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## Contact information
Wald- und Wiesenschützen Berlin-Brandenburg e. V.  
Grauammerpfad 35  
12527 Berlin  
Email: [info@wws-berlin.com](mailto:info@wws-berlin.com)  

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## WWS history
A group of people interested in traditional archery emerged from the archery courses at the Technical University of Berlin, for whom the one hour of training per week in the hall wasn't enough. However, no club in Berlin seemed quite right for this diverse group, who longed for their own training grounds and wanted to spend as little money and bureaucracy as possible. And so the idea for their own club, the "Wald- und Wiesenschützen" (Forest and Meadow Shooters), was born, and they were founded in the summer of 2001. Diversity and individuality are important to us, and so late Stone Age and medieval bows shoot harmoniously alongside glass-covered hunting bows and Olympic recurves.

However, it wasn't until 2004 that the club finally had suitable grounds available. On a small plot in Grünau, we now have the opportunity to practice our technique shooting at targets and teach beginners, as well as to practice on a small but varied cross-country course with 3D targets and animal target faces. We also hold our club championship on this course. The highlight is undoubtedly the annual Berlin Clout Tournament, which has been organized by the Wald- und Wiesenschützen for several years now and usually takes place at the end of September on the Maifeld.

## What is traditional archery?
Most of us practice archery in the "instinctive shooting" category, which should more accurately be called intuitive shooting, as it involves foregoing sights or aiming devices. The archer ultimately hits the target through experience. The foundation for intuitive archery, as for any other type of archery, is mastering the correct technique. Therefore, we recommend that anyone interested in archery take a course at a club to learn the proper handling of the bow and a few simple but important safety rules.

Unlike Olympic archery, which is practiced at constant distances known to the archer and with identical targets of the same type and size, traditional archers usually know neither the exact distance to the target nor can they adjust to a consistent size or position. Targets set up on a cross-country course can be silhouettes or three-dimensional objects of varying sizes. Furthermore, the characteristics of the typically natural and varied terrain make it difficult to find the best shooting position and the ideal trajectory for the arrow.

## Our training ground
![Training ground](/images/platz/Platz1_FHD.jpg "")
![Training ground](/images/platz/Platz2_FHD.jpg "")
![Training ground](/images/platz/Platz3_FHD.jpg "")
