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(discipline) – A competitive archery discipline in which allowed bow accessories are severely limited. For example, in World Archery competitions, sights, draw check devices, and stabilizers are banned; arrow rests are allowed with restrictions on size and placement; and vibration dampeners and weights are allowed if directly attached to the bow.
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Archery is the art, sport, practice or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows. Archery may also refer to: Archery, Georgia , an unincorporated community, United States
Archery societies were set up across the country, each with its own strict entry criteria and outlandish costumes. Recreational archery soon became extravagant social and ceremonial events for the nobility, complete with flags, music and 21-gun salutes for the competitors. The clubs were "the drawing rooms of the great country houses placed ...
"Archery". Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad, Volume Three: Results (PDF). Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games. 2001. p. 38. ISBN 0-9579616-1-8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-23 "Archery Official Results Book". Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad (PDF). Organising Committee for the Olympic Games Athens 2004.
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.
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For example, organising bodies for competitive archery prohibit activity that involves deliberate shooting in the general direction of a human being. [10] The separation between the worlds of competition archery and the impalement arts is more marked than that between, for example, knife throwing as a sport and as an entertainment.