Shinomiya Kaguya immediately turned her head and looked at the staff. The sharpness in her eyes made the staff's bodies tremble.
Although these staff members had never seen Kaguya Shinomiya, they knew the car that brought Kaguya Shinomiya here.
Those who can afford to ride in that type of vehicle are either rich or noble. If the other party asks to enter the Kyudo gym, the staff really doesn't know what to do.
On the side, Hayasaka Ai seemed to realize that she had made a mistake and walked towards the staff.
Although I didn't express that I wanted to rent the entire theater at that time, I also didn't make it clear that I didn't need it.
In this case, it is normal for the staff to assume that they need to book the entire venue.
In fact, Hayasaka Ai also planned to book the entire place. She didn't want anyone to disturb Shinomiya Kaguya from enjoying Kyudo, but she didn't say it explicitly.
Shinomiya Kaguya didn't tell her that Yushan Kazuto was coming, so she originally thought that the person who called Shinomiya Kaguya before should be Fujiwara Chika!
Under such circumstances, Hayasaka Ai naturally did not have too many ideas of criticizing the staff. After a brief communication, she walked to the side of Yushan Kazuto and bowed.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Yushan. It was my mistake that made the stadium staff mistakenly think that Ms. Kaguya wanted to book the entire stadium. I'm very sorry for causing you trouble."
Looking at Hayasaka Ai's appearance, Yushan Kazuto could only sigh. Regardless of whether the other party's apology was just a pretense or sincere, just this superficial effort made it difficult for Yushan Kazuto to blame her.
"It's okay, we only waited for a few minutes." Yushan Heren said.
The temperature today is not too hot under the shade of the trees, and it is not unbearable for a few minutes.
If it's oven-like weather like before, it's hard to say.
"I have already communicated with the staff. If you want to enter, Mr. Yuyama, you can enter now." Hayasaka Ai continued.
Yushan Kazuto nodded and walked back to the shade of the tree: "Okay, you can go in now."
On the side, Toumori Sanae couldn't help but blink slightly: "Why were you not allowed to enter before, but now you can enter death?"
"There was a small misunderstanding before. The gym thought Kaguya had reserved the whole gym, but in fact she hadn't. Now the misunderstanding has been resolved, so you can go in."
Toumori Sanae frowned, glanced at Shinomiya Kaguya, and muttered in a low voice: "Why did you invite her over?"
"Kaguya's archery skills are pretty good. I thought since we were all here to experience archery, I might as well call her over as well. But I didn't expect such a misunderstanding." Yushan Kazuto shrugged and said.
Everyone looked at Shinomiya Kaguya, who couldn't help but feel a little shy. She hugged her chest slightly, turned her eyes to the side, revealing her snow-white neck.
"Okay, go in first. Even though there was a small mistake, Kaguya will pay for this archery experience class." Yushan Kazuto smiled.
After hearing this, the little guys' impression of Shinomiya Kaguya improved a lot. The others didn't pay much attention to what happened before and slowly walked towards the entrance.
The first thing to do before entering the Kyudo classroom is to change your clothes.
Of course, if you just want to experience Kyudo, it is not mandatory to put on the Kyudo uniform, but you still need to wear a chest protector.
Yushan Kazuto is a boy, so he doesn't need to wear a chest protector. After all, a Kyudo chest protector is not an armor that can prevent one from being pierced by arrows.
The main function of a chest protector is to prevent the bowstring from scratching, which can not only prevent you from getting hurt, but also prevent the scratches from affecting accuracy.
Kyudo is a large sawing-apart shooting method, and the area swept by the bowstring is actually much larger than imagined.
In this case, it is naturally easy to cause scratches on yourself, but for boys, there are rarely any bulges in front of the body, so there is no need to worry about scratches.
As for the girls...among the girls brought by Yushan Kazuto, there were actually a few who didn't need to worry about scratches, but they still wore chest protectors.
In addition to the chest protector, corner straps are also necessary.
After all, when the bowstring sweeps past, a certain amount of airflow will be formed. Summer clothes are relatively light and thin, and they can be easily lifted up by this airflow, affecting the accuracy of the archery.
If you don’t want to wear the sash, there is actually a simpler way - wear the clothes into pants/skirt.
However, Yushan Kazuto still tied the corner belt obediently and then walked into the kyudo classroom.
As soon as I entered the door, a man in a Kyudo uniform handed me a Japanese bow. He was a Kyudo teacher in the dojo.
“I used to learn
Have you ever practiced Kyudo?"
The kyudo teacher couldn't help but ask as Hayama Kazuto's horn belt was tied very neatly.
"No, but I have learned archery." Yushan Heren blinked slightly and said.
