Kyudo, The Way of the Bow

The Japanese art of archery, Kyūdō ,"way of the bow", is a modern Japanese martial art.
If the phrase "It's all in the technique" was ever true for any martial art, its true for Kyūdō.
Each detail of the shot is meticulously planned and laid out.
It calls for perfection in not only the body, but the mind and soul as well to hit the mark.
The goal of kyūdō is to achieve the state of shin-zen-bi,"truth-goodness-beauty".
As you can see, this is not just target practice.
To illustrate, these are the three rankings of the archers level of skill:
Tôteki, the arrow hits the target.
Kanteki, the arrow pierces the target.
Zaiteki, the arrow exists in the target.

To learn more about Kyūdō check out this link:
http://www.kyudo.jp/english/