#kyūdō

[todayintokyo]

Kabura-ya (鏑矢) is a Japanese arrow used by samurai in feudal Japan. Its sound was created by a specially carved bulb of deer horn attached to the tip. It was believed that it could chase away evil spirits before the battle. Video from @Rainmaker1973.

[abridurif]

Le Zen dans l’art chevaleresque du tir à l’arc est un petit livre écrit par Eugen Herrigel (1884 – 1955), professeur de philosophie allemand qui s’intéressait au mysticisme. De 1924 à 1929, il a enseigné la philosophie au Japon, où il a étudié le kyūdō (l’art japonais du tir à l’arc) sous la direction du maître Awa Kenzo, qui l’enseignait d’une façon considérée par certains comme une religion mystique, appelée Daishadokyo. Daishadokyo était une approche du Kyūdō qui insistait sur l’aspect spirituel, ce qui la différenciait de la pratique courante de l’époque. En 1936, Herrigel écrivit un essai de 20 pages sur son expérience, et en 1948 l’étendit sous forme d’un petit livre, traduit en anglais en 1953 et en japonais en 1955. Eugen Herrigel raconte qu’il veut étudier le zen, discipline que l’approche occidentale ne permettait pas de comprendre à ce moment-là. Il trouve alors le kyūdō comme support à cette étude, et de fait, le sujet du livre est le zen à travers le kyūdō, qui est évoqué sans s’étendre sur les détails.

[woodspurg]

[hoshi-steph]

Tsurune 🍃 I just finished the 1st Season of Tsurune and just loved it. I couldn't resist making a fanart of Narumiya Minato the main character of the story. The other characters are adorable. _____ #tsurune #kyudo #kyūdō #minatonarumiya #tsurunefanart #animefanart #tsurunekazemaikoukoukyuudoubu #digital #digitalart #digitaldrawing #digitalartist #illustration #artistsoninstagram #animestyle #fanartillustration #fanart #narumiyaminato https://www.instagram.com/p/CoJ7TJsMPuo/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[kindasketchysideblog]

Wake up babe, new rant and redesign for Hanzo just dropped.

Hanzo’s OW2 design kinda sucks ngl, but narratively- it’s well done. He’s hidden his boob window, removed his gourd (which most likely has alcohol in it), and really cleaned up his facial hair. But it’s only narratively.

I’m not saying I’m better than the ones who designed Hanzo. And I’m definitely not saying I’m better coloring or rendering-wise.

But ffs, his OW2 design just blends all the colors together. Have they even heard of a wonderful thing called saturation or even using color variety to differentiate… colors? The grey moves onto the dark grey to the black in the OW2 only to be separated by a thin white strip, a small blue string on his side, and the occasional yellow. It’s just an desolate ombré with accent colors that was put in half-assed.

With this redesign, I wanted Hanzo to embrace tradition, streetwear, and dashes of cringe. Hanzo’s OG design was inspired by lots of Japanese men participating in “Kyūdō”, a practice in which archery and zen are mixed, sometimes will have their nipples out. This uniform/clothing also includes a robe like bottom- in which my re-design I made into pants instead. I still wanted to keep that narrative choice of covering up his titty (as sad as that may be) while still making it slutty enough: so I sliced it.

I’ve also reclaimed the gourd for Hanzo, as gourds back then were not solely used for holding alcohol back then, but many liquids, and this obviously includes water. The OW1 gourd also had the Shimada insignia, so I think it’d be OOC for Hanzo to not hold on to it imo. The gourd is also cracked in some spots, revealing the real original gourd underneath- parallel to how Hanzo is trying to open up, but still hanging onto family legacy and/or how his facade of honor is cracking. You choose how to interpret~

Other details like the buttons, his piercings, the dragon painted on his pants, and some additional colors were inspired/taken from Hanzo’s casual skin. Another is the feather in Hanzo’s hair- from the one Genji gave to Hanzo in the Dragons cinematic.

Anyways end of rant and pointing out details. Thanks for reading, it means a lot🥹 .

@wildissylupus @dawnthefox24 I was really inspired by your writing and all the fanfics surrounding OW characters and decided to take a shot with this. Hope you like what I came up with.

PS: That blob is supposed to be his dragon tattoo but it’s hard to draw it ok?

PSS: this is open for (constructive) criticism! As Genji says while you press deflect, “do your worst!”

