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Kyudo Links

• Meishin Kyudojo An illustrated FAQ with information drawn from the authors book plus further reading, addresses, and links (hosted by kyudo.com). Currently the best short introduction to the modern Shomen style in English.
  
• The Kyudo Project Incorporated The most useful website for the active kyudoka outside Japan, dedicated to "timely and accurate information". Worldwide contact addresses and links, lots of competent background info, articles, and translations of Japanese texts otherwise not easily available
  
  
• My experience of Kyudo in Japan Bob Ridge's quite personal account of his training. Pure text.
  
• Suomen Kyudoliitto ry The Finnish Kyudo Federation's web site (EKF-affiliated), background information on the Heki-Ryu-Insai-Ha, contact addresses and links. (Finnish, with some introductory texts in English)
  
• Miyako Kyudojo A dojo in Washington DC
  
• Ogasawara-ryu The oldest extant kyudo ryu, which also includes horsemanship / yabusame and sophisticated etiquette at court. The english part of this web site contains a very short overview of the school`s history, current events and a picture of yabusame
  
• United Kingdom Kyudo Association The kyudo association of Great Britain (EKF-affiliated), very short information and an email address
  
• Asian Traditional Archery Research Network (ATARN) Covers different Asian archery traditions and has some articles and discussions on kyudo
  
• Föreningen Stockholms Kendo Allians A kendo/iaido/naginata/kyudo-club that has info about kyudo although they presently don't offer training. Probably still the best place to ask in Sweden. (Bilingual site: English, Swedish)
  
• Hokkaido University Kyudojo A Japanese site with some English content: A gif-movie of a kyudoka in two resolutions, Japanese texts with English translation, a Japanese-English kyudo dictionary.
  
• Norges Kyudo Forbund The kyudo association of Norway (EKF-affiliated). Contact information, dojos, events.
  
• Texas Kyudo Renmei AKR-affiliated dojo in Dallas, information on history, training schedule, and events (with lots of pictures). Plain and clear layout.
  
• American Kyudo Renmei The national governing body for all kyudo in the US affiliated to the All Nippon Kyudo Federation (ANKF). Contact addresses and home pages of the USA state organizations and dojos (hosted by kyudo.com)
  
• Makiwara - Kyudo Information A promising attempt to write an encompassing kyudo FAQ with contributions of several authors, now "the oldest and most outdated Kyudo page on the Web" (according to its author)
  
• European Kyudo Federation The co-ordinating body for kyudo in Europe was established in 1980 and now has 14 member countries. Affiliated to the All Nippon Kyudo Federation (ANKF). Addresses of officers and member federations, some email and links
  
• Zenko International Kyudo organization of Kanjuro Shibata XX, with information on history and lineage, a list of events and dojos
  
• Kyudo in Holland Dutch Kyudo Renmei, the kyudo association of the Netherlands (EKF-affiliated). Contact addresses, dojos and lots of pictures on one single page (takes a while to load)
  
• The Myth of Zen in the Art of Archery An excellent critical essay on Eugen Herrigel's book "Zen In The Art of Archery" by Professor Yamada Shoji, published in the Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, volume 28/1 (pdf file, free Acrobat Reader needed).
  
• Settsu-kei doumonkai Unusal pics of fighting techniques utilizing the japanese bow in a bo-like manner, links mostly dead (English index)
  
• Shiseikan Kyudo Dojo An AKR-affiliated dojo in the South San Francisco Bay area. Training schedules, contact information, and several useful texts, especially on test requirements (connected to The Kyudo Project web site)
  
• London Kyudo Society Web site offers a short, illustrated introduction to backgrounds and history, training schedule, events, links (website also hosts the United Kingdom Kyudo Association's and the European Kyudo Federation's homepages)
  
• Omuta Kyudo Renmei Views of a dojo in Omuta in the Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan (English and Japanese)
  
• Kyudo Section of TSV 1847 Weilheim A Bavarian club with an integrated enteki (60 meters) dojo. Contact information, schedule, events, guestbook, and links (bilingual site: English and German)
  
• Kyudo in Bavaria The web site of the Bavarian association (DKyuB member) offers introduction, contact addresses, events. Special feature: An animated series of pictures on Shomen and Insai-Ha technique (partly multilingual site: Index and introduction in English, German, and French)
  
• Seishinkan Kyudojo Dojo in Palo Alto, CA (AKR-affiliated). Contact information, translated texts of the Ogasawara ryu and a longer text on the "principles of training" (including more quotes from Japanese sources) are available. Links mostly dead.
  
• Chozen-ji Betsuin/International Zen Dojo of Wisconsin An affiliate of Daihonzan Chozen-ji/International Zen Dojo in Honolulu, Hawaii, offers kyudo besides Rinzai Zen training.