3D Tournament in "Vistula Archery Route", Warsaw -Poland , June 22 2016

Members of our archery team had the exceptional honor to participate in the weekly mini 3D tournament in the "Vistula Archery Route" (Wiślana Ścieżka Łucznicza) which is placed in the coastal forest of the east shore of Vistula river in the area of Goclaw. Shooting in 28 3D animal-figured targets through a beautifull landscape , our archers had the opportunity to have a technically great archery experience. We would like to thank the host of the event Mr Marcin Eckert for the warm welcome and the great event.

KORYVANTES in the Polish 3D Archery Tournament in Rypin /Poland , June 18 2016

The traditional archery team of the Association of Historical Studies KORYVANTES had the exceptional honor to participate in the 3rd International 3D Archery Tournament which was held in the beautifull open forests and lake of the area of Rypin / Poland on June 18 2016. With the participation of 180 archers (from the categories of traditional bow, compound, recurve) shooting in 28 3D targets of wild animals figures, the competition fullfilled the expectations as one of the most promising events of it's kind of all around Europe. Our Association had the exceptional honour to see it's archer Elena Antoniadou to gain the bronze medal / third place in the category "Traditional Bow Women" while our archer Spyros Bakas came 10th in the category "Traditional bow men". 

KORYVANTES Archery team in the 3rd International 3D Archery Tournament, Rypin / Poland, June 18 2016

The traditional archery team of the Association of Historical Studies KORYVANTES has the exceptional honor to announce it's forthcomming participation in the 3rd International 3D Archery Tournament which will held in the beautifull open forests of the area of Rypin in Poland on June 18 216. With the participation of about 100 archers which will shoot in more than 20 3D targets, the competition is willing to be one of the most promising event of it's kind of all around Europe.

Participation in the 4th Open Field 3D Tournament Palaichori / Cyprus, June 12 216

The traditional archery team of the Association of Historical Studies KORYVANTES has the exceptional honor to announce it's forthcomming participation in the 4th Open Field 3D Tournament , that will take place in the Palaichori village / Nicosia Province, in Cyprus on June 12 216. The tournament will include twenty 3D targets in a beautifull route of Palaichori Morfou/Agrou in the categories of traditional /barebow/longbow/recurve. 

Traditional archery training in Athens / Greece, May 15 2016

On Sunday , May 15 2016 , was held the weekly Traditional Archery session of the Association of Historical Studies KORYVANTES , in Association's open training grounds in the area of Athens.

Traditional Archery Training in Warsaw / Poland , May 1st 2016

On Sunday, May 1st, 2016, the member of our Association Spyros Bakas held a Traditional Archery training session in the open training grounds in Siekierki park - Warsaw/Poland, along with distinguished Polish archers as Mr Adam Radziun and arrow expert Mr Piotr Kosiorek.

KORYVANTES in the 3rd International Flying Shooting Competition in Leczyca Castle /Poland, April 22-24 2016

The Traditional Archery team of the Association KORYVANTES following the kind invitation of the Polish Community of Traditional Archery and the distinguished bow-maker Mr. Lukasz Nawalny, participated with great success in the 3rd International Flight Archery Festival which was held between 22-24 April 2016 on Leczyca castle in central Poland. The tournament "III Ogolnopolski Turniej Strzelania na Odległość Flight" attracted the attention of prominent flight-shooting archers from Poland, Turkey, Britain, Italy, Greece, France, Slovakia, Hungary. The event included seminar of historical thumb archery techniques by the renowned researcher Adam Swoboda, arrow-construction workshops by the distinguished manufacturer Piotr Kiosorek and thumb shooting training workshops by Adam Radziun.

Participation in the International "THUMB ARCHERY" Meeting, Sunna / Germany, May 26-29 2016

Following the kind invitation of the German Thumbring Traditional Archery Community , the Association of Historical Studies KORYVANTES will participate in the 9th International Thumbring Competition which will be held between May 26-29 2016 in the Sunna city (Keltendorf) in central Germany. The four-day event of the meeting will take place in the beautifull landscapes of the territory, on physical routes organised specifically for the competition, hosting the leading clubs from Poland, Turkey and Greece as well as the prime German archers and teams.