[tainebot01]

Considering that they both attended Themis Legal Academy around the same time, there is a greater than zero chance this happened at some point.

[Image ID: A digital redraw of the ‘Father in emergency room with son due to arrow injury’ meme, with Sebastian Debeste and Hugh O’ Connor from Ace Attorney. Both of them are sitting in an emergency waiting room. Sebastian has an arrow in his upper right torso, and Hugh is holding a Kyūdō archery bag. Sebastian has his arms crossed with his baton resting in his right hand, while Hugh is nervously gripping his archery bag with his left hand. Sebastian has a relatively calm or slightly amused facial expression despite the situation, while Hugh looks rightly concerned. End Description]

[lumiinix]

hi, how are you doing? hope you’re doing well! i have a request :: tsukki , suna and ushijima with a rather energetic s/o (basically their polar opposite, kind of?) but when they watch their s/o play their sport/martial art, their s/o is suddenly quiet and focused. it can be any sport or martial art, although i would prefer if it’s Kyūdō (it doesn’t have to be Kyūdō though)

gn!reader , and you can write it in any form (oneshots, headcanons or anything else is fine! write whatever you’re comfortable with!)

also please take your time on doing this request, i dont mind waiting <3 thank you!

Haikyuu boys with a s/o that only get serious in sports.

Pairing(s): Tsukishima, Suna, Ushijima x gn!reader (separate)

Warning(s): none.

A/N: HELLO NONNY, I’m doing great thx for asking! And I love the request you choose, it’s actually one of my favorite thing to write! So I hope you enjoy <3

Tsukishima

Sorry but, how did you two even got together again?

Like he knows you two were childhood friends but like…you know what I mean?

But somehow, you two are now dating, and although everyone around you is kinda weird out, people that are more closer to you guys will admit that your relationship with eachother is a good one and that he cares for you very much.

In terms of sport, he definitely know you do Kyudo and have came to see your tournaments often even though he said no when you asked him. He is secretly your number one supporter, and only Yamaguchi know this.

And no matter how much he has seen it, he’s always at awe at how different you are when you’re in a match and tbh, he’s kinda scared of you but he’ll never admit it, ever.

He does like it when your opponents who had underestimated you before because of your cheery nature before suddenly realize you screwed they are after seeing you changed drastically. Guy will smirks everytime that happens.

Suna

He loves your energetic and bubbly nature, to him you’re a baby that he needs to protect and spoil.

So when he heard that you do Kyudo, his first immediate thought is that you’re gonna get hurt, but he doesn’t show you that bc he doesn’t want you to think he thinks you’re weak.

So imagine his total shock when he went to a match that you invited him to, only to see his bubbly s/o turns into a cold and serious person as they absolutely demolish their opponent. And then turn back into a sweet and cheery person when they saw him.

God is he shocked and impressed. Maybe even turned on.

Now he records your matches everytime he went to them and threatens the Miya twin with them, saying that if they don’t behave, he’ll call you to personally deal with them.

Ushijma

Ushijima and you contrast eachother so much, but he doesn’t mind that. But he defines think of you as a more vulnerable person and that he has to protect.

That’s until the incident happens. Basically he and Tendou saw you got cornered by some bullies but before he and Tendou had a chance to jump in, you took matters into your own hand.

That day, Ushijma sees a new side to you as you turn serious and even scary as you fend of the bullies with your Kyudo skills, he’s so shock that he didn’t even realize the bullies have ran away and you had gone up to him asking him if he’s ok because he’s been zoning out with your bubbly personality again.

After that, Tendou dubbed you two the power couple. Ushijma also went to see your matches and is very impressed by your skill and how serious your attitude are to kyudo, it’s a similarity between you two that he adores!

He also stops seeing you as vulnerable after that, but that doesn’t mean that he won’t step in when you’re in trouble.

REBLOGS ARE APPRECIATED!

[everythingblackblack]

Nakamori Aoko is shown to be just as smart as Kaito in their introduction, willing to use anything as an improvised weapon when needed and she gets along well with everyone in her class. I'm glad she had a nice party with her other friends like Momose Keiko. They're cute together. She befriended Hakuba straight away, stays in touch while he's abroad and was super sweet to the unapproachable Akako, charming the rather amoral witch into protecting her. She must be well liked by the boys and girls at school as well as leave a good impression on adults and small children (Kenta-kun saw her as a sisterly figure, I just know it). I imagine her regularly supporting her Mum and Dad at work and doing her best to make sure whenever they are free they can have a good time together. Her doing archery is so cool! It's not fair she's the only love interest without a martial art, were you thinking Kyuudou or western archery? Both suit her.

