and meaning
I would give everything, to learn from a man such as him..🍃🍂
even yo boogie?
Would you give your arse.
Lots of detail into one single arrow is mind blowing
Worth it to make it well if you don't want to go hungry
That was deep when he went to pay homage to his master. That respect and honor is a rare thing in out society as of these days.
Awesome video! I learned a lot watching this! I make my own arrows from North American river cane and after seeing this I now know how crude and primitive my work is..... Thank you! This was truly inspirational!
I'm an archer and I found this story to be very inspirational. Thank you!
This documentary is awesome. So many information on arrow making.
Please keep this traditional culture forever..
One of the most beautiful documentarys I have ever seen.
This man's work is priceless.
Fico encantado com o desprendimento do materialismo dessa cultura milenar. Parabéns mestre, por desprender uma parte do seu tempo ensinando tão bela arte.
Thanks for sharing this beautiful documentary... respect to the arrow master 🙏🏻
Greatness comes from the heart.And your story will touch many who own one.I wish you the peace you deserve that is served in hardship and striving for perfection of your craft.
You can see this excellence in all corean products. Hardworking and disciplin.
Thank you for telling this story.
What a great documentary to watch. These kinds of stories have to keep being told. We live in a world where everybody is looking for fast results or a quick fix. I believe these kinds of craftsmanship have to be kept alive.
Thank you ❤
Amazing man. And bravo to his son for taking up the craft and honoring the tradition.
Amazing people!!! Thank's for your documentary.... It's make me so excited...
this program was very inspirational , great artistry .
Have you seen the Korean movie War of the arrows?
Great to see dokuments like this. . I was really enjoing this. It's a pleasure to see a very skilled Handcrafter like this man by work.
As a person diagnosed with OCD, I truly appreciate this documentary.
Amazing man
some things cant be produced in factory....the touch from the heart makes the product what it is.
43:50 Good thing he's got a successor.
Very glad that this part of Korea's culture wasn't swept away in 1947.
1950 ? it's not just Korean culture.
Now, Communist China is pushing hard Confucianism all over the world, but it was CCP who destoryed Confucianism.
CCP sent people to South Korea after normalizing diplomatic relationship in 1990's, and learned Confucianist Rituals that were preserved only in South Korea. Ironically, Confucianist rituals were saved by US Armed force intervening in Korean War.
Its a very hard work but once you master it will be your pasion...
I am a longbow archer, and I absolutely prefer bamboo over any other!!
If someone has a link to this man. I'd be indebted to you, and I would also be honored to buy arrows from him.
One of the best video's I've watched in a long time too!
Please find "청주죽시" in the internet. When I put the site at here they erase it.
청주죽시 means "bamboo arrow from Chungju city".
@@ssjj4314Thank you for replying back to me Sir. I put that in Google search and I think I found you in Korea. I'll try to translate there and hopefully we can do business!
THANK YOU!
@@ssjj4314 FOUND YOU!! THANK YOU & WILL ORDER ASAP!
친절하게 응대해주셔서 감사합니다 선생님!
Graham
Have you seen the Korean movie War of the arrows? Enjoy!!
Thank you Sifu for sharing your life story. It makes me want to watch the Korean classic movie "War of the arrows" again. Kamsie hamida!!!
Sifu? That’s Chinese not Korean.
Super well done and very interesting! Great detailed video and thanks for sharing, i hope you continue making and selling your sky high quality bamboo arrows.
This was awesome to see
Thanks for this
Glad tradition is still getting passed on, hopefully i can purchase a dozen and get them shipped to AUS 🤙
A true master
this video sparked my interest in archery and i now make arrows myself, although not nearly as good as tang i am learning thank you for this video
Beautiful statue and the first one I've ever seen with a bow and arrows. And that's what makes it look so much better!!
Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up
Respect
I make traditional wooden bows , mostly from Osage Orange also known as Bois d'Ark and I steam the limbs to curve them sometimes and they are a thing of beauty but I only have a little training from my father and could never make a straight arrow. I hope to learn from Mr Yang and will have to watch this video again to understand all that he does. His art will not be lost and I hope he makes more tutorial videos on how to straighten arrows.
This is so immersive... I really got engaged by the story and craftsmanship, thank you for this video.🙏
Rare people can make it now.. he's very special..
งานศิลปะโดยแท้... 😍😊
thank you for sharing your knowledge
Knowledge 😌 dying slowly
Very well made documentery
So good to see that he has an apprentice to pass on his knowledge.
Great video
Wow
Inspiring!
take pride in one's work is never a bad thing
이러한 영상이, 또 수상기록 등이 더 알려지고 또 알려져서 많고 많은 사람들이 우리 인류가 갖고 있는 여러 기술들을 더 소중히 생각하게 되면 좋겠어요
비단 내가 한국인이고 한국의 고유 기술이라서가 아니라 지구 전체의, 우리 인류의 문화이니까요
영상 감사해요, 잘 볼게요
영어로 말할 수 없어 한국어를 사용한 게 아닌, 제 의도나 정성 어린 마음을 잘 담아 전해줄 거라 믿는 우리 한글을 사용한 점, 이해 부탁드려요
누구라도 그럴테지만 모국어란 왠지 더 날 잘 표현해줄 수 있을 것 같고 혹은 굳이 드러내어 표현치 않아도 말 속에 담아 상대방에게 내 마음을 잘 전달해줄 것만 같고 그런 느낌들이 있잖아요 그래서..
또 번역 이라는 기능도 마침 여기 유튜브에 있기도 하고 그러니까.. 아무튼, 말이 너무 길어졌는데,
감사해요 잘 볼게요. 이 말 하려던 거 였어요
Legend!
Wife asks around " where's the spoon, we're missing one."
He pretends he didn't hear.
Mata beliau lebih tajam daripada anak panah.
Now, that is a documentary!
people say autism didn’t exist back in the day but explain this mans dedication to his craft
VERY impressive , Thnks so much for sharing...Creator bless...doug (canada)
watching until the end new friend from norway
I like how his anvil is just a modified piece of rail road track.
I have looked every where for his arrows to buy. Can you tell me where I can find them at to buy??
There is such a thing as rebirth or in Pali punabbhava. As long as we have not transcended dualizing consciousness (P., viññāṇa) the condition for the production of rebirth is assured. You will make Buddha arrows that slay conditioned existence reaching transcendent nirvana.
Show can show how to make the bow
Я восхищаюсь и немного завидую такому мастерству и умениям.
Но я просто скажу, каждая стрела уникальна и отличается от других.
И сейчас есть производства где делают стрелы с идеальным балансом и которые не имеют изъянов и не отличаются друг от друга почти не как, и во всем она будут лучше чем эти.
Я не в коем случае не говорю что из дело это нечто, Я просто говорю что есть стрелы, лучше и проще в производстве чем эти.
So? Do you want art or mass produced tool?
Very informative, atleast to another arrow maker. The salt dried croaker makes a glue quailty difference over non salted croaker since you will never completely remove the salting. Interesting.
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A lot of Asian cultures still believe in peach trees being material that's able to physically harm supernatural entities... I've been hearing that since I was a kid, especially the branches as weapons... Didn't know the bark was considered useful though
Yes in my SE Asian culture as well.
" _At one time, the fate of the country lied on these weapon_ "
It won't be the last , in not very distance future where electricity technology has collapsed a massive war was wage like the good old primitive times.
Valuable as in old knowledge to make the arrows the old way this bow caper ( hunt protein main attraction rather than a weapon combat) . . to survive , made own bows of native timbers in north Australian bush
♥
I make bows and would like some arrows from Yang Tae-hyeon if, possible?
