Kyudo
Kyudo (Japanese archery)
Bows and arrows used to be in practical use as weapons in Japan. However, from the end of the Muromachi Period(1338-1573), warriors valued kyudo as a discipline for mind and body and thus advanced its development as a martial art. Modern day kyudo is similar to archery in the Western countries. However, kyudo values manners and formality rather than victory or defeat, and pursues the detachment of mind. The archery's bow is made of laminated wood and bamboo and it is just over two meters long. It is operated by wearing an archer's glove on the right hand and using bamboo arrows. Generally, the distance to the target is 28 meters in a short-distance shooting and 60 meters in a long-distance shooting.
Japanese girls in Archery Ceremony
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