| Archery is a sport or practice of using a
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| | with these than to arm a man with a sword
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| bow to shoot arrows. Throughout history
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| | and highly expensive protective armour.
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| archery was used for many purposes
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| | The bow, to them, was viewed as a "lower
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| including hunting and combat. It now has
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| | class weapon", and it was hardly used to
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| mainly become a sport of precision. Some
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| | actually decide any of their battles.The
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| history on archery is that it was said to
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| | Vikings were the most noted for using
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| have begun around 15,000 years ago, but
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| | archers in their battles, and that is why
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| the earliest that proven evidence was
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| | they had so much widespread success
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| reported on archery was between 8,000 and
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| | throughout the 9th and 10th centuries.
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| 9,000 years ago. The bow is said to have
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| | Archers from this era were often trained
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| originally come from the use of hunting
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| | very hard from early stages of childhood.
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| animals, and then it became a very useful
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| | Usually the boys were given bows that
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| tool in combat and warfare. It became
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| | were of their own height and tournaments
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| the dominant means of shooting
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| | were regularly held to help the boys
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| projectiles after replacing the
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| | practice their efficiency.In parts of
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| "atlatl".Some of the histories of Archery
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| | Asia, archery was also highly developed.
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| include Classical, Medieval and Asian
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| | It is noted that Central Asian tribesmen
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| Archery. The Classical groups that used
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| | were the most skilled at archery on
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| archery included the Greeks, Indians, and
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| | horseback. These "horse archers" would
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| Chinese. They had great numbers of
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| | shoot while charging at their targets,
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| archers in their armies.Archers were one
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| | then in one motion turn around in their
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| of the most decisive tools in warfare.
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| | saddles and shoot at the targets again
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| Some archers were known to ride
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| | while they rode away.A deviation from the
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| horseback, where combining their range,
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| | norm in Asian archery was a tool called
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| speed and mobility proved to be one of
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| | the "Foot-Bow". These were often
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| the deadliest weapons of all warfare.
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| | preferred because they could fire arrows
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| The phrase "a parting shot" came from
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| | a lot faster, and at a longer range than
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| this type of riding and it meant that a
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| | most conventional bows or crossbows. The
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| rider turned in the saddle to shoot as he
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| | technique to use a foot-bow was for the
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| rode away from the enemy.Medieval
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| | person to lie down on their back, with
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| European archery is one of the more
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| | the bow at their feet, then they would
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| popular studied forms of archery and it
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| | put the arrow between their feet and pull
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| is recognized that the archers in the
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| | the string on the bow back with both of
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| warfare of Western Europe were the most
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| | their hands and use their back and legs
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| vital tool in their armoury. What many
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| | to bend the bow. It was said that the
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| don't know is that they were one of the
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| | aim was not very good, but with the
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| lowest paid of all types of soldiers.
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| | combined weight and velocity of the five
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| Because bows and arrows were so
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| | foot long arrows, that became less
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| inexpensive it was cheaper to arm a man
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| | important.
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