kyudon.
/ˈkjuːdəʊ/, U.S. /ˈkjudoʊ/ Martial Arts.
The Japanese martial art of longbow archery, incorporating set rhythmic movements, and typically practised in a meditative state.
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1933 S. Ichikawa in Amer. Anthropologist (1940) 42 262 (title) Kyu-do: ‘the way of archery’ in Japan.
1957 Christian Sci. Monitor 13 May 15/2 My hobbies are..going to the movies, and kyudo (the art of archery), and music.
1969 Times 15 Sept. 12/2 (caption) Master of Kyudo, Hidehara Onuma,..with members of the London Kendo Club.
1987 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 5 Apr. i. 12/1 The movements of kyudo are flowing, slow and deliberate—much like tai chi.
1999 Independent on Sunday 16 May (Real Life section) 2 Kyudo is massive in its homeland, practised by 150,000 Japanese and part of the school curriculum.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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