Kyudo Japanese Weaponry
Kyudo
Kyudo, literally the "way of the bow", is the traditional Japanese form of archery. The roots of this martial art come from battlefield archery (kyujutsu) and from ceremonial court archery, which was formed by neoconfucianistic thought via Chinese influence. No further encompassing definition shall be attempted here, as there is a variety of schools and groups with different traditions and shooting techniques, and a large number of ideologies and viewpoints.
* the groups taught by Shibata Kanjuro (having their main dojo in Boulder, Colorado and associated with the Shambala organization of Tibetan Buddhism)
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 - Serving the active kyudoka outside Japan, dedicated to "timely and accurate information". Worldwide contact addresses and links, lots of competent background information, articles, and translations of Japanese texts.
- Illustrated FAQs with information drawn from the author's book plus further reading, addresses, and links.
- Contact information, translated texts of the Ogasawara Ryu and a longer text on the principles of training. [Palo Alto, CA]
- This dojo in London is the oldest public kyudo club in Great Britain, features training address and email, club history, and kyudo background.
- Views of a dojo in Omuta in the Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Includes links. [English/Japanese]
- A dojo in Washington DC
- Federation of Southern California, AKR-affiliated. Practice times and email contact.
- A Japanese site with some English content. Movie of a Kyudoka, Japanese texts with English translation, a Japanese-English Kyudo dictionary.
- An affiliate of Daihonzan Chozen-ji/International Zen Dojo in Honolulu, Hawaii, offers kyudo besides Rinzai Zen training.
- Affiliated to ANKF/AKR. Practice times, location, photos and brief outlines of the art, the Wadokan dojo and instructors.
- Offering a short, illustrated introduction to backgrounds and history. Includes training schedule, events and links.
- Bavarian association (DKyuB member) offering introduction, contact addresses and events. [English/German/French]
- The Finnish Kyudo Federation's web site (EKF-affiliated). Providing background information on the Heki-Ryu-Insai-Ha, contact addresses and links. [Finnish/limited English]
- The kyudo association of Great Britain (EKF-affiliated), very short information and an email address
- On Heki To-Ryu in Italy, with a short history of the school and contact information for dojos. [English/Italian]
- The national governing body for all Kyudo in the USA affiliated to the All Nippon Kyudo Federation (ANKF). Contract addresses and home pages of the USA state organizations and dojos.
- Background information and links.
- An essay on Eugen Herrigel's book "Zen In The Art of Archery" by Professor Yamada Shoji, published in the Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, volume 28/1 (pdf file, free Acrobat Reader needed).
- Kyudo organization of Kanjuro Shibata XX, with information on history and lineage, a list of events and dojos
- Training schedules, contact information and test requirements. [San Jose, CA]
- Short english page with contact adresses.
- The oldest extant kyudo ryu, which also includes horsemanship / yabusame and sophisticated etiquette at court. The english part of this web site contains a very short overview of the school`s history, current events and a picture of yabusame
- Bob Ridge's quite personal account of his training.
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