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MaartenSFS

Oct 19 2006, 12:14 AM

Hello all,

I was wondering if anyone is in the know regarding the practise of 'traditional' archery disciplines in the PRC (Similar to Japan, perhaps?). I heard about it but have not been able to verify it. I would also like to know if there are any archery competitions or sword competitions a la kendo/kumdo that are not Western-based like fencing or Olympic archery. I am highly doubtful but hold some hope.

Contrary to what I thought when I moved here China doesn't seem the place to learn MA of any kind.

- Maarten Sebastiaan Franks Spijker

Wujiang

Oct 19 2006, 01:05 AM

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Hello all,

I was wondering if anyone is in the know regarding the practise of 'traditional' archery disciplines in the PRC (Similar to Japan, perhaps?). I heard about it but have not been able to verify it. I would also like to know if there are any archery competitions or sword competitions a la kendo/kumdo that are not Western-based like fencing or Olympic archery. I am highly doubtful but hold some hope.

Contrary to what I thought when I moved here China doesn't seem the place to learn MA of any kind.

- Maarten Sebastiaan Franks Spijker

For archery, you need to go to non-han areas such as inner mongolia or tibet to find good competition. I heard (though havn't verified) they exist in areas of Liaoning and Sichuan also but the the majority of Han have lost their archery roots. There are a few who does continue practice them but most of them also have huge mistakes within them. 99% doesn't even know how to draw a bow correctly.

Liang Jieming

Oct 19 2006, 01:23 AM

Well, technically Hong Kong qualifies as part of the PRC... so you might want to try ATARN.

MaartenSFS

Oct 19 2006, 01:25 AM

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For archery, you need to go to non-han areas such as inner mongolia or tibet to find good competition. I heard (though havn't verified) they exist in areas of Liaoning and Sichuan also but the the majority of Han have lost their archery roots. There are a few who does continue practice them but most of them also have huge mistakes within them. 99% doesn't even know how to draw a bow correctly.

Hm... I think Mongolians without bows would be a pity. Good to hear that. Do you think that they are related to bow competitions in the -stan countries like Kazakstan?

- Maarten Sebastiaan Franks Spijker

Wujiang

Oct 19 2006, 01:30 AM

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Well, technically Hong Kong qualifies as part of the PRC... so you might want to try ATARN.

We love the C, but not the PR

MaartenSFS

Oct 19 2006, 01:41 AM

I would go there, but it's a bit far to go there on a regular basis and since right now my income is from teaching English going there would be impossible.

- Maarten Sebastiaan Franks Spijker

Liang Jieming

Oct 19 2006, 01:42 AM

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We love the C, but not the PR

or lack of PR...

ghostexorcist

Nov 15 2006, 11:40 PM

QUOTE(MaartenSFS @ Oct 19 2006, 01:14 AM) [snapback]4855764[/snapback]

Hello all,

I was wondering if anyone is in the know regarding the practise of 'traditional' archery disciplines in the PRC (Similar to Japan, perhaps?). I heard about it but have not been able to verify it. I would also like to know if there are any archery competitions or sword competitions a la kendo/kumdo that are not Western-based like fencing or Olympic archery. I am highly doubtful but hold some hope.

Contrary to what I thought when I moved here China doesn't seem the place to learn MA of any kind.

- Maarten Sebastiaan Franks Spijker

I've read that one of the "Six arts" of the Heavenly Master Taoists on Lunghushan (Mt. Dragon Tiger) in Jiangxi is archery. I'm sure you could look it up, but I have no idea if their style of archery is distinctively "Chinese" or not.