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  2. History of archery - Wikipedia

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    Longbowmen archers of the Middle Ages.. 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 of warfare and hunting from the classical period (where it figures in the mythologies of many cultures) [1] until the end of the 19th century, when bow and arrows was made functionally obsolete by the ...

  3. Archery - Wikipedia

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    Para-archery is an adaptation of archery for athletes with a disability, governed by the World Archery (WA) and is one of the sports in the Summer Paralympic Games. [73] There are also several other lesser-known and historical forms of archery, as well as archery novelty games and flight archery, where the aim is to shoot the greatest distance.

  4. Mike Loades - Wikipedia

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    The Plot to Kill Reagan, Indigo Films for History Channel 2005; Weapons That Made Britain 2004; Timeline ‘’The Peasants’ Revolt’’ with Tony Richardson; Meet the Ancestors Se4 Ep1 ‘’The killing field’’ 2001 * Crusades with Terry Jones 1995 *Archery - Its History and Forms, Running Wolf Productions 1995 (video)

  5. Toxophilus - Wikipedia

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    Toxophilus is a book 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. Ascham was a keen archer and a lecturer at St John's College, Cambridge , and wrote Toxophilus or the Schole or Partitions of Shooting to defend archery against claims ...

  6. World Archery - Wikipedia

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    Its seven founding member states were France, Czechoslovakia, Sweden, Poland, the United States, Hungary, and Italy. [1] The aim of the organization was to create regular archery championships, and to return archery to the Olympic Games (the sport had not been featured since 1920).

  7. Kyūdō - Wikipedia

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    The yumi (Japanese bow) as a weapon of war began its gradual decline after the Portuguese arrived in Japan in 1543 bringing firearms with them in the form of the matchlock. [8] The Japanese soon started to manufacture their own version of the matchlock called tanegashima and eventually it and the yari (spear) became the weapons of choice.

  8. Mounted archery - Wikipedia

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    Mounted archery is a form of archery that involves shooting arrows while on horseback. [1] A horse archer is a person who does mounted archery. [2] Archery has occasionally been used from the backs of other riding animals. In large open areas, mounted archery was a highly successful technique for hunting, for protecting herds, and for war. [3]

  9. Kyūjutsu - Wikipedia

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    Kyūjutsu (弓術) ("art of archery") is the traditional Japanese martial art of wielding a bow as practiced by the samurai class of feudal Japan. [1] Although the samurai are perhaps best known for their swordsmanship with a katana (), kyūjutsu was actually considered a more vital skill for a significant portion of Japanese history.

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