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Ogasawara Nagakiyo (1162-1242)
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Ogasawara Nagakiyo
Ogasawara Nagakiyo
Nagakiyo Ogasawara, founder of the Ogasawara-ryu, came from Yamanashi  prefecture.

At the age of 26 he become horse archery and ceremonial archery  personal teacher of Minamoto no Yoritomo (founder of the Shogunate and first Shogun).

The Ogasawara-ryu  is the most ancient school of Japanese Archery that survived until today. The Nagakiyo Ogasawara original technique were however lost because his school split into several branches.

 

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What is kyudo
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Kyūdō, literally meaning "way of the bow", is the Japanese art of archery. Kyūdō is a rare sport in the sense that it is not dependent on age or sex. If the practitioner is dedicated, male or female, they can learn at any age. It's never too early or too late to learn Kyūdō. Although one could learn Kyūdō at any point in their life, it can take a lifetime to perfect.

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Kyudo in then world
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Organization Numer of persons
Hanshi Kyoshi Renshi Dan and Kyu Total
Japanese 107 1.794 4.361 124.005 130.267
German   1 5 1.126 1.132
French   1 12 345 358
American     9 233 242
Italian   1 4 146 151
Swiss     2 109 111
Belgian     1 81 82
English   1 2 77 80
Dutch   1 2 67 70
Austrian       68 68
Finnish       58 58
Spanish       52 52
Norwegian       25 25
Swedish       21 21
Portuguese       15 15
Icelandic   1   13 14
Luxembourg     1 13 14
Total     
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