Archery His doctor, Saxton Pope, learned many of Ishi's traditional archery skills, and popularized them. From the 1920s, professional engineers took an interest in archery, previously the exclusive field of traditional craft experts. They led the commercial development of new forms of bow including the modern recurve and compound bow. These modern forms are now dominant in modern Western archery; traditional bows are in a minority. In the 1980s, the skills of traditional archery were revived by American enthusiasts, and combined with the new scientific understanding. Much of this expertise is available in the "Traditional Bowyer's Bibles" (see Further reading). Modern
Archery at the 2015 European Games Archery at the 2015 European Games At the 2015 European Games in Baku, five events of archery will be contested, all in the target archery format, with recurve bows. Europe’s best archers will shoot at the iconic Tofiq Bahramov Stadium over seven days of competition. The European Games format will follow that of the Olympic Games with 64 men and 64 women competing in the recurve division, in individual and team events as well as in mixed team. A total of 128 athletes will compete at the Games. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) is permitted to enter a maximum of