Archery, or the use of bow and arrows, was probably developed in Africa by the later Middle Stone Age (approx. 70,000 years ago). It is documented as part...

Mounted archery is a form of archery that involves shooting arrows while on horseback. A horse archer is a person who does mounted archery. Archery has occasionally...

Turkish archery (Turkish: Türk okçuluğu) is a tradition of archery which became highly developed in the Ottoman Empire, although its origins date back...

2016). History&Uniforms 9 ENG (in Italian). Soldiershop Publishing. ISBN 978-88-9327-131-8. Selby, Stephen (1 January 2000). Chinese Archery. Hong Kong...

Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows. The word comes from the Latin arcus, meaning bow. Historically, archery has been...

This is a list of archery terms, including both the equipment and the practice. A brief description for each word or phrase is also included. Contents...

of the more powerful and accurate firearms. Today, bows and arrows are mostly used for hunting and sports. Archery is the art, practice, or skill of using...

by Gerald of Wales about 1188, who writes of the bows used by the Welsh men of Gwent: "They are made neither of horn, ash nor yew, but of elm. He reported...

Target archery is the most popular form of archery, in which members shoot at stationary circular targets at varying distances. All types of bow – longbow...

rings are used as an archery equipment designed to protect the thumb pulp from the bowstring during a thumb draw, and are made of leather, stone, horn...

Archery in Bhutan (Dzongkha: མདའ་ (da); Wylie: daa; 'arrow,' 'archery') is the national sport of the Kingdom. Archery was declared the national sport...

Harris (1833). History of the Battle of Agincourt, and of the expedition of Henry the Fifth into France in 1415; to which is added the Roll of the men at...

ship of Henry VIII's navy that capsized and sank at Portsmouth in 1545. It is an important source for the history of the longbow, as the bows, archery implements...

A butt is an archery shooting field, with mounds of earth used for the targets. The name originally referred to the targets themselves, but over time came...

horseback archery in Mongolia (and around the world) declined in prominence in proportion to the availability of firearms. Contemporary depictions of the 1768...

brief archery duel a large force of French mercenary crossbowmen was routed by Welsh and English longbowmen. The French then launched a series of cavalry...

Archery Association of India is the national governing body of archery in India. Its headquarters are located in New Delhi, and its current president is...

Religion portal Belomancy, also bolomancy, is the ancient art of divination by use of arrows. The word is built upon Ancient Greek: βέλος, romanized: belos...

Recurve archery is the only discipline of archery featured at the Olympic Games. Archery is also an event at the Summer Paralympics. Key   Archery events...

World Archery (WA, formerly Fédération Internationale de Tir à l'Arc (FITA)) is the governing body of the sport of archery. It is based in Lausanne, Switzerland...

millennia, Chinese archery (simplified Chinese: 中华射艺; traditional Chinese: 中華射藝; pinyin: zhōnghuá shè yì, the art of Chinese archery) has played a pivotal...

that his skill in archery was such that he could hit, with the first shot of an arrow, ever so small an apple set on the top of a wand at a considerable...

mind and vexed in soul. — L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables (1908) Korean(Goguryeo) Horse Back Archery in 5th-century. Feint Pyrrhic victory Caracole...

weapon or an archery technique used by the late military of Sasanian Persia, by which a volley of five arrows was shot. No examples of the device have...

Locksley's physical superiority with the victory in the archery contest at the Tournament of Ashby. Locksley's ability to lead men in the field is displayed...

Yabusame (流鏑馬) is a type of mounted archery in traditional Japanese archery. An archer on a running horse shoots three special "turnip-headed" arrows successively...

about longbow archery by Roger Ascham, first published in London in 1545. Dedicated to King Henry VIII, it is the first book on archery written in English...

Martial arts timeline History of sport History of archery History of warfare History of wrestling History of physical training and fitness World grappling...

prohibit "Several new devised Games" that caused "the Decay of Archery". All Men under the Age of sixty Years "shall have Bows and Arrows for shooting". Men-Children...

in the wider history of 18th- to 19th-century Europe as a symbol of resistance against aristocratic rule, especially in the Revolutions of 1848 against...