@ No usage of the name “Razmafzar” is allowed without Dr. Manouchehr Moshtagh Khorasani’s permission.Bede Dwyer (Australia) has pursued his interest in oriental archery for approximately 36 years of his adult life. In that time, he has researched the archery traditions of Turkey, Mamluk Egypt, Iran, Northern India, Mongolia, China and Korea. Rather than just compile information from old books, Bede has actively tested equipment and techniques and makes archers’ rings, arrows, quivers and bow cases. Bede was the first person to shoot an arrow guide of the style of a Persian nāvak (Arabic majrā) in the American Flight Archery Tournament at Bonneville Flats in Utah. Bede also uses the Ottoman siper overdraw in flight shooting and briefly held a world distance record for shooting a hunting arrow with a traditional composite bow. For more than a decade Bede has been publishing articles in the Journal of the Society of Archer-Antiquaries on archaeological remains of archery equipment ranging from ancient repeating cross bows to medieval closed quivers. Bede was invited by Stephen Selby to read through and comment on some of the drafts of Chinese Archery and later to present a paper at the opening of the archery collection in the Maritime Museum of Hong Kong. Bede attended two horse archery festivals in Iowa, where he presented a talk on arrow guides with a demonstration, and met many talented archers and bow makers. Dr Khorasani asked him to edit some sections of both Arms and Armor from Iran The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period and the Lexicon of Arms and Armor from Iran. He also worked with his old friend Dr Charles E. Grayson on his collection in the University of Missouri Columbia and did some research for his book on the collection, Traditional Archery from Six Continents: The Charles E. Grayson Collection. This was particularly satisfying since it was Dr Grayson who introduced him to flight archery with all its challenges. Over the past few years he has regularly attended the World Traditional Archery Festival in South Korea, on occasion presenting papers at seminars there. This enabled him to meet archers and researchers from the cultures he had been studying. Recently he has been able to set more time aside to follow up on his research and is planning two books on archery to be published over the next few years. He has written a number of print articles on Persain archery together with Dr. Khorasani that will be published soon.Team
@ No usage of the name “Razmafzar” is allowed without Dr. Manouchehr Moshtagh Khorasani’s permission.
Bede Dwyer (Australia) has pursued his interest in oriental archery for approximately 36 years of his adult life. In that time,
he has researched the archery traditions of Turkey, Mamluk Egypt, Iran, Northern India, Mongolia, China and Korea. Rather
than just compile information from old books, Bede has actively tested equipment and techniques and makes archers’ rings,
arrows, quivers and bow cases. Bede was the first person to shoot an arrow guide of the style of a Persian nāvak (Arabic
majrā) in the American Flight Archery Tournament at Bonneville Flats in Utah. Bede also uses the Ottoman siper overdraw in
flight shooting and briefly held a world distance record for shooting a hunting arrow with a traditional composite bow. For
more than a decade Bede has been publishing articles in the Journal of the Society of Archer-Antiquaries on archaeological
remains of archery equipment ranging from ancient repeating cross bows to medieval closed quivers. Bede was invited by
Stephen Selby to read through and comment on some of the drafts of Chinese Archery and later to present a paper at the
opening of the archery collection in the Maritime Museum of Hong Kong. Bede attended two horse archery festivals in Iowa,
where he presented a talk on arrow guides with a demonstration, and met many talented archers and bow makers. Dr
Khorasani asked him to edit some sections of both Arms and Armor from Iran The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar
Period and the Lexicon of Arms and Armor from Iran. He also worked with his old friend Dr Charles E. Grayson on his
collection in the University of Missouri Columbia and did some research for his book on the collection, Traditional Archery
from Six Continents: The Charles E. Grayson Collection. This was particularly satisfying since it was Dr Grayson who
introduced him to flight archery with all its challenges. Over the past few years he has regularly attended the World
Traditional Archery Festival in South Korea, on occasion presenting papers at seminars there. This enabled him to meet
archers and researchers from the cultures he had been studying. Recently he has been able to set more time aside to follow
up on his research and is planning two books on archery to be published over the next few years. He has written a number
of print articles on Persain archery together with Dr. Khorasani that will be published soon.
Team
