So what are the basic rules to mounted archery? Archers use a horse bow, which is a simple recurve bow with no shelf or riser, made of any material. Arrows can be of any sort. Depending on the ...

Its shorter size made it ideal for mounted archers, who could quickly launch arrows while riding horseback ... bows, which had already been in use for centuries. The legacy of archery in the ...

Performed at Shinto shrines, Yabusame is a ritual in which an archer on horseback shoots arrows at targets. Australian Michael No was so impressed by Yabusame that he moved to Japan to learn it.