The Kyudo teacher couldn't help but look at Hayama Kazuto. People like Hayama Kazuto were actually not uncommon in the dojo.
Many people become interested in Kyudo through slingshots or simple toy bows and arrows.
"Come with me." said the Kyudo teacher.
Yushan Kazuto blinked, glanced at his Kyudo teacher, and followed him.
As he walked, Hayama Kazuto observed the structure of the bow.
The length of two meters and two does look a bit scary, but in fact, this is a compromise that weakens the ease of use due to the lack of bow-making materials.
The entire bow is made of bamboo, but it is not a single-body bow, but a bamboo-wood composite bow.
Bamboo and wood are not very good materials for bows and arrows. Their strength and toughness are relatively poor, so the only way to enhance the power of the bow and arrow is to increase its size.
However, when the body became too large, drawing the bow and shooting arrows became a problem. If the design was symmetrical from top to bottom like ordinary bows and arrows, the first requirement in the selection process of archers in the Japanese Warring States Period would probably be height.
Chapter 1743 Kyudo Experience
Therefore, ancient bow craftsmen designed the bow with an asymmetrical structure, which barely improved the bow's usability and enabled it to be used on the battlefield.
Because of this, the Japanese bow in front of us is in such an extreme state. The area where the bow is drawn and the arrow is shot is almost one-third of the entire bow.
When shooting arrows, the bow cannot remain perpendicular to the ground as normal, but will tilt forward slightly.
In addition, the lack of portability is another problem caused by the huge bow.
Even for a well-trained archer, it would be difficult to shoot continuously with such a huge bow.
Therefore, the craftsmen simply gave up the portability of ordinary bows and arrows and chose heavy arrows as arrows for the bows.
Under such circumstances, the power of the He bow was further improved, but both its range and portability were further reduced, eventually resulting in the He bow, a strange bow with an effective range of less than 30 meters.
Although the power and accuracy of the bow are indeed good within thirty meters, whether it can cause casualties beyond thirty meters is basically a matter of chance, otherwise there would not be records such as "if you shoot at close range, anyone hit will die".
Following the Kyudo teacher to an archery target, the Kyudo teacher slowly spoke:
"Just now you said you had been exposed to archery before, how was your accuracy?"
"Not bad, isn't it?" Yushan Heren blinked and said.
The Kyudo teacher glanced at Hayama Kazuto, took a compound bow from the side and handed it to Hayama Kazuto.
Yushan Kazuto understood that the other party wanted him to show his archery skills, so he took the compound bow and then handed the bow to the kyudo teacher.
After testing the toughness of the bowstring and the bow body, Yushan Kazuto had some understanding of this compound bow.
This compound bow is not a very good type, but if it is just used to test archery skills, it is fine.
He took a light arrow and skillfully drew the bow and arrow. Then he heard a sound of "Hush" in the wind.
The next moment, a dull sound of hitting the target flashed by my ears. Looking in the direction of the arrow shooting, Yushan Heren's arrow had already firmly hit the center of the bull's eye.
The Kyudo coach couldn't help but blink slightly. Was it him who was teaching Yushan Kazuto about archery, or was it the other who was teaching him?
Fortunately, in Kyudo, accuracy is secondary. Rituals and state of mind have a higher status in Kyudo.
The Kyudo coach quickly adjusted his mindset, handed the bow back to Yushan Kazuto, and began to explain the essentials of Kyudo.
First, you have to salute. The target of the salute should be the shrine or the kyudo teacher. If it is a more formal place, you need to salute towards the podium or other places.
Then turn your body sideways and step your feet apart, making your body as parallel as possible to the direction of the bow.
Then raise the bow above the head and slowly pull the bowstring. At the same time, slowly lower the bow until the arrow is level with the cheek and the bowstring is against the chest. This completes all the preparations.
There are also requirements after releasing the arrow. Your eyes need to stay in the direction the arrow is flying, and your body must maintain the posture of releasing the arrow until you hit the target or miss the target. Only then is the entire archery process completed.
This whole process takes about a minute, and the result has already been simplified.
Thinking back to when I was holding that compound bow, I drew the bow and shot the arrow in one go, the whole process took less than two seconds.
Compared with the process of Kyudo, Yushan Heren feels that it is a bit slow.
But there is no way around it. Ink marks are one of the characteristics of Kyudo, and it is a sport that is more performative than competitive.
Seeing that Yushan Kazuto hit the target with one shot, the archery teacher asked Yushan Kazuto to shoot a few more times.
The first arrow was slightly off the bull's eye. After all, Yushan Kazuto didn't have much knowledge about the Japanese bow at that time. From the second shot onwards, every arrow from Yushan Kazuto hit the bull's eye.