Something I don't like about DCMK and anime in general is that the girls are mostly reduced to love interests.

But who are we to judge?

(I absolutely judge him, too much.)

Anyway, I'll focus on your lovely question. <3

I thought of Kyūdō! Because I think Aoko would look great in traditional clothing and with her hair tied in a ponytail!

Honestly, I really like the idea of ​​her being the president or vice president of her school's archery club.

I can see Kaito putting an apple on his head and telling him to shoot it!

I also think she could be a baseball player (specifically a batter) or even practice Kendo (I don't know, the way she swings the mop gives me sword vibes).

I like the headcanon that Saguru knows fencing and that he and Aoko bond because they both play sword sports.

Other interests I thought of for her are gymnastics and horse riding, I like to think that she and Kaito went to gymnastics classes together since they were little, horse riding she picked up by researching more about London culture because she wanted to get closer to Saguru. I also like to believe that she would start practicing magic for Akako! Learning to read tarot as a way to bond with her. I think Aoko is great and there is so much potential in her, it's a shame that even she has been relegated to the background in her manga.

[hoshidensha]

Looptober / Melotober Day 18: Tournaments + Vintage

I know it's Ryu who's canonically the kyūdō archer but I like to think Susato is good at it too~

[larixxz]

My second KNY oc, Miyuki Yukimura!:)

Just like Risa, she is also a hashira! She uses Ice Breathing❄️ (a breathing style descended from water breathing:3)

Even though she has her own sword just like everyone else she prefers using arrows and bows. (as a teen, she used to practice Kyūdō and mastered it, becoming a very talented person at the martial art😝😝😝)

🏹

[docgold13]

Heroes & Villains The DC Animated Universe - Paper Cut-Out Portraits and Profiles

Elseworlds Addendum - Conner Hawke 

Sandra Hawke and Oliver Queen broke off their affair before Sandra discovered she was pregnant.  Oliver was the secret identity of the superhero, Green Arrow and Sandra chose to keep her pregnancy a secret, raising their son, Conner, on her own. 

Following severe behavioral difficulties in his late childhood, Conner was sent to an ashram in a remote region of Asia.  There he was looked after by a sect of monks and was taught martial arts and kyūdō archery. 

Conner possessed a tremendous inborn skill and quickly developed into a master combatant.  Like his father, Conner had a great knack for archery and marksmanship and was able to refine his skills with a bow to an uncanny proficiency.  

Conner left the ashram in his teens, determined to follow in his father’s footsteps and use his skills to become a costumed crimefighter.  He even partnered with Green Arrow for a time, eventually revealing to Oliver that he was his son.  

Oliver perished saving Metropolis from a bomb and Conner took over his father’s legacy as the new Green Arrow.  During this time he served on the Justice League and had numerous adventures alongside the Green Lantern, Kyle Rayner.  

Oliver Queen was ultimately resurrected and resumed his role as Green Arrow, sharing the mantle with his son.  Conner went missing for several months, ultimately reemerging as an agent of the shadowy League of Lazarus.  After discovering this organization’s nefarious intents, Conner teamed up with Robin (Damian Wayne) so to take these villains down.  

The young hero first appeared in the pages of Green Arrow Vol. 2 #0 (1994).   

[generationdespair]

Mei Miyagawa illustration.

Ultimate Archer from the Miyagawa family, specializing in the art of kyūdō.

I was having trouble figuring out a good pose. It was kind of hard finding a way to make her art not feel so uh long because of the bow.

Also I'm hyperfixating on my ocs again so I decided to redirect that to my fangan to get something actually going.

