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The Brief History of Arrows Part 2

Posted on December 23, 2019December 23, 2019 By Smith

Fletching most commonly was made up of feathers. Feathers were attached in three primary ways. First is with a thread, which could be of actual…

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The Brief History of Arrows Part 1

Posted on December 10, 2019December 23, 2019 By Smith

An arrow is one of the first purpose-built projectiles created by human hands, perhaps developed after humans thought that throwing spears didn’t have to be…

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Exploring Horseback Archery Part 3

Posted on November 24, 2019December 17, 2019 By Smith

Korean The Koreans have recognised horseback archery as an element of national heritage on the level of government, the latter now making efforts to promote…

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Exploring Horseback Archery Part 2

Posted on November 17, 2019December 17, 2019 By Smith

Japanese The modern horseback archery ranges on which archers compete have their styles inspired by the historical background. That is why a hungarian course involves…

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Exploring Horseback Archery Part 1

Posted on November 9, 2019December 17, 2019 By Smith

Hungarian “I’m on a horse” is a phrase many will remember from that famous male deodorant ad. It was uttered by the main protagonist of…

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The History and Anatomy of the Crossbow Part 2

Posted on October 26, 2019December 17, 2019 By Smith

The potential of the crossbow was well understood by the ancient Chinese. The trade-off for the simplicity and added accuracy over the bow was the…

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The History and Anatomy of the Crossbow Part 1

Posted on October 12, 2019December 17, 2019 By Smith

Crossbows are still cool today, which is a universally acknowledged fact. This weapon was as close as civilization got to firearms back when bows were…

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Why Archery is Great For Kids

Posted on September 15, 2019December 17, 2019 By Smith

Historians believe that archery has been around, in one form or another, for about ten thousand years. The initial purpose of bow and arrow was…

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Part 3: Compound Bow

Posted on August 26, 2019December 17, 2019 By Smith

The compound bow isn’t strictly speaking a type of bow, but a material configuration of it. Olympic archers use a recurve bow, but it’s no…

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Part 2: Recurve Bow

Posted on August 18, 2019December 17, 2019 By Smith

From a glance, the recurve bow does not look dramatically different from a longbow, except from the tips curving away from the archer when strung.…

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