Participation in the "St Georges Shoot 2016", Taunton - England , April 23-24 2016

The traditional archery team of the Association of Historical Studies KORYVANTES has the exceptional honor to announce it's forthcomming participation in the 23th Traditional Archery contest - "St Georges Shoot 2016" which took place the weekend of 23 -24 April 2016 in Taunton, England. The  "St Georges Shoot" contest is one of the most historical annual Traditional Archery meetings in UK. It is organized under the auspices of the brother organisation "Society for the Promotion of the Traditional Archery (SPTA)" which is the leading institution for the research and promotion of Traditional Archery of Old Albion for the last decades.
Our Association has been succesfully participated in the relevant event of the year 2015.

Seminar "Byzantine Hoplomachia of the Early Period", Athens, April 3 2016

On Sunday, April 3, 2016 was held for the Association of Historical Studies KORYVANTES the seminar entitled "Byzantine Hoplomachia of the early period" by the trainer of Classical & Historical Fencing and trainer of the Association Mr. George Georgas. Our members were trained in close combat techniques of the straight and lancet type of "paramirion" sword, combat engage against more than 3 opponents, "paramirion" sword techniques (lancet/straight) and "cheiroskoutarion" shield (buckler shield) against spears. The trainees had the chance to observe the differences with the "paramirion" sword of the late Byzantine period where the weapon had been replaced by the Byzantine saber sword , while also been trained on the latest. The session ended with a duel with these weapons between Mr George Georgas and his student Mr Ioannis Tzamalis. After the seminar, our members continued their training following a session in traditional archery.

Participation in the Hungarian National Traditional Archery competition "MHIT 2016", March 19 2016,Törökbálint / Budapest

The Traditional Archery team of the Association of Historical Studies KORYVANTES accepting to honourable invitation of the World Traditional Archery Federation's (WTAF) vice president Mr. Posta Pal and the Hungarian Federation of Traditional Archery participated in the Indoor traditional archery competition "M.I.I.T. 2016" which took place on Saturday, March 19, 2016, in Törökbálint / Budapest.

The four archers of our mission-team represented the Greek Traditional Archery in the European Traditional Archery capital shooting together with famous world champions and renowned teams. The competition was held in the region of "Anna Caves" in an area of actual historical artificial caves and included targets up to 30 meters and on target-faces defined by the Hungarian federation. The organizing committee of MHIT for this year honored the Polish Traditional archery and its great contribution to the World Heritage of World Archery. The commitee invited groups of four archers from the leading associations of Greece, Turkey, Germany and Romania as a symbol of cooperation, fraternity and recognition of their development at national level.

Participation in the 7th Total Field Game (T.F.G.), Agios Ioannis / Pelion Mountain, March 13 2016

The Traditional Archery team of the Association of Historical Studies KORYVANTES participated with great success in the 7th traditional archery open field game "Total Field Game 2016", which took place on Sunday, March 13th 2016 in the village of Agios Ioannis of Pelion mountain. The competition was organized by the Olympic Archery Academy of "Pelopos" Patras city, with the support of the Greek Olympic Archery Federation "E.O.T." and the participation of 60 athletes from Greece, Germany, Turkey, England and Cyprus.

The competition included 13 targets in physical terain of three kilometers on the slopes of Pelion mountain. The targets were located in the uphill and downward slope, and with natural obstacles. The athletes were participating in mixed groups of 4 , from the categories of Recurve, Compound, Barebow, Longbow, Traditional. The beginning and the end of the route took place in Hotel Anesis village of Agios Ioannis village, Our Association was pleased to see the athletes Elena Antoniadou, Erasmia Smyroglou and Skourti Sofia to win the gold, silver and bronze medal respectively.

KORYVANTES in the 3rd International Flying Shooting Competition in Leczyca Castle /Poland, April 22-24 2016

Following the kind invitation of the Polish Community of Traditional Archery and the distinguished bow-master and host of the event, Mr.Lukasz Nawalny,  the Association of  Historical Studies KORYVANTES will participate in the 3rd Polish Flying Shooting Competition which will be held between April 22-24, 2016 in Leczyca Castle / Poland.

The "III Ogolnopolski Turniej Strzelania na Odległość Flight" tournament brings the attention of the best Polish, French, Turkish, Italian, British, Slovakian, Greek and Hungarian flight archers. 

The event will also host interesting workshops including thumb ring technique with the famous master Adam Swoboda, arrow-making workshops with expert Piotr Kosiorek and thumb ring practices with Adam Rdziun.

