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    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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  • back up in high school. He's in the boys team of kyūdō. He is a relative novice, having begun kyūdō late in middle school after seeing Minato in a match...
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    presides over the martial art of Kyūdō in Japan by organising standards seminars and events for the majority of kyudo practitioners in the country. Until...
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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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  • philosophy in Japan, and studied Kyūdō (the art of the Japanese bow) under a master named Awa Kenzô. Awa taught kyūdō in a way that was regarded by some...
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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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    quite a long history of kyūdō, with Germany establishing the practice in 1940 and Italy in 1930.[citation needed] A European Kyudo Federation of 15 member...
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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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    treating kyūdō as a sport rather than a meditative art. He felt they were becoming too competitive. Shibata thus represents a view of kyūdō different...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Kyūdō archers participating in the Ōmato Archery Competition at Sanjūsangen-dō...
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    famous architect Kijō Rokkaku. It includes places for martial arts and Kyūdō, and training rooms. The word budokan means "martial arts hall", and the...
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    Japan portal Judo ranks and grading Kendo grades and titles Karate ranks Kyūdō ranks Taekwondo ranks, belts and promotion Brazilian jiu-jitsu ranking system...
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  • Olympic Games demonstration programme in 1964. This included demonstration of kyūdō, kendo and sumo. Judo, which is a budo, was part of the regular program...
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  • Nagatoki to retreat to Kyoto, where he taught horsemanship and archery (Kyūdō) until his murder in 1583. Some of his descendants became daimyo in the...
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