Gaining the skills of concentration and persistence while also experiencing ancient Japanese cultural traditions is the main focus for the University of Arizona’s Kyudo club, the first of its kind on ...

At their Kyudo dojo Keerthi and Lalani Wickramarathne and their sensei Tadashi Ono talk to Smriti Daniel about the ancient martial art The quiet click of an arrow being notched is followed by a muted ...

In the practice of Zen archery, called kyudo, it takes about five minutes to go through the cycle of shooting and retrieving an arrow. Each movement is infused with the contemplation of one’s mind and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A foundation dedicated to reviving kyudo—the Japanese martial art of archery—took aim to find a site in Hawaii to build a dojo ...

Dojo head Jade Fraundorfer and student Lars Lampen take aim at their targets with their traditional Japanese bows and arrows. Nine South Africans who practice the art of Japanese archery, from the ...

Pop stars flaunting kimonos and traditional headdresses, overpriced bowls of ramen in hipster restaurants, tattoos of misspelled Japanese charactersall of this hits close to home for me. Growing up in ...

It may take many minutes of preparation yet only seconds to execute, but the perfect shot is worth waiting for in kyudo. The Japanese form of archery is as much about preparing for the shoot as it is ...

Ten members of a local Japanese archery club shot 108 arrows to welcome the new year. The number 108 represents the 108 earthly temptations in Buddhism. In Japan, people line up and ring the bells at ...

The ancient Japanese martial arts are not often seen in their pure form in Sri Lanka and it was a group of keen observers who gathered at the Sasakawa Centre in Kollupitiya last month when ...