#mounted archery

[whywishesarehorses]

Mongolian horse archer; pulled from Instagram from a repost account that did not include the og source

[gentlemensarts]

Image demonstrates Yabusame, the Japanese Martial Art of mounted archery.

[mounted-archer]

Two or three years ago at this point I broke my ankle at a competition. Stepped in a hole while dismounting and yada yada yada. The competition was $375 and I spent $150 in gas to get there so fuck me if I wasn't going to compete, right?

Duct taped the fucker and splinted it with a broken arrow, changed my boots to some Tabi's for more ankle support, and came in 4th even though I couldn't really position correctly for the back shot.

Anyway

That shits hurting now too but I finally have more pictures from the first ever Hunt at Bow Creek

Onion and I were matchy matchy with our purple duct tape and bridle 😂 she's my purple girl

[crazycatsiren]

My ancestors trying out mounted archery: "So first we get to stab people from far away, then we get to run them over on horses. This is gonna be lit!"

[realbeararchery]

[gilearstimboards]

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Latenna the Albinauric (Elden Ring) Stimboard

Made for: 🥽 anon

I hope you enjoy, 🥽. :) I had a lot of fun making this, and was very happy to find the mounted archery gifs.

[redsamuraiii]

Sakura Yabusame by Aomori Japan

Yabusame is a traditional martial arts of mounted archery which started during the Heian Period, a time when the first female Samurai, Tomoe Gozen, was first known and recorded in history.

Sakura Yabusame is a special event for female archers only which takes place during spring, where women in kimonos ride horses at full speed under the sakura and shoot their targets.

[bit-and-bridles]

Sometimes I fly 900+ miles and do cool shit (AND get to ride my friend’s AMAZING horse)

2025 // 10th Annual STAR Competition // South Texas Archery Riders // Schertz, Texas