Japanese Yumi For Sale
There are three basic types of bows yumi in use today.
Japanese yumi for sale. Gradually they will eventually increase the pull strength after a couple of months. Our yumi bow is crafted from bamboo and hickory in the original design and scaled to 72. Carbon fiber and glass fiber yumi are durable and easy to handle making them relatively easy to use and maintain even for beginners. Everything in our inventory with the exception of our domestically made yumi is handcrafted by the finest japanese kyudo equipment manufacturers and master bowmakers at work today.
Japanese bows martial art of archery. All equipment is visually and physically tested before it is shipped to you and is guaranteed to arrive in perfect working condition. Did you scroll all this way to get facts about yumi. This was an important weapon used by samurai warriors during feudal japan.
With its simplicity and clean lines the bamboo yumi is unsurpassed in beauty and elegance. We have a great online selection at the lowest prices with fast free shipping on many items. Shorter bows were used to practice kyudo and kyujutsu or japanese archery. The most popular color.
While you have to pay particular attention to temperature humidity and dryness bamboo yumi are highly favored by sensei and high ranking kyudo practitioners. There are 241 yumi for sale on etsy and they cost 45 83 on average. This is the same style of bow utilized by the famed samurai warriors of feudal japan. Today i will talk about the japanese yumi which is the bow used in kyūdō or kyūjutsu which are both japanese forms of archery used originally by the samurai.
While samurai are usually recognized for their swordsmanship proficiency with the yumi japanese bow was actually considered a more valuable skill through much of japan s history. The yumi is easily the world s longest bow. A standard bamboo yumi lacquered bamboo yumi and synthetic yumi made with fiberglass or carbon fiber the bow of choice for most kyudo practitioners is the standard bamboo yumi which is made today very much the same as it was 500 years ago. Well you re in luck because here they come.
The most common yumi material is cotton. A lot of beginners start utilizing the japanese longbow that either has 10 or 12 kilograms. Form and specialities of the yumi. Traditionally the yumi bow would have been shot off the hand uni grip as pictured but we can add an arrow rest to the bow if your prefer.
Its length ranges from 212 cm 245 cm 6 ft 11 in 8 ft. There are different kinds of bows and each of these has a specific purpose. Yumi is the japanese term use for traditional asymmetrical japanese bows.