Fight Japan: Kyudo

Great intro to the world of Japanese archery, Kyudo. This is one of the most difficult and spiritual of Japanese martial arts

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Sports

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• kyudo
• japanese
• archery
• samurai
• martial
• arts
• budo
• meditation

[5tonyvvvv]

this is so overly exaggerated ritual archery this was never done in the heat of a battle,u just shoot the arrows thats it,this stuff is so ridiclious,and persian bows are faster

[fightjapanrc]

wow, you perfectly missed the entire point of the show. It is exactly inteded to be ritual. In studiously avoids being practical. Did you actually listen?

[takahashi279]

Thank you for posting this clip on Kyudo. Im a member of the South African Kyudo Renmei and I must say that viewing this really helps me understand Kyudo technique better.

[fightjapanrc]

Check out my remake of this show on my page. It is much better.

[asherwade]

Very nice, however would have appreciated it more with traditional Japanese music rather than European Baroque. Next time!

[fightjapanrc]

We thought it would be too cliche to use Japanese music; more interesting to mix two different classical traditions. A lot of Japanese commented favorably on the choice of music.

[N71789]

I believe it was said in the ancient book "Toxophilus" that the purpose of shooting the bow is to hit the mark, however one goes about doing it.

[MsNikivee]

When I first started I couldn't even keep my fingers still at my sides in the standing stance. This showed me something about myself and the next times after that were much easier. Just because they say that hitting the target is not the point does not mean that people are not hitting the target. I am quite confident that a highly skilled marksman unrelated to kyudo would describe his method in similar terms. Your focus must be unobstructed - period.

[MsNikivee]

I just started Kyudo in Tokyo. Thanks for this video. Every movement is thoughtful and analyze, no movement is wasted. Your body is to be symmetrical at all times, with the bow, the arrow, etc. If you take the time to perform the movements and prepare yourself correctly, you will hit the target. The Target can be like a mirror for yourself...

[blackfeatherarchery]

Beautiful art.

[HachiZenki]

@5tonyvvvv You miss the point entirely. the -do suffix of kyuudo denotes a more spiritual aspect of archery as opposed to a -jutsu suffix or -o prefix which denotes a martial science. That means kyuudo is more for the individual growth and mindset rather than just pure mechanics. Like meditation just while firing a bow.

[5tonyvvvv]

@HachiZenki Its unnecessary ..shoot the fuckin bow already..No other culture took this much time to shoot,its ridiculous!!.. Turkish bows are faster..much higher velocity

[CorneliuList]

@Ellryon "the best" by what criterion?

[Ellryon]

japaneses are the best melee fighters with Kenjutsu and Iaijutsu, but, Kyudo isn't a good art... the best archery is the English Longbow...

[CorneliuList]

@HachiZenki

"jutsu" is for the state of art of a martial discipline. "do" is for the state of one's way of life in that martial discipline.

[Baihu108]

But the intro describes kyudo as a "martial art," perhaps kyudo practitioners should explain clearly from the beginning that it is not. BTW, there are people who practice archery as part of their internal training who do also hit the target. One can train to be both nonattached to results while still driving one's arrows into the center of the target.

[uzerofutube]

That's a lot of bulshit, I would care about ritual or elegance, all I care aboutt is fun.