Description
Kyūdō (弓道) is the Japanese martial art of archery, practised with the
asymmetrical wakyū (Japanese bow) of over two metres, gripped at the lower third
of the stave. It is based on kyūjutsu, the archery art of the samurai class of
feudal Japan; the name was officially changed from kyūjutsu to kyūdō in 1919,
and, following the example of other martial arts systematizing for educational
purposes, the various forms of shooting in use until then were reorganized and
integrated. Alongside its budo character as training of body and mind, kyūdō
today also carries the aspects of a sport and of school physical education.
Practitioners may refer to themselves as yumihiki (弓引き), "ones who draw the
bow".
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japanese-martial-arts · kyudo · gendai · archery
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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 feudal Japan.”
“弓道（きゅうどう）は、和弓で矢を射て、的に中（あ）てる一連の所作を通し、心身の鍛練をする日本の武道である。古武道の弓術を基とし、現在ではスポーツ、体育（学校教育）の面も持ち合わせている。”
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Kyudo. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage
Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M2411V8RP1A9854ERZ2NQ80P - CC BY-SA 4.0.
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@incollection{martialis_01M2411V8RP1A9854ERZ2NQ80P, author = {Muñoz, Frederico},
title = {Kyudo}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year =
{YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
{https://martial.is/entity/01M2411V8RP1A9854ERZ2NQ80P}, urldate =
{ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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