Random 隨寫# 17 A night of Japanese cultural class -A try of Kyudo

Randomly clicked to this website: http://www.jpnarts.org/

It located in San Jose, CA.

日本芸術文化センターについて

「日本芸術文化センター」 では、空手道、剣道、柔道、合気道、弓道などの武道教室、書道、華道（フラワーアレンジメント）、日本画 (墨絵)、洋画、工芸、尺八などの文化教室、座禅、ヨガ、ピラティス、気功などのエクササイズ教室、日本語、英語 (ESL)、翻訳などの言語教室、子供向けのお絵かき、書道、そろばん、アニ メ・漫画の描き方教室などを開講しています。

They offer a lot of Japanese cultural classes and the first class is free.
There was a kyudo class, please see picture here

It looks so cool, therefore I went and gave it a try.

Teacher is a caucasian guy with 30+ years of practicing Kyudo and Aikido.
I only got to practice with a rubber bow, not a real bow.
It takes place in a small dojo, yet yesterday was not a big class anyway.

Picture from http://www.jpnarts.org/ourfacility.html

Learning anything cultural is not easy, it took me a while to remember where should my finger placed.
Hopefully I can explore more with this center, as they have more classes available.

Picture from http://www.bbrd.org.au/budo-blog/22/6/2015/queensland-kyudo-association-expressions-of-interest