[kriffin-ink]

Emi my beloved <3333

Gonna talk about all the thought I put into this bc I am so delusional and I am going to share my delusions (under the cut)

- she uses a recurve bow that is a bit longer to offer better aim and balance (for stealth she uses longbow bc it’s quieter)

- her chest guard is inspired by the chest guard they use in Kyūdō

- I combined the white shirt of her original design and the red rubbing of her current design

- since she was born into the arrow clan, she has the symbol tattooed on the back of her neck (I got the idea from Jade Claymore if any of y’all have seen Willow)

- she gets to keep her dyed hair BC I SAID SO

- uses a standard archery arm guard for her right hand bc she holds the bow with that hand

- uses a Kyūdō finger guard on her left hand bc she draws with that hand

- as much as I love drawing expressions with domino masks, I gave her the mask over her mouth like her original design

Every decision is an intentional one

[usagimen]

Hello, just a heads up! Sayuri is ranked as a Special Grade. Thus, she is crazily overpowered with broken abilities. This is a run down to show the extent of her prowl && how she has grown over time along with Tsukuyomi's own strength.

Marksmanship: A pastime that Sayuri once practiced during her days at Tokyo Tech, Kyūdō, remains one of her most beloved skills. While it’s a rarity to witness her in battle dawning a longbow, she still maintains this practice in order to lessen her stress, thus keeping perfect balance. There are ever growing rumors that she has practiced with firearms in the past, something she refutes && will not elaborate on further.

Master weaponry: like most Kobayashi women, Sayuri’s prowl && knowledge on cursed tools is second to none. The clan prides itself on an ever growing cache of relics from bygone eras, believing in the game of finders keepers, whoever possesses the weapon shall die with it. Most, if not all of the women have a preference, for Sayuri who seeks to hide herself amongst all, she will take on the usage of blades && in several cases, swords.

Mixed martial arts: specializes primarily in take down tactics, grappling, along with pressure point fighting. Excellent in her skills, Sayuri’s body is defined as a weapon in itself due to the ironclad resistance && unbreakable exterior she holds. Honed from a young age, it is her greatest pride && assist. Hence the moniker, the God Hand Sorcerer as she seeks to transcend the limitations of the human form. This is highly inspired by Toji’s Heavenly Restriction as many view him with contempt or disdain; Sayuri has always seen the former Zen’in son as the perfection of the idealistic form.

Plastic Love: created from all that was sweet, innocent, brimming with the first love of girlhood. From the depths of her heart, she wished to share in something wondrous to grant her friends succor during combat. Through the method of understanding the flow of cursed energy, Sayuri can amplify her ‘dance partner’s’ critical rate. The true reasoning for Plastic Love is to assist with the usage of Black Flash, amplifying by 5 percent when one does not harmonize, if her partner chooses to do so, their cursed energy output will rise by 10 percent. If she dances alone, Sayuri herself can exhilarate her cursed energy by a duration of 7 percent.

Domain Expansion Throne Of Heavenly Judgement; the Celestial Crown of the Universe: Only seen once during the Culling Game, otherwise, it is not depicted nor is information known about her Domain Expansion except she managed to grasp it rather early in life. What is known often dispels rumors that it is wondrous as it is frightening, bright, vivid && brimming with an infernian fury.

Tsukuyomi abilities

Multi-dimensional pocket/weapon cache      Capable of using an unknown method to hide his weaponry, in the midst of battle, Sayuri can activate it to pull out various cursed tools. There is a joke between the two. There are a few junk items ranging from cute plushies to snacks, they take nothing seriously.

Naginata/lance/spear mastery: Tsukuyomi preferred his combat to be on a further end of the spectrum. Relying heavily on the usage of magic && long range items. His beloved lance was known solely as the Feast Slayer, granting him the ironic even sardonic title, Lord of the Feast after the slaying of Ukemochi. In his stead, during the events of the Culling Game, his crown would be passed onto Sayuri as she would be ruled as Lady of the Feast && inherit his prized naginata. Tsukuyomi loved this lance so much, that it is often depicted as a third limb that he navigated with ease, by doing so, Sayuri would rename it as the Bringer of the New Dawn stripping away the chains that bound them. Now, they would walk separately as two entities that marveled in each other’s glory, Tsukuyomi’s lance is categorized as a special grade cursed tool, sought after by many even the Kobayashi clan could not detect its locations. From withering bones, the God Spoke, one shall lay claim to all that was mine. The cryptic words he spoke only to his vessel depicted that in death, Tsukuyomi assured none could obtain what was his from greed, they must be granted it by his blessing.

