Channel: Britclip

Category: Entertainment

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Description: Horseback archery history includes armies of mounted archers fighting on Asian steppes and Native Americans hunting buffalo on the American plains. Horseback archery today is a serious sport in Asia, Europe, and the United States. As a sport, the objective is for a rider to run reinless along a 90m course while shooting arrows at targets at varying distances. Countries like Mongolia, which once depended on mounted archery for both survival and protection, have ushered a revival of the skills of horseback archery since its independence in 1921. However, the sport itself is only on display during festivals. A rider must be the master of both the horse and bow. Losing an arrow requires both hands to be on the bow while leaving the reins free. This leaves the horse being guided solely by the rider’s skill.