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Kyudo

Kyudo is modern Japanese archery in a budo context. Technique, posture, procedure, etiquette and hitting the mato belong together; it is not World Archery Olympic archery.

LevelVariant FamilyArchery Family CategoryPrecision sport / budo

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Classification

Category Precision sport / budo

Family Archery Family

Level Variant

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Japanese archery with yumi, ya, hassetsu procedure, etiquette and target.

Geeignet für Suitable for people seeking quiet precision, ritual and long-term technical practice.

Cost Medium: dojo/federation, loaner gear and instruction matter more than owning a bow. Dojo/federation fees, seminars, yumi, ya, kake, clothing and examinations. Kyudo dojo, IKYF/ANKF-adjacent federation or budo club with kyudo section.

First progress Basic procedure slowly; stable form takes months and years.

Fitness level low to medium

Was du brauchst

kyudojo
yumi
arrows/ya
kake
mato
teacher

First steps

find a dojo
learn etiquette
practise form without shooting
start with loaner gear

Kyudo dojo, national kyudo federation, IKYF seminar or budo club.

Practise only with a teacher, cleared shooting line and clear commands.

Weitere Angaben

Tags individual, einzeln, kyudo, japanese-archery, budo, precision, precision-sport, bogensport-familie

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Shoot arrows at the mato with clean procedure and safe technique.

Teilnehmer

Individual, dojo/taikai and grading formats.

Teamgröße

Individual or team scoring by event.

Spielfeld

Kyudojo with shooting area and target bank/azuchi.

Dauer

By dojo, grading or taikai format.

Wertung

Hits, form and grading/competition criteria by format.

Gewinnbedingung

Best hit/criteria score or passed examination.

Ausrüstung

yumi
ya
kake
mato
kyudojo

Wichtige Regelpunkte

safety breach
procedure error
wrong shooting line
equipment/etiquette error

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

International Kyudo Federation IKYF · federation · high
Kyudo Shinsa Regulations IKYF · official-regulations · high
English All Nippon Kyudo Federation · federation-guide · high