Domain Expansion The Reigning Glory of the Eternal Moon A illusive lunar palace, Sayuri has spoken that she was once in the mirror from where the deity of the Moon was born. He spoke of his ascension into Godhood as one of many, in many forms he has lived && died, but in this realm all was his to conqueror && rule. She cannot explain the mechanisms but has elaborated it is an illusion && the place where Tsukuyomi fell after his death. Where he gazes upon the stars && seeks to rejoin his siblings once more in their embrace. It is where they created their pact under the pretense, if the small girl could delight him, he would grant her favor && remain benevolent in slumber. At the start of their union, the two were symbolically entwined as twins, thus creating a theory that Tsukuyomi suffers from his memories becoming distorted through the passage of time. After Sayuri’s ascension through the events of Shibuya, where she remained in a stupor during healing, they would meet once more in Tsukuyomi’s domain; honoring the vows of their pact && becoming celestial siblings - two halves that could make one another whole.

Kobayashi attributes

Miyako Odori tier one (Past Arc only)

     Cosmetic alteration, Kobayashi girls that show promise in this area are granted passage into becoming ‘no face women’ the highest honor in their lineage. To be a no face woman is to one day know they shall excel in the practice of assassination. Small attributes begin to change, from their lip size, nose, to the length of their hair (floor length hair is considered chic within the family, a throwback to the days of the Heian Era, particularly favored amongst the elders) && lashes. Sayuri chose to augment her eye color during the Past Arc. Happily, she would demonstrate to her friends a hue of jade green that glowed like the stars, cosmic, brimming with a milky depth that almost caused her pupil to vanish. 

Miyako Odori tier two (Perfect Preparation / Culling Game) Requiem of the Festered Promises:

      After the tremendous loss in Shibuya, Sayuri discards most of her personal skills for those of her family line, believing that she no longer has claim to her own desires. Thus, she tosses all aside seeking comfort in the promising future she had shown as a kunoichi. By doing so, she has grasped the full extent of Miyako Odori. Unleashing the final tier that is designated to candidates that have excelled in their training && vowed to uphold the time honored tradition of assassination.

     The Kobayashi women were few && in between when it came to the art of expelling curses, they have always hunted their own kin, holding themselves in high regard that the impurity within this world is sometimes those who are sworn to protect. They believe that they are harbingers of equilibrium, blood that is shed is done so solely out of desperation to gain peace. Unlike others of their own kin, they do not hide from being cursed instead reveling in it, knowing the extent of their monstrous deeds && how they are the only ones to embrace it. Naturally, there are laws to abide by, though the Kobayashi Clan has always sought a way in through the usage of stealing faces.

     From wives, lovers, handmaidens, or even a maid, they have stolen the visage to contort the truth && end a target’s life. Some assassins spend the moment from birth till death seeking their goal, by the Culling Game, Sayuri can easily change her face. The usage of RCT grants them this gift, miraculously, this also places them as strong sorcerers within Kyoto who cannot be categorized due to their disdain for outsiders. No Face Women are commonly known as Daughters of Willows && Flowers or The Beauty in Violet;  referring to their moniker of a Wisteria tree that has withstood in their estate since the conception of the clan.

Yokai Blood (descendant of Hone-Onna) As a child of a cursed woman, Sayuri belongs to the branch of Hone-Onna’s descendants, they are known to slowly be dying out. Within the Kobayashi Clan, there are many secular groups of yokai women, the most beloved are children of Yuki-Onna or Jorogumo, while the most feared are those of Nure-Onna. It is common to see characteristics of each decadent in pale light. There are no daughters of Tamamo-no-Mae, the Kobayashi’s seek to once more lay claim to her, not out of power but the desperation that she must return home rightfully with them. In a sanctum of violet; one will see visuals of the strange beings in silk metamorphosing into monstrous figures from whom they delight in, laughing joyfully, all that is beauty becomes rot.

[itsmarjudgelove]

Kyudo, an endless search for the truth.

The beginning of archery in Japan is pre-historical. The first images picturing the distinct Japanese asymmetrical longbow are from the Yayoi period (c. 500 BC – 300 AD).

Kyūdō is based on kyūjutsu ("art of archery"), which originated with the samurai class of feudal Japan. Kyūdō is practised by thousands of people worldwide. As of 2005, the International Kyudo Federation had 132,760 graded members.

[marzipanparty]

a really scratchy wip before i turn in 😴 also a good time to mention that Mai didn’t suddenly turn into a protagonist for a fantasy series, they just practice kyūdō! the type bows they use is called a yumi, and are usually longer than the user. it looks pretty crazy using one! but also pretty cool