Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Longbows, or Yumi, have been used in Japan for centuries. But today, a handmade bamboo bow can cost over $2,000. At over 2 meters ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Longbows, or Yumi, have been used in Japan for centuries. But today, a handmade bamboo bow can cost over $2,000. At over 2 meters tall, these bows are difficult handle.

The International Network for Bamboo and Rattan celebrated INBAR Day with the opening of its exhibition garden at the 2014 Qingdao International Horticultural Exposition on April 26. Everything at the ...

More than 1,000 years ago, the dimensions of the Japanese Yumi, or longbow, was finalized. The size was fixed at a little more than two meters and the use of laminated construction was agreed upon. In ...

The senior girl’s team from Trashigang won the final round of the second inter-school archery tournament held at Rangjung Central School in Trashigang on December 21. The team initially lost two ...

Bhutan's archers are sticking with their daily meditation and yoga, but other traditions like bamboo bows are being pushed aside as the country seeks its first ever Asian Games medal. Archery is ...

SHILLONG, IndiaSHILLONG, India — Thirty archers armed with bamboo bows and arrows sit on a platform awaiting instruction. Then they take aim at a straw cylinder 60 feet away. They each have 34 arrows ...