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Kyudo

弓道

Australian Kyudo Association

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Kyudo is the study of shooting a Japanese long bow and arrow at a target, as a means of developing a unified mind and body.

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According to the Nippon Kyūdō Federation the supreme goal of Kyudo is the state of shin-zen-bi, roughly "truth-goodness-beauty", which can be approximated as: when archers shoot correctly (i.e. truthfully) with virtuous spirit and attitude toward all persons and all things which relate to Kyudo (i.e. with goodness), beautiful shooting is realised naturally.

The study of Japanese archery and etiquette using the Japanese longbow.

 

Origins Background

Kyudo is the study of shooting a Japanese long bow and arrow at a target, as a means of developing a unified mind and body.

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According to the Nippon Kyūdō Federation the supreme goal of Kyudo is the state of shin-zen-bi, roughly "truth-goodness-beauty", which can be approximated as: when archers shoot correctly (i.e. truthfully) with virtuous spirit and attitude toward all persons and all things which relate to Kyudo (i.e. with goodness), beautiful shooting is realised naturally.

 

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