A couple, Karl Greenwood and Zana Cousins-Greenwood started the Centre of Horseback Combat after discovering horseback archery eight years ago.
Watch the couple who teaches the art of horseback archery
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The couple came across traditional horse-bow makers at a medieval event and decided to bring back the horseback archery to the UK.
The couple were stunt riders for 12 years and performed jousting and equine stunt shows in the UK and overseas in the past.
Karl told Barcroft TV: “We became aware of people making horse bows and selling them to the medieval world and as we looked at them we thought no ones actually doing horse archery, no one we’d heard of anyway.”
“We realised there was no one central place for anybody to come and learn, so we were sold on the idea we were going to provide this place.”
The Centre of Horseback Combat has been teaching horseback archery for six years and the students have also competed at competitions around the world.
More than 1,000 people learned the art of horseback archery in the Centre of Horseback Combat.
Karl said about the art of horseback archery: “Your horse has to be at least at a canter. You gallop along, you shoot the first one, shoot the second one, shoot the third one and break an infrared beam that stops the timer.”
Zana added: “The most exciting thing about horse archery is letting go of the reins, going fast down the track and shooting a lot of targets. It’s a lot of fun, the most fun you can have on horseback.”
The couple said that they would love to see the horse archery as an Olympic sport
Zana said: “I’d actually think it’s very visual, its very competitive. We have horse riding in the Olympics and we have archery, so why not put the two together?”
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