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2. Compound bow - Wikipedia

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   The compound bow was first developed in 1966 by Holless Wilbur Allen in North Kansas City, Missouri, and a US patent was granted in 1969. Compound bows are widely used in target practice and hunting. The pulley/cam system grants the user a mechanical advantage, and so the limbs of a compound bow are much stiffer than those of a recurve bow or ...

3. Bow draw - Wikipedia

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   A bow draw in archery is the method or technique of pulling back the bowstring [1] to store energy for the bow to shoot an arrow. The most common method [citation needed] in modern target archery is the Mediterranean draw, which has long been the usual method in European archery. Other methods include the pinch draw and the Mongolian or "thumb ...

4. Kyūdō - Wikipedia

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   To give oneself completely to the shooting is the spiritual goal, achieved by perfection of both the spirit and shooting technique leading to munen musō (無念無想), "no thoughts, no illusions". This however is not Zen , although Japanese bow can be used in Zen-practice or kyūdō practiced by a Zen master. [ 13 ]

5. Glossary of archery terms - Wikipedia

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   limb-driven rest (equipment) – A drop-away rest that is mechanically linked to one of a compound bow's limbs. Longbow - A type of bow that is usually used for long shots; loose (practice) – The act of shooting an arrow from a bow (a.k.a. release) laminated bow (equipment) – A bow with different materials laminated together to make a ...

6. Archery - Wikipedia

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   Historical reenactment of medieval archery Chief Master Sgt. Kevin Peterson demonstrates safe archery techniques while aiming an arrow at a target on the 28th Force Support Squadron trap and skeet range at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., 11 October 2012. The standard convention on teaching archery is to hold the bow depending upon eye dominance ...

7. Modern competitive archery - Wikipedia

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   Shooting a specialised compound flight bow. In flight archery, the aim is to shoot the greatest distance; accuracy or penetrating power are not relevant. It requires a large flat area such as an aerodrome; the Ottoman Empire established an "arrow field" (Ok-Meidan) in Istanbul and there were others in several major cities. [2]