In the beginning, there were self bows - bows made from a single piece of wood - longbows and the improved but still primitive recurve bows to sustain millennia of wild-animal-eating humans and their ...

The recurve bow, featuring limbs that curve away from the archer to increase power is the only type of bow allowed in Olympic competition. The lever effect created from a recurve bow can propel arrows ...

Today’s casual archery enthusiast may not realize it, but every time they nock an arrow, they’re taking part in a practice that once helped ensure mankind’s survival. The sport of archery started ages ...

Thirty archers armed with bamboo bows and arrows sit on a platform awaiting instruction. Then they take aim at a straw cylinder 60 feet away. They each have 34 arrows to shoot in four minutes. They ...

It is about as far from the Olympic sport of archery as it can get. The bow is taller than the person shooting it, and, to the uninitiated, it appears lopsided and unbalanced. There are no sights, no ...

Target archery is one of the oldest sports in the world. For the Third City Archers, there is no truer aim than to bring the ancient art of archery to the next generation. To accomplish that, the ...

Recognized for his strong arms and steady composure, Wu was admitted to a local archery school at the age of 16 to receive professional training. With outstanding talent, he quickly emerged, winning ...

It's not Sherwood Forest, but it comes as close as possible for western Colorado. The 2011 Big Sky Archery Open begins Friday night at the DoubleTree Hotel and you're invited. The three-day tournament ...

COLUMBUS — Time after time, an image reminiscent of a Mongolian archer galloping toward the enemy while unleashing a deadly fuselage of arrows is repeated on the South Texas pasture. The arrows loosed ...