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All kyūdō archers hold the bow in their left hand and draw the string with their right, so that all archers face the higher position (kamiza; 上座) while shooting. Kyūdō archers draw the bow so that the drawing hand is held behind the ear. If done improperly, upon release the string may strike the archer's ear or side of the face.
Kyudo World Cup - International Competition, 2014. The All Nippon Kyudo Federation (ANKF) (Japanese: 全日本弓道連盟) (全弓連) is a public interest incorporated foundation and sports governing body that presides over the martial art of Kyūdō in Japan by organising standards seminars and events for the majority of kyudo practitioners in the country.
Kyudo practitioner in standard kneeling position (kiza) establishing mindfulness as she pursues the ultimate goal of the Kyudo practitioner, which can be gained when archers shoot correctly (i.e. truthfully) with virtuous spirit and attitudes established through the three main desirable key attributes, (真善美), roughly approximated as "truth-goodness-beauty"; Shin, Zen, Bi.
Kūdō (空道) is a Japanese hybrid martial art.It is a full-contact combat sport that aims to achieve safety, aggression and practicality, a style of mixed martial arts practised with headgear and gloves.
Kyūdō (弓道:きゅうどう), which means "way of the bow", is the modern name for Japanese archery. Originally in Japan, kyujutsu, the "art of the bow", was a discipline of the samurai, the Japanese warrior class. The bow is a long range weapon that allowed a military unit to engage an opposing force while it was still far away.
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Enso calligraphy by Kanjuro Shibata XX. On-yumishi Kanjuro Shibata XX (御弓師 二十代 柴田 勘十郎 Shibata Kanjūrō born 1921 in Kyoto, Japan, died on 21 October 2013 in Boulder, United States) [1] was twentieth in a line of master bowmakers and a kyūdō teacher of the Heki Ryū Bishū Chikurin-ha (日置流尾州竹林派) tradition.