Shichido, the seven coordinations, is the basic Kyudo form for aligning the body and properly releasing the yaarrow, or arrow. The kyudoka, or practitioner, has the opportunity to clean away obstacles to see the mind and qualities of the heart more clearly.
The equipment used in shichidoseven coordinations is the yumibow, or bow, with its tsurubow string, or string, a ya, or arrow, and a kakeglove, or glove. Ya have feathers for shooting outdoors and no feathers for shooting indoors.