Yabusame - Japanese Horseback Archery 流鏑馬

http://therovingroninreport.blogspot.com/2009/04/yabusame-japanese-mounted-ar...
Yabusame is a Japanese Shinto ritual involving mounted archery. Archers ride at a full gallop and shoot at three targets set up at certain intervals. Hitting all three, an archer is considered to be very skillful. The ritual is purpose is to bring prosperity and peace.

The video is a complilation of Yabusame events I have been to over the last two years. There are two different schools of Yabusame - Ogasawara Ryu who perform at Asakusa (here 2007&2008) and Takeda Ryu who perform at Meiji Shrine (2006), Miura (2007), and Kamakura (Spring 2007 & Fall 2008)

The song is called "Gunslinger Man" and it fits with the old tradition of samurai on horseback using bows rather than spears and swords as they did later. The Yabusame costume looks rather cowboy-ish.

The music is by the Exotic Ones:
http://www.myspace.com/exoticones

This also a tribute to the memory of a firend of mine who passed away a few years ago:
Jack Hunter Dave, Jr who wrote and sung the song "Gunslinger Man."
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[Emgee78]

Please tell me that was a giant pink penis at 0:29.

[RoninDave]

@Emgee78 indeed it was! It's from a festival in kawasaki! One of these days I'll edit the footage and make a video of it

[frostyoshi]

i don't mean to be rude or disrespectful but @:23 it looks like a dildo :X

[RoninDave]

@frostyoshi it's a type of shrine from a festival near Kawasaki

[sudobob]

what the heck is that big pink wang for at the 30 second mark yo?

[RoninDave]

it's part of the opening intro - I always stick bits of other festivals and stuff into the intro like previews or reviews of upcoming and past videos.

That wang is part of a festival held every april in kawasaki. When I have time I plan to do a video on it.

[TheYuzumochi]

なんで日本に関する動画になると韓国人が嫌がらせに来るんだ？

韓国とは全く関係ない動画なのに。

[ono108]

@GuamKomudo

Well, in fact , it's wrong. The oldest Japanese bow was in the Jomon ware, about 13000 years ago.

It's called Maruki Yumi. If you have intrest, go Wikipedia.

[OtonaGorilla]

馬鹿か。

おちんぽ祭りは神話が元になってんだよ。

巨根伝説でググれよ。こんなロックな祭り世界中で聞いた事ねえぜ­。

韓国にはウンコ祭りでもあるのかな？あったら負けを認めるわ。

[jotanshi]

@zdkezios

the PENIS festival is not traditional one.

I think those villagers are just stupid.

[himadatanode]

In fact primary samurai weapon was yumi. katana was not quite so common