Looking at the last few arrows shot by Yushan Kazuto, the Kyudo teacher felt that there was nothing more to teach Yushan Kazuto.
Not only are the movements standard, but the hit rate is also incredibly high. It is hard to imagine that this is Yushan Kazuto's first time to use the Japanese bow.
However, thinking about how the cheap compound bow in Yushan Heren's hands could still hit the bull's eye with one arrow, the Kyudo teacher felt that there was nothing unacceptable.
"Next, you will practice on your own. If you need to practice with a long target, you can come and tell me."
Yushan Kazuto shook his head, saying that there was actually not much difference between long targets and short targets.
All the processes of Kyudo are actually like a set of carefully designed construction processes. As long as the construction work is carried out according to the construction process, it is difficult to miss the target.
Of course, if you want to hit the bull's eye, you still need a lot of practice, but Yushan Kazuto himself has some experience in archery. After mastering the feeling of the bow, he naturally got the hang of it quickly.
After shooting a few more arrows, Yushan Heren suddenly discovered with embarrassment that he had no more arrows.
Because bows generally use heavy arrows, which are relatively expensive, the arrows basically have to be recovered after shooting.
Unfortunately, Kyudo happens to have inherited this characteristic of the Japanese bow: arrows are expensive and need to be manually recovered after shooting.
After all, a high-quality heavy arrow may sell for thousands of yen. In this case, it is normal to recycle and reuse the arrows.
There were no staff around to pick up the arrows, and Yushan and
The man could only sigh and walk towards the target.
After collecting all ten arrows and returning to the shooting point, Kaguya Shinomiya happened to walk over.
Following behind Shinomiya Kaguya was Hayasaka Ai, who kept her head down.
She was not wearing a chest protector and had no bow and arrow in her hand, so it was obvious that she was not here to experience Kyudo.
Yushan Heren couldn't help but blink slightly. It seemed that the boy who picked up arrows should be delivered to his doorstep.
Looking up and looking around, most people had already put on their chest protectors, fastened their horn straps, and walked into the dojo.
The one who made the fastest progress should be Yashashin Tenyi. After all, he had practiced archery a long time ago and had already started target shooting practice.
The one with the slowest progress should be Rikka Takanashi, after all, she is wearing an eye patch covering one eye.
When shooting, single-eye aiming can increase accuracy, but when shooting arrows, the effect of single-eye aiming is relatively poor.
First, the bow is a traditional bow and arrow, and there is no crosshair tool to assist in aiming, so it is difficult to judge whether the arrow and the center of the bull's eye are in the same straight line with one eye.
Secondly, the speed of a bow and arrow is difficult to compare with that of a bullet. The trajectory of an arrow is parabolic, and keeping both eyes open can also help to enhance the judgment of the landing point.
Chapter 1744 Kyudo and Archery
After looking at Yushan Kazuto, Shinomiya Kaguya nodded slightly and walked to the archery position.
Yushan Kazuto couldn't help but blink, looked at Shinomiya Kaguya, and finally nodded.
Among all the people present, Kaguya Shinomiya was dressed the most formally, even more formally than the Kyudo teachers who were already in the dojo.
Originally, Yushan Kazuto thought that his movements were already up to standard, and even his Kyudo teacher could not find any faults. However, when he watched Shinomiya Kaguya draw the bow and shoot the arrow, Yushan Kazuto realized that he still had a long way to go.
Shinomiya Kaguya's movements were very smooth, and every step she took seemed very natural.
Although if viewed from the perspective of archery, Kaguya Shinomiya's movements still have many flaws, but judging from the markings of Kyudo, Kaguya Shinomiya's archery is a textbook demonstration.
After comparing his movements with those of Kaguya Shinomiya, Kazuto Yuyama finally understood where his problem lay.
Hayama Kazuto still regards Kyudo as a derivative performance form of archery, but in fact, Kyudo and archery are actually two separate sports.
Although it is difficult to say which is higher or lower, it is obviously inappropriate for Yushan Kazuto to look at Kyudo from the perspective of archery.
In order to hit the bull's eye, Yushan Heren would subconsciously fine-tune the position of the bowstring when shooting arrows.
But in fact, in Kyudo, this action is quite redundant.
As long as you follow the standard procedures, you will almost certainly hit the target. As for whether you can hit the center of the bull's eye, is this important in Kyudo?
After shooting five arrows, Shinomiya Kaguya silently walked behind Yushan Kazuto.
Although there was no communication, Yushan Kazuto understood what Shinomiya Kaguya meant. He took a deep breath and walked forward.
Staring at the target 28 meters away, Yushan Kazuto silently raised the bow in his hand, exerted force with both hands to stretch the bow, and stared at the center of the bull's eye with a sharp gaze.
