Yumi Bow Uk
It is not only the length that makes the yumi special though.
Yumi bow uk. Carbon fiber and glass fiber yumi are durable and easy to handle making them relatively easy to use and maintain even for beginners. 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. The bow is recurved because once unstrung its shape appears reversed like when the bow is strung. Kyūdō is based on kyūjutsu art of archery which originated with the samurai class of feudal japan.
Its length ranges from 212 cm 245 cm 6 ft 11 in 8 ft. Our yumi bow is crafted from bamboo and hickory in the original design and scaled to 72. The yumi or the japanese archery bow is known as an asymmetric and recurved longbow that has a laminated construction. Compared to the longbow this is pretty amazing as the longbow is already longer than many archers are tall.
The yumi is easily the world s longest bow. Kyudo equipment there are three basic types of bows yumi in use today. At tozando we stock items from carbon fiber and glass fiber yumi bows through to bamboo yumi bows all suited for intermediate to advanced practitioners. However as kyudo is both a sport and a method of self cultivation the use of equipment is also a means of training attitude and awareness through proper respect for and attention to the equipment.
A standard bamboo yumi lacquered bamboo yumi and synthetic yumimade with fiberglass or carbon fiber. It is referred to as asymmetric due to its nigiri that separates the lower and upper portion of the bow.