KORYVANTES in the Hungarian Indoor Traditional Archery Competition (M.H.I.T. 2016 ), March 19 2016, Budapest-Hungary

The Traditional Archery Team of Association of Historical Studies KORYVANTES accepting the honourable invitation of the Vice President of the World Traditional Archery Federation (WTAF)  Mr. Posta Pal and the Hungarian Traditional Archery Federation , will participate in the Hungarian National Indoor Traditional Archery Championship  ( M.H.I. T. 2016 ) which will be held on Saturday, March 19, 2016 , in Törökbálint, Budapest - Hungary .

The four-member mission team of the Association KORYVANTES will represent the Greek Traditional Archery in the Traditional Archery Capital of Europe, together with renowned world champions and teams.

Traditional Archery Training in Athens and Florina / Greece, February 7 2016

On Sunday , February 7 2016 , was held the weekly Traditional Archery session of the Association of Historical Studies KORYVANTES , in Association's open training grounds in the areas of Athens and Florina.

Traditional Archery Training in Athens / Greece, January 31 2016

On Sunday, January 31, 2016 the weekly training session of the Association of Historical Studies "KORYVANTES" was succesfully held in the area of Athens. Furthermore our members had the opportunity to cut of the traditional New Year's Eve "Festive bread".

Traditional Archery Training in Athens and Thessaloniki, January 24 2016

On Sunday , January 24 2016 , took place the weekly Traditional Archery session of the Association of Historical Studies KORYVANTES , in Association's open training ground in the area of Athens and Thessaloniki.

Traditional Archery Training in Athens/Greece, January 3 2016

On Sunday , January 3 2016 , took place the first Traditional Archery session of the Association of Historical Studies KORYVANTES for the year 2016, in Association's open training ground in the area of Athens.

Ο Σύλλογος ΚΟΡΥΒΑΝΤΕΣ εκπρόσωπος της Παγκόσμιας Ομοσπονδίας Παραδοσιακής Τοξοβολίας (WTAF) σε Ελλάδα και Κύπρο

Ακολουθώντας μια συνεπή και αδιάλειπτη πορεία πολλών ετών στον χώρο της Παραδοσιακής Τοξοβολίας, ο Σύλλογος Ιστορικών Μελετών ΚΟΡΥΒΑΝΤΕΣ ανακοινώνει την αναγνώριση του ως εκπρόσωπο της Παγκόσμιας Ομοσπονδίας Παραδοσιακής Τοξοβολίας / World Traditional Archery Federation (WTAF) σε Ελλάδα και Κύπρο. 

Η αναγνώριση από την WTAF αποτελεί το επιστέγασμα μιας μακράς προσπάθειας ανάδειξης και προώθησης της Ελληνικής Παραδοσιακής Τοξοβολίας στην Διεθνή Τοξευτική Κοινότητα από τον Σύλλογο ΚΟΡΥΒΑΝΤΕΣ.

Η Παγκόσμια Ομοσπονδία Παραδοσιακής Τοξοβολίας / World Traditional Archery Federation (WTAF) είναι ο κορυφαίος Παγκόσμιος Οργανισμός Παραδοσιακής Τοξοβολίας. Στην Ομοσπονδία έχουν ενταχθεί οι Εθνικές Ομοσπονδίες Παραδοσιακής Τοξοβολίας, κορυφαίοι Οργανισμοί και Σύλλογοι με συλλογικό δυναμικό δεκάδων χιλιάδων αθλητών. Σκοπός της Ομοσπονδίας είναι η παγκόσμια ανάπτυξη της Παραδοσιακής Τοξοβολίας τόσο ως αναγνωρισμένο άθλημα όσο και ως πολιτιστική δραστηριότητα.

Association KORYVANTES is the representative of the World Traditional Archery Federation (WTAF) in Greece and Cyprus.

Following a consistent course of many years in the field of Traditional Archery, the Association of Historical Studies KORYVANTES proudly announces it's recognition as the representative of the World Traditional Archery Federation (WTAF) in Greece and Cyprus.

The recognition by the WTAF is the culmination of a long effort to optimize and promote Greek Traditional archery Archery in the International Community by the Association KORYVANTES.

The World Traditional Archery Federation (WTAF) is the leading World Organisation of Traditional Archery. National Federations of Traditional Archery, leading Organizations and Associations have joined the Federation ,summarising tens of thousands of athletes. The aim of the Federation is the global development of Traditional Archery both as a recognized sport and as a cultural product.