The Empty Mind - Kyudo or Japanese Archery

i hope that the realfreznobob is 5 years old. Otherwise, he's retard.

The most important is not what you see, its what you feel!!!

makes me think.............

By the time he fires a european longbowman would've killed him and four of his buddies

The most important part about that little ceremony is not what you see, its what he feels, because when you are in the zone, the speed comes automatically. For example Tai Ji is a slow effortless, go with the flow type art but practicing it helps your Kung Fu and Karate in a real fight because you are using yourself in simple, easy ways. Beginners in any art or science usually over-do, while experts have efficiency of movement and produce more power from less effort.

Oh no... this is him doing a ceremony... In real life the archers fire just as fast as any other

they didn't the japanese got lucky of the typhoon that came, also they used cheap fishing boats that dint have keels, only one ship survived, Genghis'...the only boat that had a keel. even japanese historians say that if it was a clear fine day, japan would have been masacred. you know what they found in the beach ? mongolian grenades that were launched from their ships...grenades..fak...the next model up came 500 yrs after. the historians were like..sh*t..grenades...

lol genghis is pure fucking badass

ohhh ,,he misses..

yeah... I found that quite anti-climatic as well after all the tension :P