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  2. Archery - Wikipedia

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    Para-archery is an adaptation of archery for athletes with a disability, governed by the World Archery (WA) and is one of the sports in the Summer Paralympic Games. [73] There are also several other lesser-known and historical forms of archery, as well as archery novelty games and flight archery , where the aim is to shoot the greatest distance.

  3. Kyūdō - Wikipedia

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    First Archery of the New Year by Torii Kiyonaga (1787) During the Edo period (1603–1868) Japan was turned inward as a hierarchical caste society in which the samurai were at the top. There was an extended era of peace during which the samurai moved to administrative duty, although the traditional fighting skills were still esteemed.

  4. Target archery - Wikipedia

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    An archery competition. Target archery is the most popular form of archery, in which members shoot at stationary circular targets at varying distances. All types of bow – longbow, barebow, recurve and compound – can be used.

  5. Modern competitive archery - Wikipedia

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    Korean traditional archery with modernized rule set from 1928. Archers shoot 5 arrow for each 'Soon' and each contest is usually consist of 9 Soon. The target is 2m wide, 2.667m high, 145m away from shooting line. The score is counted if the arrow hits any part of the target.

  6. Kyūjutsu - Wikipedia

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    Kyūjutsu (弓術) ("art of archery") is the traditional Japanese martial art of wielding a bow as practiced by the samurai class of feudal Japan. [1] Although the samurai are perhaps best known for their swordsmanship with a katana (), kyūjutsu was actually considered a more vital skill for a significant portion of Japanese history.

  7. History of archery - Wikipedia

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    Longbowmen archers of the Middle Ages.. Archery, or the use of bow and arrows, was probably developed in Africa by the later Middle Stone Age (approx. 70,000 years ago). It is documented as part of warfare and hunting from the classical period (where it figures in the mythologies of many cultures) [1] until the end of the 19th century, when bow and arrows was made functionally obsolete by the ...

  8. Yabusame - Wikipedia

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    Yabusame archer wearing traditional 13th century clothing. There are two schools of mounted archery that perform yabusame. One is the Ogasawara school. The founder, Ogasawara Nagakiyo, was instructed by the shōgun Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147–1199) to start a school for archery. Yoritomo wanted his warriors to be highly skilled and disciplined.

  9. National Field Archery Society - Wikipedia

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    Traditional Bowhunter (TB) Thumb Draw (TD) Unlimited (UL) The general rules are determined by a committee and ratified or rejected by the membership. Specific rules applying to each bow style are determined by votes cast only by archers who shoot that bow style. Rounds are shot at unmarked distances, predominantly using 2D and 3D animal targets.