射箭曾在古代的非洲、欧洲、亚洲等地区流行。早在旧石器时代,弓箭就一直是人们狩猎和军队打仗的重要武器。当时原始人类的主要生产活动是狩猎,原始人使用打制过的石块、削尖的木棒等向各种猎物投击,但投掷距离毕竟有限。后来,人们发现木制棍棒被外力弯曲变形,而外力一旦突然消失,恢复原状木制棍棒会产生较大能量。于是选取有弹力的木材或竹材用坚韧的弦弯曲固定,制成了人类历史上最早的弓箭类武器。后来射箭由军事需要演变成优雅、古老和传统的娱乐运动。16世纪出现了三种射箭的运动形式:第一种是对靶射箭,第二种是地靶射箭,第三种是漫游射箭。 Archery has been popular in ancient Africa, Europe, and Asia. As early as the Paleolithic era, bows and arrows have been an important weapon for hunting and army fighting. At that time, the primary production activity of primitive humans was hunting. The primitive people used the stones they had made and sharpened wooden sticks to hit various prey, but the throwing distance was limited. Later, people found that wooden sticks were bent by external forces, and once the external forces suddenly disappeared, restoring the original wooden sticks would generate more energy. So the use of resilient wood or bamboo material was bent and fixed with a tough string, making it the earliest archery weapon in human history. Archery later evolved from military needs into elegant, ancient and traditional entertainment. In the 16th century, there were three types of archery movements: the first one was target archery, the second was target archery, and the third was roaming archery.