Archery is the practice of using a bow to shoot arrows. Archery has historically been used in hunting and combat, and has become a precision sport. One term for an archer is a toxopholite, which derives from ancient Greek. Archery - History. Archery - Beginnings. Archaeologists suspect that archery may have begun up to 15,000 years ago, but the earliest concrete evidence is between 8,000 and 9,000 years old. The bow probably originated for use in hunting, and was then ado ...

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• Archery - History
• Archery - Beginnings
• Archery - Classical archery
• Archery - Medieval archery
• Archery - Oriental archery
• Archery - Recurve target archery
• Archery - Compound Bow Technique
• Archery - Hunting
• Archery - Modern competitive archery
• Archery - Rules
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Archery - Beginnings. Archaeologists suspect that archery may have begun up to 15,000 years ago, but the earliest concrete evidence is between 8,000 and 9,000 years old. The bow probably originated for use in hunting, and was then adopted as a tool of warfare. Bows eventually replaced the atlatl as the predominant means for launching projectiles. Archery was practiced in antiquity on every continent except Australia, demonstrating that it is both basic and versatile. ...

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Yabusame (流鏑馬) is a type of Japanese archery, one that is performed while riding a horse.　The archer shoots a special "turnip-headed" arrow at a wooden target. This style of archery has its origins at the beginning of the Kamakura period. Minamoto no Yoritomo became alarmed at the lack of archery skills his samurai had. He organized yabusame as a form of practice. Nowadays, yabusame is performed at the Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine in Kamakura. It is also performed in Samukawa and on the beach at Zushi, as well as o ...

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An arrow is a pointed projectile that is shot with a bow. It predates recorded history and is common to most cultures. An arrow consists of a long and thin shaft made formerly of wood and now also from aluminium or carbon fiber composite. It is pointed or armed with an arrowhead at one end and with a nock or notch in the other. Arrowheads fit hunting and military purpose better than a mere point, which is mostly useful for target-shooting. Near the notch end are vanes which keep the arrow pointed in the direction of trav ...

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There is much controversy over hunting with a bow, also known as bowhunting. Many people believe that bows are an acceptable if not preferred way to take game, while others, such as animal rights activists, find the practice objectionable. In North America, bow hunting is regulated much as rifle hunting. Regulations address issues of where and which animals may be hunted with a bow, as well as technical specifications for "tackle" such as minimum draw weight, arrow weight and arrowhead design. A much more lethal, unbarbed "broa ...

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Archery, Archery - History, Archery - Beginnings, Archery - Classical archery, Archery - Medieval European archery, Archery - Asian archery, Archery - Recurve target archery, Archery - Compound Bow Technique, Archery - Hunting, Archery - Modern competitive archery, Archery - Rules, Archery - Scoring, Archery - Other competition

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There is much controversy over hunting with a bow. This practice is known as bowhunting. Many people believe that bows are an acceptable if not preferred way to take game, while others, mostly radical animal lovers, find the practice objectionable. In North America, bow hunting is usually legal and often encouraged over rifle hunting. Many American hunters prefer using a bow because of the added challenge. While a rifle hunter may take a shot at any distance under 200 yards (180 m), archers must get within 30 yards (27 m). Some locali ...

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After boycotting the 1980 Summer Olympics, the United States returned to archery in 1984 and edged out the newly powerful Korean team. While gaining only one gold medal in this competition, as opposed to the pair that they had won each previous time they had competed, the Americans were still able to get two medals (the second was a silver) and place another archer in the top 8. Korea, which had not competed in Olympic archery since 1972, also grabbed two medals. The medals, one gold and one bronze, both came from the women's competit ...

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Archery at the 1984 Summer Olympics, Archery at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Medallists, Archery at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Top 8 table, Archery at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Results, Archery at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Men's individual, Archery at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Women's individual

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In the autumn of 1905, Dod and her brothers sold "Edgeworth" and moved to a new home near Newbury, Berkshire. They had been practising archery from the times before, but all three became more serious now and joined the Welford Park Archers in Newbury. As one of their ancestors was said to have commanded the English longbowmen at the Battle of Agincourt, they found this an appropriate sport. Lottie Dod won her first tournament by 1906, and finished fifth in the Grand National Archery Meeting of 1906, 1907 and 1908. Dod's performances i ...

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The women's team archery was held on 20 August, after all of the individual competition had finished but before the men's team competition. Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's team final standings. Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's team ranking round. The team ranking round consisted merely of summing the scores of the team's three competitors from the individual ranking round. Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's team round of 16. Arch ...

