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strung Korean name Hangul 국궁 Hanja 國弓 Revised Romanization
Gukgung McCune–Reischauer Kukgung Korean bow Hangul 궁술 Hanja 弓術
Revised Romanization Gungsul McCune–Reischauer Kungsul  The
Korean Bow (Korean: 활, Hwal) is a water buffalo horn-based
composite reflex bow, standardized about 1900 AD from the
variety of such weapons in earlier use. It is normally used with
a thumb draw.  Gungsul, also written goongsul, literally means
"the Craft of the bow." It is also called Korean traditional
archery.  Historical use and decline[edit]  Korean Horse Back
Archery in 5th-century  The [Reflex] bow had been the most
important weapon in Korean wars with Chinese dynasties and
nomadic peoples, recorded from the 1st century BCE.[1] Legend
says the first king and founder of the Goguryeo, Go Jumong, was
a master of archery, able to catch 5 flies with one arrow. Park
Hyeokgeose, the first king of the Silla, was