Traditional Archery Clothing Who doesn’t want to look the part? With the growing popularity and revival of traditional archery around the world, there is also an increasing demand for traditional…
What is Instinctive Archery? Instinctive archery is a method of shooting a bow, potentially with great accuracy, without aiming. Without aiming you say? Yes. This method does not utilize any…
A Global Phenomenon. Where is Archery Most Popular? For some readers who are familiar with our work here at ArcheryHistorian.com, it comes as no surprise to hear that archery…
Saracen Archery – The Bow & The Near East The ways of the bow and arrow were known in the near east for millennia. Saracen archery would produce some of…
The Viking Bow – Archery of the Norseman This article discusses the Viking bow and Viking archery. The Norsemen had developed a unique self bow of their own, and put…
Archery Archeology What can we learn from archery archeology? For the vast majority of the human story, bows, arrows, and other archery accessories have been made from organic materials. As…
Physics of Archery The word physics comes to us from the Greek φυσική meaning “knowledge of nature”. Physics is considered a fundamental discipline in science. It is the study of…
Khatra Khatra or Khatrah in archery is a technique and style of release. It is strongly emphasized in certain traditional archery styles such as Turkish archery and Kyudo, or traditional…
Warbow – The Heavyweight Division Yes indeed! The bow and arrow have been used in warfare! While this aspect of archery may be unsavory to some, it is still true….
The History of Archery Targets We may or may not take our modern archery targets for granted today. But how did these targets evolve? What did people in ancient and…
