Equipment
The basic equipment consists of:
- Shirt > Dogi – 道衣
- Chestguard > Tsuru tsuberi kawa – 弦り滑皮 (meistens Muneate genannt)
- Wide belt (under the skirt) > Obi – 帯
- Trouser skirt > Hakama – 袴
- Glove right > Kake – かけ
- Bow with string > Yumi - 弓/ Tsuru – 弦
- Arrow > Ya – 矢
- Toe shoe / sock > Tabi - 足袋
Required small material:Cloth or bag for the Kake
- Shitagake (inner glove)
- Giriko = resin powder in a girikoire
- Tsurumaki = tendon ring with replacement tendon
- White glue for the Nakashikake = reinforced arrow-nock point
- Hemp fibers to reinforce the Nakashikake
- Sharp pocket knife for maintenance work on tendon and bow handle
- Two woods (Doho) to fix the glue on the string
- Waraji = tendon driver made of hemp or old hemp tendon
- Mass band or template for tendon distance control
- Replacement cams and tips for arrows
- Furoshiki (dress cloth approx. 80 x 80 cm)