Kyudo − The Way of the Bow 

I am Japanese. Kyudo is now practiced more like a form of meditation than a battle. This slow movement trains the mind by unifying the mind and emptying the mind. It may be similar to yoga or something. When there was still warfare, Kyudo was practiced as a form of archery, but as warfare ended, it took on the form it has today. Kyudo is valued as much as hitting the target with your actions. At the pinnacle of competitions, the ranking is determined by hitting the target and the beauty of the movement.

"Pure presence of mind " is the key also for life goals and targets

I started learning Kyudo in a regional centre. I live in Osaka, Japan. It is hard to describe the pureness of heart and mind that washes over you when you pick up the bow, or put on the sacred kyudo glove 🙏

Using a weapon of war in a state of harmony… The philosophy hidden in such is profound

It's gorgeous. I mean, it's a martial art, and I suspect it originated as a way of making archers more disciplined and effective (and therefore deadlier), but the ceremony of it is artful and meditative. I've been many places, but never to Japan, and would love to go someday.

this is why sports are so helpful in many ways

Zen and the art of archery springs to mind. A wonderful book which gives a westerners account of his encounter with this form of practice and the difficulty for a westerner to understand.

Had the bow set up at a pro shop. It performed just fine ru-vid.comUgkxQEKUoxLWwayEDZR0NKB-5limn4MBU-2L . And I would say this is a good starting now that I could pass down to my son when he is older.But the package was missing the release and a nock was missing from one arrow.Dealing with customer support was terrible. They suggested I buy a new release rather than correct their own quality control issue because it’s to expensive for the. to ship it out from China.Update: manufacturer got back to me and resolved the issue. I retract the above statement.

Shooting a bow requires concentration and focus. So many things to be in tuned with one another. Oh how I miss shooting a bow. But the principal is the same I think. Concentration, focus, undisturbed mind. Calmness

Fun fact: bows were actually main weapons of choice for samurais cuzz in a sword fight you are almost always guaranteed to get injured even if you win a fight. Katana's was only when they got in a really bad spot and there was no option to use bows.

this is a wonderful art. very good training for achieving high standards of control over disobedience. very beautiful.

Tsurene is what introduced me to Kyodu .

Beautiful.

We can get a lot of info here in the comment section as there are so many Japanese culture experts here. Thank you so much! Can't describe how grateful I am now.

Beautiful.. aim at the inner self it is a meditation ⛩️🏹

So Kyudo is used as a focus discipline. I have never heard of the bow being used in such a way. It reminds me of meditation. Hmm... I am beginning to see why this is used. Through action, focus. Ah! I see, it allows you to learn how to focus so you can do it in everyday life.

El sonido que hace es único y suena tan genial

Beautiful

Beautiful and very interesting...🏹🇯🇵👏🕊️ 🕊️🇵🇱🤝

As an archer, one thing I never understand but this explains, is when I focus too much on the target, I miss. When I allow the flow of my natural actions to control the shot and clear my mind, I make far better shots. I'd like to take up this form and try, but their ain't no dojos in Yorkshire 😂

Amazing 😲✨

BEAUTIFUL SPORT.

I have watched quite a few of these vids. None of them showed the person hitting the target. This one did and now I have a greater appreciation for their skills!

Kyudo is definitely my type ❤

I get the same sense when I shoot my English long, recurve or compound bow. Practicing to the point of instincts to draw aim n fire in the seconds of action without thought n always improving ur consistency on ur target

It's the way of the Japanese bow. Japanese master bow craftsmen make them very specific. They differ greatly from other countries and their bows. It takes about as long to master the craft as it does to master the art of the Japanese bow.

Best👍👍👍

The Elegance.

Wow

Cool

I am confident in my archery skills

Wow, 28 meters, that is insane!

0:30 "Daddy daddy doo! hoshii no sa ..." sorry enjoy the rest of the video >

superbness :

Como me gustaría visitar Japón

its meditation. Yoga at its best.

Nice

Потрясающе. У дядечки тремор руки, а попал в самый центр!

それは本当に焦点です

I would ❤ to learn Kyudo

Wish I could get a copy of this clip of the woman aiming and shooting without the narration/music. Just the birds chirping in the back. The scene is a great philosophical lesson.

Interesting

Little question here. I've noticed in slow-motion videos that the arrow turns downwards upon being released. Does anyone know if that happens with the different types of Japanese bows besides the yumi (the hankyu and the daikyu), and why that downward turn happens?

She is so elegant

This is one sport I probably would have participated in school if it was a thing as wide spread as, say, basketball. It doesn't look tiring which is what I hated with the usual "sports" stuff and hitting targets with a bow looks satisfying.

Search Heki Ryu kyujutsu for an older battlefield archery style of Japan. Kyudo is a modern art more for sport and meditation.

I am here for watching girl

I was inspired by watching a competition a little while ago, and modified kūdō for myself, in which the target is the goal, but, instead of simply striking it down with an arrow, I treat these arrows as vessels with which to seal my malice and sorrow, and the target as the void into which to send them off. I see it as a way to purify a tainted spirit, and typically use my modified kūdō when I do feel rather negatively, to rid myself of fury before I become its vessel. Otherwise, I just shoot like normal, with speed and the simple intent for accuracy. I don't have a ūmē bow, so I just stand it in with a Tatar bow.

Leave it to the Japanese t turn everything into a spiritual experience.

