Any Archers in the house?

[Teufel Hunden]

I'm into archery as well. I shoot a Martin Dreamcatcher recurve similar to yours. Love it.

If you're getting into blacksmithing, here's a good website for tutorials and tips/tricks.

http://www.anvilfire.com/iForge/

Thanks for the link!

Bear & Jennings compound. Used to give me countless hours of enjoyment. Since I went off to university and then to Japan I haven't had the chance. Japan, of course is renowned for its traditional archery -- the sport is called kyuudo.

It would be nice to try sometime, but that's another one of those things that I'd have to get around to... For now, as far as Japanese traditional hobbies go, I'll just keep on studying tea ceremony...

Here's a photo I found on Wikipedia demonstrating a full draw.

I've studied Martial Arts my whole life, but mostly stuck to the swords and other weapons from Japan.

I'd be interested in trying kyuudo as well, but from what i know about it, i don't think it would interest me more so than the european style archery i'm currently into.