Original and translated kyudo articles and documents.
An excellent critical essay on Herrigel's book "Zen In The Art of Archery" by Professor Yamada Shoji
Just where did the modern ANKF taihai come from anyway?
Old newspaper articles about Kyudo in Seatle, Washington.
Article by Yoshiko Buchanan sensei on what your hands reveal during shooting.
Test requirements for 3rd Kyu through 10th dan from the ANKF Kyohon (kyudo manual).
Test requirements along with a personal view by Dan DeProspero.
Minimum training times between ANKF rank tests.
Sample written test questions translated from the monthly Kyudo magazine.
Shooting Nurtures the Mind's Eye by Dr. Ryoji Yokoyama.
The ANKF 5 person shooting sequence for rank tests.
A description of the Bisshu Chikurin demonstration at the 1994 Kyoto Taikai.
Mr. Graham Ashton speculates on why the Japanese bow is asymmetrical.
Compressed (91K) version of all three test examples listed below.
Big (2 meg) MS Word file showing a properly filled in mushitei test application form.
Properly filled in San Dan test application form.
Properly filled in Renshi test application form (good luck!).
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June 29th, 2003
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