I would like for you to make arrows to sell again . If your uncle were here ,would he say? "Let's make them black". You can always make arrows for your personal collection of different styles from throughout the world so your legacy Will Go On as one of the most incredible artisans ever, just in a different way. I wonder if people from around the world would buy them if you put a link in your TH-cam page good luck to you
There's always that one OG Asian guy
99 fletching
Mister, I like you.
what kind of bamboo is he using ?
Is that pseudosasa japonica aka arrow bamboo or another species
damn each one of those arrows seems like it would take at least an hour to make... I wonder how expensive they are. I've made my own bamboo arrows before, but for me the hardest part was heating and straightening the shafts. after that it was rather simple since I just cut a nock into the bamboo near a node and used arrowheads i made by hammering them out of large nails. And even that took a lot of time per arrow. Problem with arrows is that they don't last all that long. paying 10 dollars or more for an arrow would quickly become expensive if you shoot a lot.
His arrows are around 7-8 USD each.
minimum price for the software is $100, but i tNice tutorialnk the best edition for ho producers is the $200 version. TNice tutorials is not cheap.
Does he sell online? What's the url?
Yi sun sin ML
What's up with the son hairstyle? 😁😁😁
ROBINHOOD : HOLD MY BEER.
mans w the nike blazers lol
Oy Fletch
You know when the camera's were off they would pull out the lathe.
You just dont get it do you
There are a lot of smiley faces in Korean script
Uht
They are cheaper, fly better, easier to make and maintain, way more accurate, and last for much more abuse than natural arrows. Carbon arrows even the cheap and low quality ones are still far better than wood or bamboo arrows. So this is why everyone is using them these days. But all archers who use these arrows miss to respect one thing, the carbon saft. Without machines that would be a very, very expencive procces and carbon arrows would be very expencive.
Bamboo arrows, or wood arrows, is not about precision, or best results. Is more about the feeling, the fact that these arrows are made with "primitive" tools, and you would still be able to craft these arrows even without machines.
Just like arrow making, this process should not be forgoten in our history as humans, but its time is gone now... It is always sad when this happends, but that's life...
This man cannot embrace the new tech outhere, is too old and probably too tired for that, so his skills will propably die with him. He lives in an past time.
I seen my grandparents in their final years, and it felt like the world has advanced too fast and left alot of people behind, lost, confused, not knowing what to do with their life anymore, just waiting to die... Altough i am young i always felt like them, like i don't belong here.
I guess the key is to accept that you always have something new to learn. The most depressing thing on this world to me, is to remain stuck. And ususaly it is the pride who does that. When you feel your pride hurt is a sign something has to change.
Not everyone has the patince to build arrows, specificaly the kind of arrows he builds, so if he can make bamboo arrows, i mean professional bamboo arrows, to build arrows around a carbon shaft would be a piece of cake for him, and i bet there would be planty of people who would want a set of arrows build by him. But yeah, that's what i think...
He is not alone, technology has take the jobs of many people around the world, i think all you can do is try to adapt...
His point is not to adapt but to keep something traditional alive. In these fast moving times the passion to stay traditional takes as much energy as making the arrows themselves I'm sure. I see his skill as priceless because if something happened tomorrow and society was in upheaval because of a great disaster these old ways is what we would have to depend on . This man's traditional knowledge should not be molested or adulterated in any way but left just as it is and should be protected by any means because once it is gone it will be lost to all humanity forever. That's a true problem with mankind we keep loosing knowledge and then have to waste valuable time relearning the same skills over and over again because we put the people who hold this kind of knowledge to the side while chasing what we think is the newer better thing. We won't always have a factory to make cheaper mass produced items sometimes it's all about what you are capable of doing with your own two hands in order to be self sufficient.But I do understand what you are saying and I to feel out of place here in this time I feel like everything is foreign and this is not where I belong my whole mindset is out of place. Whether it's something leftover from a past life or just me longing for the way things used to be I really don't know. But it's a feeling I wish I could be rid of and just be happy with where I am but I don't think that it will ever go away.
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