Samurai Sword Facts
The first samurai swords we're actually straight bladed, single edged weapons imported from Korea and China known as chokuto, which were later replaced with the curved blade variety at the end of the 8th Century. The name of the curved blade swords which replaced them was Tachi.

Choosing A Bow For The Young Archer At Home
When we were young, the tales of Robin Hood and his band of merry men or William Tell and his prowess with the bow used to enthrall us I, for one, was very interested in picking up a bow and arrow and splitting an apple placed on someone's head from a distance

Tradition Archery Competitions
Archery is an activity that has been around for numerous years in all parts of the world and has made many technological advances Despite todays compound bows and use of fancy metals there still exists a smaller group of archers that are a throwback to the older styles of archery

Compound Bow- Simple Machine Allows for Great Advantage
The compound bow was invented in the 1960s by American Engineer Holless Allen. At the time Allen created the bow, it was illegal to manufacture devices that were attached to bows. In addition, it was illegal to use them in competitions or when hunting. This prevented Allen's bow from being manufactured, but that was a good thing. Over the course of several years he realized the design was flawed. The way the cables crossed at the center of the bow interfered with the flight path of the arrow. In 1967 Allen fixed this problem, and eventually the bow became manufactured in the United States and worldwide. Allen's bow became so successful that it has become a dominantly used bow in hunting and competitions throughout the United States and abro ...