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The British Horseback Archery Association was established in 2007, and is the governing body of horse archery. The first national competition took place in 2010. [ 85 ] [ 86 ] Since 2013, members have represented Great Britain in international team competitions.
Yabusame archer on horseback Yabusame archer takes aim on the second target. Yabusame (流鏑馬) is a type of mounted archery in traditional Japanese archery. An archer on a running horse shoots three special "turnip-headed" arrows successively at three wooden targets. This style of archery has its origins at the beginning of the Kamakura period.
Turkish horse archer. Turkish archery (Turkish: Türk okçuluğu) is a tradition of archery which became highly developed in the Ottoman Empire, although its origins date back to the Eurasian Steppe in the second millennium BC.
Mounted archery – Using a bow and arrow while riding from horseback Mounted games – Equestrian event consisting of speed racing and timed games for riders on horses Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
horse archer (practitioner) – An archer mounted on a horse; horse archery (practice) – Archery mounted on a horse; hybrid (equipment) A term to describe the combination of a recurve and a longbow, also known as "reflex-deflex". A term to describe a hunting broadhead with both fixed and mechanically opening blades.
Mercenary foot archers already served with the Roman republican army, but horse archers were only introduced after the Romans came into conflict with Eastern armies that relied heavily on mounted archery in the 1st century BC, most notably the Parthians, whose mounted archers were decisive for Crassus's major defeat in the Battle of Carrhae.
The Persian king Hormizd II hunts a lion by a Parthian shot. Relief from the "Hephthalite bowl", depicting a Parthian shotThe Parthian shot is a light cavalry hit-and-run tactic made famous by the Parthians, an ancient Iranian people.
From the 17th to the 20th century, horseback archery in Mongolia (and around the world) declined in prominence in proportion to the availability of firearms. Contemporary depictions of the 1768 Battle of Khorgos between the Qing dynasty and the Western Mongolian Dzungars show the mounted Dzungars primarily armed with muskets.