Kyūdō (Japanese: 弓道) is the Japanese martial art of archery. Kyūdō is based on kyūjutsu ("art of archery"), which originated with the samurai class of...
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Tsurune (redirect from Tsurune: Kazemai Kōkō Kyūdō-bu)
Tsurune (Japanese: ツルネ -風舞高校弓道部-, Hepburn: Tsurune: Kazemai Kōkō Kyūdō-bu, lit. 'Kazemai High School Archery Team') is a Japanese light novel series written...
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Kyudo Nakagawa (中川 球童, February 12, 1927—December 29, 2007), or Nakagawa Kyūdō, was a Japanese-born Rinzai rōshi who for many years led Soho Zen Buddhist...
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The All Nippon Kyudo Federation (ANKF) (Japanese: 全日本弓道連盟) (全弓連) is a public interest incorporated foundation and sports governing body that presides...
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The International Kyudo Federation (abbreviated as IKYF) is the International body for the Governance of Kyudo Worldwide, establishing standards, gradings...
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Boulder, United States) was twentieth in a line of master bowmakers and a kyūdō teacher of the Heki Ryū Bishū Chikurin-ha (日置流尾州竹林派) tradition. Beginning...
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Kendo Kenjutsu Kenpo Kosho Shorei Ryu Kempo Kūdō Kusarigamajutsu Kyokushin Kyūdō Kyūjutsu Naginatajutsu Maniwa Nen-ryū Ninjutsu Nippon Kempo Niten Ichi-ryū...
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longer daikyū (大弓) and the shorter hankyū (半弓) used in the practice of kyūdō and kyūjutsu, or Japanese archery. The yumi was an important weapon of the...
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mother who used to play kyūdō in the past to a kyūdō hall, where he witnesses Masaki Takigawa's grandfather Akihiro Yasaka's kyūdō and hears the sound of...
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Jogo do pau Jūkendō Jittejutsu Kendo Kenjutsu Krabi–krabong Kumdo Kung fu Kyūdō Kyūjutsu Medieval MMA Modern Arnis Naginatajutsu Nguni stick-fighting Okinawan...
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professor Eugen Herrigel, published in 1948, about his experiences studying Kyūdō, a form of Japanese archery, when he lived in Japan in the 1920s. It is...
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Sojutsu Naginatajutsu Bojutsu Okinawan kobudo Iaido Kusarigamajutsu Kendo Kyudo Tessenjutsu Shurikenjutsu Bajutsu Jujutsu Taidō Kūdō Korea Gongkwon Yusul...
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refers specifically to the body's posture after a technique is executed. In kyūdō, zanshin means the body posture after the loosing of an arrow; the posture...
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prevent potential wounds from skates in the event of a fall or collision. In kyudo, or Japanese archery, it may be used for bow strings, as an alternative...
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2002, p. 34–35. Hideharu Onuma, Dan DeProspero, Jackie DeProspero (1993) "Kyudo: The Essence and Practice of Japanese Archery," p. ix, Kodansha International...
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crafting the bows, called yumi, and arrows used in the Japanese martial art kyūdō. The first gunpowder-based weapons, such as the fire lance, were made of...
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hold the bow depending upon eye dominance. (One exception is in modern kyūdō where all archers are trained to hold the bow in the left hand.) Therefore...
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officially changed to kyūdō, and following the example of other martial arts that have been systematizing for educational purposes, kyūdō also reorganized...
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Bullseye (target) (section Kyūdō)
it's an Imperial target.[citation needed] In Japanese archery, known as Kyūdō, the bullseye is called "zuboshi". The term is also used as idiomatic slang...
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with disciplines such as kenjutsu and kendo (sword), bojutsu (staff), and kyūdō (archery). Similarly, modern martial arts and sports include modern fencing...
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"[Japanese] Arrow Barrel") or Yadzutsu is a type of arrow quiver used in kyūdō, Japanese archery, using the Japanese longbow, the Yumi. It is generally...
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Ankō Asato Born 1827 Ryūkyū Kingdom Died 1906 (aged 78–79) Style Shuri-te, Kendo, Kyudo Teacher(s) Sokon Matsumura Notable students Gichin Funakoshi...
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arrangement (ikebana), Japanese calligraphy (shodō), and Japanese archery (Kyudo). Today, this ranking system is part of the hallmark, landscape, and cultural...
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is usually translated as "the way of …". Examples include aikido, judo, kyūdō and kendo. Thus karatedō is more than just empty hand techniques. It is...
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of martial arts, such as kendo, iaido, taidō, aikido, jōdō, ryū-te, and kyūdō. Sumo wrestlers, who do not wear hakama in the context of their sport, are...
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Japanese martial arts (section Kyūdō)
Daoism and Confucianism, Japanese archery evolved into kyudō, the "way of the bow". In some schools kyudō is practiced as a highly refined contemplative practice...
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headtemple. The center is composed of a zendo, the meditation place, and a Kyūdō dōjō, where the Japanese art of archery is practiced. In June 2010, the...
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sadō), calligraphy (書道, shodō), and martial arts such as archery (弓道, kyūdō). The Japanese character 道 means the way or the path and indicates that...
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the year. The Kamakura period was a starting point for many martial arts. Kyūdō became popular as kyujutsu, literally bow skill, as a pastime for the samurai...
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Kyūdō archers participating in the Ōmato Archery Competition at Sanjūsangen-dō...
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