The first Kyudo club at APU

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By Emika Maeyama(The Fountain staff)
November 20, 2018
Noa Numata said that “Kyudo is one of many martial arts originated from Japan, and the sport’s competition is held not only in Japan but also in France”, meaning that the sport itself is internationally recognized.



On Nov,2, Numata created the first Kyudo club in APU total of seven core members, including four international students. They usually practice at the classroom of campusor a private facility for Kyudo in Beppu City.

Although this club has been listed as one of the martial arts clubs in APU, Kyudo is the only sports club that encourages players to do self-practicing and does not facilitate members with formal opponents as others do.

There are so many students who are interested in Japanese sports at APU. That is why many students wish to participate in the club since she set it up there.

She joined a Kyudo club in her high school and from that moment, she and her friends were dreaming of making Kyudo club at APU, even since before their entrance ceremony. ‘I love Kyudo. I’ve really wanted international students at APU to experience traditional Japanese sport for a long time,” said Numata.

But as time went on, she faced some problems so that she had to register at least 5 new members with at least 2 different nationalities to make the club.

However, she accidentally found one Thai student who had experienced Kyudo before, and therefore she succeeded in recruiting new members by advertisements in her classes.




Her big goal is to participate in big competitions at Beppu City as one APU Kyudo Club. For these purposes and for the sake of her members, she wants to keep on challenging herself more to achieve those goals.                                              

Comments

  1. hyeon9372January 23, 2019 at 6:05 PM

    I didn't know APU has Kyudo Club. I am interested in this article. Also, I want to participate in this club.

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 23, 2019 at 7:09 PM

    How interesting! I wish I could see a competition!!

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