Re: A forgotten Icon… the history of the Bow in the Subcontinent.
It’s quite easy to get into and it’s very good way of keeping your upper body in shape and if you use a composite bow then it will be almost an all body workout… since you string such bows with your legs…
The limbs are too strong to be flexed by a mere arm strength so one needs to use the full power of ones body.
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Yes Robin hood… he used a self bow made of Yew. A typical bow from that era would have been an awesome weapon but as well as a weapon it became a cultural craze for England that spanned a good few centuries… many towns and villages still have a main road called the “Butts” where once upon a time Archers would have practiced on dummy targets known as Butts.
Archery is a growing sport and it has always been one of those aspects of human history… the bow will still be around proabaly millenia from now… at least I hope so. 