弓道是日本传统的一种竞技运动，也是一项源远流长的古武道，由古代的弓术演变而来的一种仪式化的运动。弓道的基本要求，是运用和弓把箭射到标靶（的）之上，而当中涉及的动作、修养、精神力、礼仪等，都能充份锻练弓手的身心。古代的弓术是包含着战术、武艺的战斗意义，如今则已发展成一项与健康体育有关的运动。不过难得的是，有许多古老的弓道流派至今仍然存在，更能将古有的弓术精神与现代的弓道融合并存，令弓道的传承得以延续。部份弓道流派与地方上的弓道同好会合作，创建全日本弓道联盟，设置段位制度，进一步确立弓道的规模。

Kyudo(弓道,kyūdō, way of the bow) is the modern Japanese martial art (gendai budō) of archery; kyudo practitioners may be known as Kyudojin, kyūdōjin(弓道人), experts in Kyudo are referred to as kyūdōka. Kyudo is based on kyūjutsu (art of archery), which originated with the samurai class of feudal Japan. Kyudo is practised by thousands of people worldwide. As of 2005, the International Kyudo Federation had 132,760 graded members.