Some other traditional archery sites
The following will be added to as good sites are
recommended by SPTA members
Asian Traditional Archery Research Network
ATARN
An excellent site covering all aspects of Asian archery, current and historical,
and growing all the time.
German horsearchery site .Steppenreiter
Excellent site in German which covers many aspects of horsearchery and horsearchery
history: run by Christian Schrade who has assisted SPTA in the past with
our horsearchery events
Kyudo
Interesting articles on Kyudo available, including a paper 'exploding' the
myth of Herrigel's 'Zen in the Art of Archery'.
Traditionnel l
Bogenschiessen
Excellent German language magazine for the traditional archer.
Kassai's Horseback archery site
(in English)
A site for fans of the foremost exponent of competitive horsearchery
today.
Primitive
Archer Magazine
A fine magazine which has a wealth of information to share with
it's readers.
Grayson/ Bow collection, Missouri
Directory of Archery Associations
Not a definitive list (we haven't made it yet...)
Koreanarchery.org
American based site (Thomas Duvernay) with many interesting links.
Craft
Guild of Traditional Bowyers and Fletchers
A list of current members, aims etc.
The Archery Library (Revised link)
Free access to classic writing, currently including 'The English
Bowman' (1801) and the Badminton Book of Archery (1894)
Takeda school
of yabusamé
Site for the one of the two horsearchery schools of Japan
Italian
bow site
In italian, but with good pictures of classic styles of bow
(Even includes a 'filched' picture from the Traditional Archer's Handbook
in the Holmegaard section)
Society
of Archer Antiquaries
A society dedicated to learning about worldwide archery: excellent journal
& newsletter
Pierre
Lansac's primitibve archery website
A fine site specialising in primitive archery: in french language
Simon Archery
Foundation
Based in Manchester Museum, this is well worth
a look: excellent collection, plus books for sale
'Prehistoric'
archery in Europe (France in this case)
A group with similar attitudes to SPTA: contact Christian Lepers@swdw.be
PLEASE NOTE: Any commercial sites included, and any associated links etc. are not necessarily endorsed by SPTA but are provided for information only.
If you can recommend any suitable sites, please contact the Secretary.