Just finished watching "TSURUNE" and im here

Que hermosa mujer!!!! que impresionante!!!!!

"they look for calmness and spirit" - judge at @3:17 with eyes closed

I came just to perfect my Starfall and Dance of the Death skill combo for Ran Online

So was this the type of archery that Kikyo did in the Inuyasha series?

God of archery bagwan Ram from bharatwarsh India

I’m try I’m trying to get the stance down, much more difficult to shoot a recurve this way but it looks nice when it works.

México regresando , Carlos

she in the opening video is so beautiful. she is proper lady to express Kyudou.

Leave it to the Japanese to take a relatively simple process of war, where hitting the target is absolutely the point, and turn it into a form of meditation where hitting the target is an afterthought.

seems more like a meditation/yoga exercise and a dance performance than a sport

I am impressed with the size of both the bows and the arrows. I wonder how much strength it takes to pull?

I am here because of Kikyo 🥰

Such discipline and grace

could you do kyudo with like an english/welsh long bow ?

only I can see the formality and mold of archery

Why all the extra sound effects on the bow? It's silent when you draw, not creaking like someone twisting a giant wet rope. It also doesn't make a sound on release like someone slapping the deck with a bamboo stick. That was added in only for the video.

Read the air and situations without words. Ba no kuuki wo yomu. The archer takes the bow and forgets the target. He or she follows the pathway and no swift release but a natural release. It means let go must be natural, not forced. The tension applied releases the arrow naturally. This means that it is held for a purpose and gradually and naturally release the control. Mostly we aim to manually control the outcome but here we learn to release when ready inside at inner core, without even looking at the target. The arrow must find the way to the target. You become the bow and then arrow. Your thought must release it and it should release the arrow itself. Any manual effort to hit target is vain. As this is a spiritual art, the idea is to equalise inside state with bow and arrow. Then the arrow must effortlessly flow like a grass cutter football pass. It can even swing like a Yorker ball in cricket. When we let go, release them naturally gradually yet uproot them. A sudden and swift let go is unnatural so it may be counterproductive. Its rather a forced release. It won't root out the knot then. You have a desire and that is pure of everyone and others not just only for you, then hold the dream and there is a time you realise you can't hold it anymore, so let the flow takes over and release the desire to control and naturally day by day, you would release each arrow or desire . You hold them but now let go when you are ready. Then let it die or forget them. The seed dies and becomes a plant. It must die to born again. The whole exercise is to learn detachment in a process faster and quicker. When the attachment is gone there is no resistance but effortless or un manual outcome. This we call manifestation. But in spiritual archery, it has relevance too. Those who fought spiritual wars in multi dimensions know about such archery. Brahmaastra or such astras in astral planes are executed in this way . However our robotical mind cant attach and detach quickly. So it takes some time to integrate the essence. Kyudo, the way of warrior!

Kinda reminds me of white death, precision long range sniping without a scope even under extreme weather conditions, near inhuman rifle skills, pure presence of mind & concentration.

Name sound pls.

3:37 this girl is like on of the most beautiful women I have ever seen. Beauty and grace 🥰

My dream😞😞

What is the song that starts at 0:38 ??

I want one. I mean the bow and arrow.

Japanese archers:- be calm, patience, focus Mongols:- ☠️💀💀💀☠️

I like the first girl's beauty and elegance!

What if the Dojo has a war to be getting on with?

It's about a meditative process. Few other words to describe it will circumvent the paradox of all the stress confining yourself to strict processes of movement, then claim it's the opposite... Sorry can't help myself when there's a logical flaw in wording.

the first girl so pretty so like a living princess

why they look so attractive

This used to be a Confucius practice in ancient China as well as one of the six arts, but sadly the ancient culture was lost.

She is so pretty 😢😢😢

So, this is a meditation technique that involves bow and arrow. This is it.

lindas moças. apaixonei

Inuyasha! Kikyo!

I would like to find a Kyodo Practitioner or Dojo or Teacher

Daddy daddy doo~

The loud background noise misses the target

UwU archer chan niuuuuuuuuuu~~~~

0:00 Ahhhh!!! I'm shot!

At the begining of this video, the lack of a sighting system is suggested to be related to the idea that hitting the target is not the aim of this art. However, there are many simple bows, both in history and in the modern era, that lack sighting systems, but are still built for the purpose, the express purpose, of hitting targets. Without something to aim at, all a bowman of ANY discipline has, is a stick with some cord tied to it, and a pouch of shorter, pointier sticks😊 A sighting system is wholly unnecessary to accurate use of a bow. Time spent training, no matter whether it is in a spiritual way, as depicted here, hunting for food, or shooting at targets as a pure physical discipline with no spirituality involved, is what is required to be capable of hitting targets.

That beautiful stare killed me before the arrow reach my body

Girl is very pretty 😍😊

I love Japanese culture. Just like Karate, Kyudo's main goal is to have a stable Mind, Body and Spirit.

what if i want to learn kyudo, but i can't bow due to me being muslim, we only bow to our God, so would it be possible to learn?

That is the loudest bow I have ever heard, cool oneness going on though. Gonna go shoot my bow tomorrow when I wake up.

Friends ,,There is a concept that the japanese call Unagi!"

Who is the girl at the start of the video? Credits?

Their walking is funny.

*I am the bone of my sword.*

The woman is so pretty!