tirendaz - Turkish Archery

A Co-operation Agreement

The Hungarian National Archery Federation (Nemzeti Íjászszövetség) is the final result of the revival movement of traditional archery in this pioneering country, which started there in the 1970' s . Based on knowledge and experience accumalated over decades, the federation is the product of an systematic effort of thirty five years. Thanks to warm relations we have built with Hungarian traditional archers, a co-operation agreement has been signed with between... Devamı...

Overview of Puta Shooting

Throughout the history of mankind, archery has emerged in different periods as well as different cultures and has become an inevitable part of those cultures. The need for their emergence however, was more or less the same: Man’s struggle with nature and his quest for survival! Archery has affected different aspects of each culture it has emerged in and has also gained spiritual meanings, despite its primary practical value as a weapon and sports tool. There are examples such as Ottoman archery, with its links to Islamic mysticism or like Japanese archery (Kyudo), which has connections to Far-Eastern mystic schools such as Zen Budhism.... More...

Tirendaz Archers In Hungary

Nine members of Tirendaz Archers took part in the Bornemissza Cup that was held in the Hungarian city of Eger (25th of April 2011). The competition with over one hundred participants was held in Eger Castle, a location which has great historical importance for both Turks and Hungarians......... More...
News piece about the event on local Eger TV:

Thumb Ring Build-A-Long Using Dental Laboratory Techniques

“Archer’s rings” which are authentic to Turkish-Asian archery cultures, are tools that were designed to draw shorter bows. Turks used words like “zihgîr” (or zehgîr) (pronunciation “zeehgeer”), “şast” (or “şest”)(pron. shust) from Persian for archer’s rings. It is also known that other words from Persian such as “küştüvan”(pron. kooshtoovan) in Mameluke sources and “engüştvâne”(pron. engushtvana) among Turkic cultures in the pre-Ottoman era were used..... More...

NTV Sport-”Love for Sport” Show, September 2010

Tirendâz archers Murat Özveri, Adnan Akgün and Mehmet Gölhan were guests on a TV show called “Love for Sport” for the Turkish NTV Sport Channel. In the timeslot reserved for them, they addressed the audience regarding Turkish Traditional Archery as a sportive and cultural value as well as demonstrating shooting techniques. A traditional Ottoman target (puta) was used for the shooting demos.

Vsetice Nadaam 2009

The video of the event that took place on 28.06.2009 at Vsetice, Czech Republic.

Sheep Horn As a Material in Composite Bow Making

The bowyers and users of composite reflex bows know that the highest-quality bows can be made with single-piece horn laminates on the belly of the limbs. During the first period of studies about the development of the bow the researchers thought that the horn of the earliest type of Hungarian cattle had been considered to be suitable for using on the bow’s belly in the 9-11th centuries. The reason was the extreme length of that type of horn. More...