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Kassai Lajos world champion's horseback archery and Szekesfehervar tour
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You will have a chance to see face to face the famous Kassai Lajos master archer's performance. He is the founder of modern horseback archery and the only man in the world, who was able to do horseback archery on changed horses, without a stopping for 24 hours.
Leaving every first Saturday of the months from Budapest to the small village of Kaposmero where this unique Hungarian martial art and sport started its world conquering journey and today it is still the home of the master.
On the open day you will be able to have a taste of this sport by demonstrations of horseback-archery by advanced students and by the master as well as get a glance of the way Hungarian horse men used to live.
Also there will be some delicious, traditional Hungarian food stalls and you can chat with the master if interested in archery or horse back riding.
He reconstructed the bow form the time of the Hungarian conquest and started its standardized production (first in the world). At the end of the eighties he developed the system of rules of horseback archery competition which he took part many times.
From the beginning of the nineties he started to spread the new sport, first in Hungary, then in Europe, in the USA and Canada.
He won all the competitions until now and managed to set up five Guinness world records.
Those who possess a Kassai bow will be able to practise on the event.
For bringing horseback archery into being and spreading it in the world he was awarded on 20th August 2003 by Ferenc Mádl the president of the republic with the Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic, Officer's Cross.
He is the member of the Club of Obsessed.
His book “Horseback Archery” lives its fourth edition in Hungary. He writes down his ars poetica here:
"I have always wanted to try everything and always held that it is the stupid who wish to learn by the mistakes of others, as nothing is more important than personal experience. Knowledge is our only treasure that cannot be taken from us, while it is also the most aristocratic thing in the world. Horseback archery, which had once allowed me to fly on a magic steed through space and time, has become a ritual for me that furnishes the framework of my everyday life. For me, it represents science, art and religion all in one."
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Leaving every first Saturday of the months from Budapest to the small village of Kaposmero where this unique Hungarian martial art and sport started its world conquering journey and today it is still the home of the master.
On the open day you will be able to have a taste of this sport by demonstrations of horseback-archery by advanced students and by the master as well as get a glance of the way Hungarian horse men used to live.
Also there will be some delicious, traditional Hungarian food stalls and you can chat with the master if interested in archery or horse back riding.
He reconstructed the bow form the time of the Hungarian conquest and started its standardized production (first in the world). At the end of the eighties he developed the system of rules of horseback archery competition which he took part many times.
From the beginning of the nineties he started to spread the new sport, first in Hungary, then in Europe, in the USA and Canada.
He won all the competitions until now and managed to set up five Guinness world records.
Those who possess a Kassai bow will be able to practise on the event.
For bringing horseback archery into being and spreading it in the world he was awarded on 20th August 2003 by Ferenc Mádl the president of the republic with the Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic, Officer's Cross.
He is the member of the Club of Obsessed.
His book “Horseback Archery” lives its fourth edition in Hungary. He writes down his ars poetica here:
"I have always wanted to try everything and always held that it is the stupid who wish to learn by the mistakes of others, as nothing is more important than personal experience. Knowledge is our only treasure that cannot be taken from us, while it is also the most aristocratic thing in the world. Horseback archery, which had once allowed me to fly on a magic steed through space and time, has become a ritual for me that furnishes the framework of my everyday life. For me, it represents science, art and religion all in one."
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