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There were four ways for National Olympic Committees (NOCs) to qualify berths for individual archers for the Olympics in archery. No NOC was allowed to enter more than three archers. For each gender, the host nation (Australia) was guaranteed three spots. The 1999 World Target Competition's top 8 teams (besides the host nation) each received three spots, and the 19 highest ranked archers after the team qualifiers were removed also received spots. 15 of the remaining 18 spots were divided equally among the five Olympic continents for allocation in continental tournaments. The last thr ...

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The men's team competition was the last archery event to be held, on 21 August. The Korean team, after having been kept from winning any individual medals, won by successively larger margins as the rounds went by. Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's team final standings. Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's team ranking round. The team ranking round consisted merely of summing the scores of the team's three competitors from the individual ranking round. Ar ...

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Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's individual final standings. The three medalists of the 2000 Summer Olympics, Simon Fairweather, Vic Wunderle, and Wietse van Alten, all competed in 2004. None placed higher than 14th in the ranking round (van Alten) in the ranking round and only Wunderle made it to the quarterfinals. Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's individual ranking round. The Korean archers, medal favorites in both men's and women's competition, ranked 1 ...

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Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's individual final standings. The heavily favored Korean women, who had taken the top three spots in the ranking round, won gold and silver medals as well as setting a new world record for a 72-arrow round. Park Sung Hyun and Lee Sung Jin defeated every opponent they faced until their final match against each other, which Park won for the gold medal. Alison Williamson of Great Britain, who was ranked only 21st after the ranking round, was able to win a number of upsets to make it to the semi-finals. After losin ...

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There were four ways for National Olympic Committees (NOCs) to qualify individual archers for the Olympics in archery. No NOC was allowed to enter more than three archers of each gender. For each gender, the host nation (Greece) was guaranteed three spots. The 2003 World Target Competition's top 8 teams (besides the host nation) each received three spots, and the 19 highest ranked archers after the team qualifiers were removed also received spots. 15 of the remaining 18 spots were divided equally among the five Olympic continents for allocation in continental tournaments. The last thr ...

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There are two famous schools of mounted archery that perform yabusame. One is the Ogasawara school. The founder, Ogasawara Nagakiyo, was instructed by the shogun Minamoto Yoritomo (1147-1199) to start a school for archery. Yoritomo wanted his warriors to be highly skilled and disciplined. Archery was seen as a good way for instilling the necessary principles for a samurai warrior. Zen became a major element in both foot and mounted archery as it also became popular ...

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Yabusame, Yabusame - History of the Japanese Bow and Mounted Archery, Yabusame - Yabusame - Ritual Mounted Archery, Yabusame - Famous Schools of Archery and the Impact of Zen, Yabusame - The Decline and Revival of the Bow

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Japanese bows date back to prehistoric times - the Jomon Period. The long, unique asymmetrical bow style with the grip below the center emerged under the Yayoi culture (300 B.C. - 300 AD) Bows became the symbol of authority and power. The legendary first emperor of Japan, Emperor Jimmu, is always depicted carrying a bow. The use of the bow had been on foot until around the 4th century when elite soldiers took to fighting on horseback with bows and swords. In the 10th century, samurai would have archery duels on horseback. They would r ...

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Yabusame, Yabusame - History of the Japanese Bow and Mounted Archery, Yabusame - Yabusame - Ritual Mounted Archery, Yabusame - Famous Schools of Archery and the Impact of Zen, Yabusame - The Decline and Revival of the Bow

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Yabusame was designed as a way to please and entertain the myriad of gods that watch over Japan, thus encouraging their blessings for the prosperity of the land, the people, and the harvest. A yabusame archer gallops down a 255-meter-long track at high speed. The archer mainly controls his horse with his knees, as he needs both hands to draw and shoot his bow. As he approaches a target, he brings his bow up and draws the arrow past his ear before letting the arrow fly with a deep shout. The arrow is blunt and round-sha ...

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Yabusame, Yabusame - History of the Japanese Bow and Mounted Archery, Yabusame - Yabusame - Ritual Mounted Archery, Yabusame - Famous Schools of Archery and the Impact of Zen, Yabusame - The Decline and Revival of the Bow

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United States at the 1976 Summer Olympics - Gold. Darrell Pace - archery, men's competition Luann Ryon - archery, women's competition ...

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