Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Longbows, or Yumi, have been used in Japan for centuries. But today, a handmade bamboo bow can cost over $2,000. At over 2 meters ...

When recurve and compound bows dominate international archery, the presence of traditional bamboo bows in domestic Indian events raises interest about their relevance in the modern age. For close to ...

Imphal (Manipur) [India], Sept. 28 (ANI): A former national-level archer from Manipur has now turned to manufacturing bamboo archery equipment. Bamboo bow and arrow maker Chirom Shamuyai was inspired ...

More than 1,000 years ago, the dimensions of the Japanese Yumi, or longbow, was finalized. The size was fixed at a little more than two meters and the use of laminated construction was agreed upon. In ...