Traditional Archery

In order for man to survive during the early years, he created tools not just to hunt for food but also as weapons for protection and warfare. The bow and arrow is among them. All throughout the history of Man, archery played a significant role. And as time goes by, archery has become more like a sport or for recreational purposes rather than a way of living.

Studies show that Man first used the bow and arrow for hunting more than 5,000 years ago. It was during that time when Man began to learn traditional archery. Later on during the “Medieval Period”, the traditional form of archery was used in almost every battle, war and conflict all over the world.

The traditional form of archery these days is just not for warfare, but for sports and recreational purposes. The competitive form of traditional archery is slowing fading out because of the modern archery equipments that are now used on almost all types of archery competition. Unlike the traditional archery wherein the archer would only use the bow and arrow, modern archery use more sophisticated and “state of the art” gears and equipments. The modern archery is a lot more accurate than that of a traditional one.

Traditional forms of archery are mostly practiced by individual who like to hunt games using traditional archery equipments. Although bow hunting is considered as a traditional form of archery, it also uses several modern gears and equipments such as protective equipments and gears such as arm guards (also called “bracers”), chest guards, gloves and the likes. These types of protective equipments not only provide protection but also help the archer improve his or her accuracy.

Although modern and traditional form of archery may have some differences, they also share some similarities. Their main similarities are the bow and arrow. Even though modern archery equipments are more efficient the fundamentals are still the same (which is hitting the target as accurate as you can).

Whatever form it may be (be it traditional form or modern form of archery) it is still one of the oldest type of sport. And although during its course in history it was not used as a sport but a weapon. The basics of traditional archery have improved because of the innovations of technology. And because of that, the traditional form of archery will never fade out; rather it would just further improve.