Safety Rules in Archery for the Archer, Their Equipment, and Facilities
\[vc\_row]\[vc\_column]\[vc\_custom\_heading text=”Safety Rules in Archery for the Archer, Their Equipment, and Facilities” font\_container=”tag\:h1|text\_align\:left”]\[vc\_column\_text]To practice archery, certain safety rules must be followed to protect the archer and the facilities used for archery practice. Additionally, guidelines for the use and maintenance of equipment must be adhered to. Archery is a very safe sport, but it is MANDATORY […]
Beginner’s Archery Guide + 12 Complete Kits
\[vc\_row]\[vc\_column]\[vc\_custom\_heading text=”Beginner’s Archery Guide + 12 Complete Kits” font\_container=”tag\:h1|text\_align\:left”]\[vc\_column\_text]Complete beginner’s guide to archery where you will find types of bows, requirements, and knowledge you need to acquire to get started in this sport. Learn how to shoot a bow and enjoy a sport that will help you develop both physical and mental skills.\[/vc\_column\_text]\[porto\_blockquote]“An arrow alone […]
Carbon shafts for archery arrows
Carbon Shafts for Archery Arrows The shaft or stem is one of the most important parts of the arrow. In archery, we encounter different types of materials used to manufacture this tool. Wood, carbon, aluminum, aluminum-carbon combinations, each with its advantages and disadvantages. However, in today’s post, we will focus on Carbon Shafts. Pure carbon […]
Official Archery Championships of the RFETA (Royal Spanish Archery Federation).
Official Archery Championships of the RFETA According to the regulations of the RFETA (Royal Spanish Archery Federation), all championships, grand prizes, leagues, and other approved events organized in Spain in disciplines recognized by World Archery (WA) will be governed by the rules of the RFETA. The recognized archery championships include: Indoor and outdoor traditional archery […]
Valentina Acosta Giraldo. 2019 World Junior Champion in Olympic Recurve Archery.
After watching the thrilling final of the 2019 Archery World Championships held in Madrid, we got to meet the new World Junior Archery Champion: Valentina Acosta, a promising young archer from Colombia. To reach the final of the Madrid World Championship in Olympic Recurve Archery, Valentina defeated the French Lisa Barbelin 7-1 in the semifinals […]
Japanese Yumi Bow. What is the Samurai Bow, its history, and its current state.
What is a Japanese Yumi Bow? The Japanese term for the bow is Yumi. There are two types of bows: long bows and short bows in traditional Japanese culture, and they are used in the practice of Kyudo (Japanese archery). The Yumi bow is a long bow, approximately two meters in length, and surpasses the […]
Medieval Archery: Longbow and Other Curiosities
In medieval archery, it is said that the best archers were the English archers, whose bows played a key role in the battles of Crécy and Agincourt. Their achievements in sports competitions, battles, and hunting were also passed down in medieval songs. Outside of Europe, archery was of great importance in the peoples of the […]
Archery as a Paralympic Sport: Background and Current Status
Archery as a Paralympic Sport and other Paralympic sports for athletes with disabilities originated at the Stoke Mandeville Hospital in England right after World War II. The goal was to rehabilitate war veterans who had suffered injuries during the war. This competitive sport had particular success as the central focus of rehabilitation, proposed by neurologist […]
Archery as an Olympic Sport, Scoring, and Fun Facts
Before archery appeared as an Olympic sport, it was an ancient practice that originated as a hunting tool and a weapon. In the past, it was closely linked to survival, both in hunting and in warfare. After the invention of firearms, this tool became obsolete as a “professional” weapon and, over time, transitioned into a […]
Archery games to have fun shooting with a bow and arrows.
Archery games can be a great training tool for archery, and the training can become much more fun than it already is. This time, we bring a fun proposal in the form of archery games that you are sure to love and that will add a playful component to the sport of archery. Archery Games […]