Horse Archery
Horse archery, as the name suggests, involves a mounted archer shooting the bow (usually very rapidly) whilst riding on horseback. Given that the archer must be able to shoot on both sides of the horse and twist round in the saddle to shoot to the rear, the bows used in horse archery were traditional quite short (e.g. the Scythian bow). They are usually recurve in design in order to generate power despite their short length.
The most famous horse archers in history were the Eurasian peoples such as the Mongols and the Huns (not forgetting the native tribes of America). In recent years there has been something of a resurgence of interest in horse archery amongst the countries for whom mounted archery is a part of their heritage, such as Hungary and Korea. (See the YouTube videos of Kassai Lajos.)
