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 […]
Instinctive Archery. What it is and how it is practiced.
What is Instinctive Archery? Instinctive archery was already used in the Middle Ages for hunting: hunters would stalk deer and wild boar, either on horseback or on foot, and when they were at a considerable distance from the target, they would shoot. The bow and arrow have always been essential tools for human survival, and […]
Prehistoric archery and how to make a bow with arrows.
Historical Background of Prehistoric Archery In prehistoric archery, there is no defined date for the start of archery. It is also considered that, depending on the geographical location, the appearance of the bow varies greatly. The oldest arrowheads were found in the Sibudu Cave in South Africa and are dated to approximately 64,000 years ago, […]