HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A public-private partnership is aiming at creating Oahu’s first public kyudojo in Kaimuki.

A kyudojo is a training center (dojo) for the traditional Japanese martial art of archery (kyudo).

The Hawaii Kyudo Foundation (HKF) and the City and County of Honolulu are teaming up to activate 0.57 acres of undeveloped parkland in the mauka section of Mau‘umae Nature Park, with the construction and maintenance of the kyudojo.

This recreation and education facility will consist of several stylized structures intended for the practice and teaching of kyudo, Japanese archery; a form of martial arts which focuses both on the physical discipline and spiritual cultivation inherent in this style of shooting bows and arrows.

HKF is funding and constructing the $850,000 facil

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