It needs an amount of strength to use it except for the Japanese bow, and since almost all of them are simple bows and are heavy it is said to have been used by foot soldiers.
和弓を除き、使いこなすには相当な腕力が必要であり、ほとんどが単弓で弓丈が長いことから重いため、弓歩兵が使用したといわれる。