#mounted archery

[whywishesarehorses]

Mongolian horse archer; pulled from Instagram from a repost account that did not include the og source

[redsamuraiii]

Sakura Yabusame by Aomori Japan

Yabusame is a traditional martial arts of mounted archery which started during the Heian Period, a time when the first female Samurai, Tomoe Gozen, was first known and recorded in history.

Sakura Yabusame is a special event for female archers only which takes place during spring, where women in kimonos ride horses at full speed under the sakura and shoot their targets.

[crazycatsiren]

One day in the near future, my utmost honoring of my ancestors will be complete with mounted archery. 🏹🏇

[lafseanchai]

I went to my first SCA equestrian event, which was amazing! Beau was an absolute rockstar, and we got recognized in court as the mounted archery MVP for the weekend (I ended up being the only mounted archer after we all got authorized as the other horses were not having good days). It was interesting to see Beau work things out in some of the games, as he would get fired up but then be confused as to why we were in personal bubbles when that is not allowed normally, and also why the horses didn't back off when he made mean cow horse bitey faces at them. But he did very well, and never spooked at anything (including a big outdoor patio umbrella blowing over next to him in the archery lane). We have to work in some equitation and trail skills to handle the challenge courses, but we needed to do that anyway. The other equestrians were amazing (and helped save me when I had a trailer tire blow on the way up to the event), and I am looking forward to the next event in July.

[kitsumeo]

Akatsuki no Yona

Here is an illustration I made for @the_doodling_panda for a secret santa at the end of last year. One of the things on her list was the character Yona shooting her bow. I thought it would look even more epic from the back of a horse!

I haven't seen the series but might watch it!

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[chromecowgirl1]

[cricketcat9]

You go Noura!

Saudi equestrian and the country's first certified mounted archery trainer Noura Al-Jabr has a vision: reviving mounted archery and sword fighting. In her training centre in Dammam, she welcomes women hoping to enter the male-dominated sport.

[beatrack92]

Archer on horseback

[cinisekha]

i feel like these would be good references to you artists out there, have at it. would love to see the art if you do use them!!

[deserthorseperformancehorse]

Inshallah Kishor

1999 dark bay stallion (Sidi Sahibi x Galoom Beraka) 

Pedigree. 

ShaTranj Mounted Combat & Bushcraft

[redsamuraiii]

Yabusame by Hideki Mizuno

[horsebackarcherymexico]

La Arqueria a caballo/Arqueria Montada/Arqueria Ecuestre en Mexico

Horseback Archery/Mounted Archery/Equestrian Archery in Mexico

[chromecowgirl1]

[ash-and-starlight]

modern au and esen’s honkers are haunting the instagram feed

[sesamenom]

blond wrestling guy + blumineck = celegorm

[coquelicoq]

i love in the archery exam when liu xu fails to hit a moving target while being pulled up into the air on a harness, something she did not prepare for given she thought the exam would be archery from horseback, and xue fangfei is like oh no 😲 what could possibly be wrong with her? and ye shijie is like probably she's scared of heights 😕 just like me 😔 and then later when the other students are throwing her bodily up into the air in victory it becomes clear that she is not afraid of heights since she's having a grand old time being thrown bodily up into the air in victory. i just like that she choked at first when performing a specific and very difficult task for the first time ever (in front of a hostile crowd, no less), and her team was like, what a mystery. she must have Condition I Also Have. the only explanation.