United States Blowgun Association

The USBA is an affiliate of the International Fukiyado Association (IFA).

We follow the rules of the IFA. We are using a modified ranking system that includes beginner levels and adds a title and level system to the basic ranks.

There is no charge for USBA membership and members are under no obligation to do anything. Anyone of legal age (18 and above) can hold a tournament and participation by minors is encouraged. Please see our Rules page for the details.

Thousands of people in Japan enjoy this sport as well as hundreds in France and many in Germany. The sport is growing slowly in the United States. It seems that our main problem is low population density. The population of the USA is more than twice that of Japan but their population density is ten times as high as ours. That means that we have to travel on average ten times as far to attend a competition. Even if there are no members or only a few in your area, we encourage you to join the USBA so that others will know that there is interest in the sport where you are located.

Competitions

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St. Albans, VT Tournament Scheduled for September 10

Well, it is unfortunate, but due to last minute problems we had to push this competition into October. We will reannounce the meet when we have a firm date. - Rev. Ray Mann

Results for the first blowgun competiton in Puerto Rico 20-Aug-11

Hi everyone: here's the results for the first competition in Puerto Rico. It went excellent; eight shooters attended and three more shooters stayed as spectators. Here are the results:

10 METER SHOOTER

• Eugenio Santiago Santiago: 158(10m), 180(10m), 166(10m) = 504 Average = 168

8 METERS SHOOTERS

• Ricardo M. Geigel: 105(8m), 112(8m), 120(8m) = 337 Average = 112.3333
• Coyox: 108(8m), 110(8m), 107(8m) = 325 Average = 108.3333
• BrainWars: 114(8m), 98(8m), 107(8m) = 319 Average = 106.3333
• Nestor Perez: 95(8m), 112(8m), 89(8m) = 296 Average = 98.66667
• Mario Quinones: 96(8m), 93(8m), 95(8m) = 284 Average = 94.66667
• Beto 787: 76(8m), 93(8m), 78(8m) = 247 Average = 82.33333
• SilverFox: 94(8m), 69(8m), 83(8m) = 246 Average = 82

Results for Seattle on August 14

Today's competition went pretty quickly....only 3 of us were able to compete. Geoff Fulmer hurt his back, Lisa Lavoy and Noel Zank had to work, Nolan Libby didn't show up (I'll email him later and see what happened), and the kids that ranked previously in July could not attend. So it was me, Mike Wonder, and junior group member Isaac Rhodes. Isaac's Mom stayed as a witness (and will be trying her hand at competing at our next competition! Woo hoo!!!)

Anyhow, here are the results:

• Isaac Rhodes: 45 (5m), 47 (5m) 39 (5m). No change from 5th kyu Mosquito.
• Mike Wonder: 120 (8m), 113 (8m), 94 (8 m). Ranked up from no rank, now Eagle rank.
• Restita DeJesus (me): 174 (10m), 168 (10m), 166 (10m), 164 (10m), 133 (10m). Ranked up from Iron expert, Now Silver expert.

This event was another potluck, and we had a lot of great food left over since we expected more people. More food for us! :) Another fun evening of shooting! Another competition for the Junior group members in another couple of months.....stay tuned!

Competition results from Restita DeJesus for Seattle Kid's Competition July 20

We had a great kid's competition on 7/20/2011 last week here in Seattle.....its been a crazy week so I've just now gotten the score spreadsheets prepared and put in a zip file to send to the powers-that-be. :) Nine kids participated and all ranked except for one. All kids were unranked at the time of the competition.

• Casey Stensaas: 50 (4m), 47 (5m), 42 (5m) New rank: Bee
• Anson Sevigny: 56 (4m), 49 (5m), 44 (5m) New rank: Bee
• Cody Fulmer: 54 (4m), 49(5m), 27 (5m) New rank: Bee
• Michael Guo 45 (4m), 40 (4m), 35 (4m) New rank: Mosquito
• Marso Haynie 34 (4m), 32 (4m), 28 (4m) No rank
• Connor Konen: 60 (4m) Bee, 54 (5m) Wasp, 104 (6m) Falcon. Final rank is Falcon
• Ben DeLaCruz 47 (4m), 27 (5m), 25 (5m) New rank: Bee
• Bijan Zavarei 43 (4m), 42 (4m), 39 (4m) new rank Mosquito
• Owen Teachout: 58 (4m), 45 (5m), 40 5m) New rank: Bee

Since everyone shot only two rounds per game (except for Connor, who opted to shoot at 6 meters for his 3rd game), the competition didn't take very long at all. I didn't take any video footage of the event, because I was preoccupied with making sure the kids didn't run out to get their darts after a round. All participants did remember the rule of "don't get your darts until the rangemaster calls for it, and don't pull your darts till your score has been tallied." They did great, and their parents came to watch as well. It was fun for the kids to receive applause after each round. :)

The kids are so jazzed up about shooting that they've made up their own target games, and enjoy playing "tic tac toe". :) I'm glad that some of the parents have commented that this activity has held their attention and resulted in a couple of kids having a more patient attitude. YEAH!!!

All in all....a fun day!

News From Restita for Seattle, WA June 12 Competition

Hi everyone! Our Seattle group's first competition went well! It was great fun! Seven shooters attended (two couldn't make it due to other obligations). Three people borrowed my "house guns" and did well (two people having only two days experience).

Here's a short video compilation of the day. (A link to a video on the Blowgun Forum.)

Here are the results :

• Nolan Libby: 168 (10m), 166 (10m), 165 (10m), 154 (10m), 153 (10m)
• Restita DeJesus ("lady_yaya"): 173 (9m), 172 (scored 172 twice at 9m), 166 (9m), 159 (9m)
• Geoff Fulmer ("Geoff"): 112 (8m), 110 (8m), 106 (8m)
• Isaac Rhodes: 42 (4m), 33 (5m), 33 (5m) 10 years old
• Jin White ("JinRyu"): 95 (8m), 91 (8m), 65 (8m)
• Lyn Yancha ("Musik21"): 99 (8m), 98 (8m), 88 (8m)
• Mike Wonder: 90 (8m), 82 (8m), 79 (8m)

Ranks and Titles (I've included the Japanese terms of the Dan/Kyu ranks, just for fun):

• Nolan Libby: 4th Dan (Yondan), Silver Expert (Up from UnRanked)
• Restita DeJesus: 2nd Dan (Nidan), Iron Expert (Up from UnRanked)
• Geoff Fulmer: 1st Dan (Shodan), Eagle Novice (Up from UnRanked)
• Isaac Rhodes: 5th Kyu (Gokkyu), Mosquito Junior (Up from Unranked)

It was a fun time had by all, and although several people didn't rank, they are hooked on blowgunning are are looking forward to practicing for the next competion. Great fun and great potluck food....chips and other munchies, roast pork from Seattle's Chinatown district (yum!) and rice. Good thing we waited till *after* shooting to eat all the goodies....we wouldn't have been able to shoot on stuffed stomachs anyhow! :)

I've got some pre-teens and teens that want to get started at blowgunning as well.....looks like I'll be hosting a "kids/juniors only" competition within the next month or so! I hope TargetZone gets back up online soon so my kids group can purchase their rigs.....I guess TZS is busy and backlogged at the moment and will be back up soon (from what I hear).

Well, I'm looking forward to practicing at 10 meters starting tomorrow! :)

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From right to left, Michelle, Dave and son Tristin, Dana and Jeremiah, then Bud and Dana's son.

Neondog, Lani, Joe Fife and Brooke Fife