A family of archery enthusiast, with its adoration of the famous Mahabharata and the story told about Arjuna and celestial bow Gandiva. They put up the first ever archery store lasted 2008, located in SM Mall of Asia. Primarily the shop was in support to
archery being an Olympic sport and DepEd’s efforts to promote the bow and arrow athletics on a grass-root level. In 2008, Gandiva worked hand in hand with the Department of Education by giving Armory Clinics in different regional meets. With combined efforts,
Gandiva was able to orient coaches and archers nationwide with the variety of archery equipment. To date, Gandiva has reached out to 14 regions. 67 provinces and 29 municipalities/cities. It has hosted different events namely:
- The 3rd Asian Grand Prix
- South East Asian Championships
- 1st Highlander Invitational Archery Tournament
- Pasig Summer Sports Clinic
- The Manila Polo Club Archery Open
Gandiva became a major sponsor of the Palarong Pambansa. It is an act to show our serious commitment to the government efforts to bring into focus the bow and arrow sports, intrinsic to the Filipino culture. In the same year, Gandiva transferred to a
much bigger space and started offering world class equipment and training from skilled instructors.
The air-conditioned international standard Archery gym has now a comfortable and spacious 18 meters distance with 9 lanes. It can also be adjusted up to 19 meters to hold archery competitions. With its spacious range, it can also accommodate athletic
clinics and workshops on various fitness activities like yoga, wu shu or tai chi chuan to name a few.
In 2011, Gandiva also boasts of a healthy Café that serves delicious vegetarian food and beverages. Archery clubs and family members can lounge at the Café while they watch the athletes or archery students practice or complete. Gandiva continually evolves
not only the archery sport, through our archery range franchise but to make available a whole new level of healthy eating and living to any aspiring athelete or health enthusiast. We will continue with the advocacy to promote archery in all levels and encourage
vegetarian diet and green living.
Gandiva welcomes all archery and health enthusiast, hosting archery events for different archery clubs corporate offices and big families that share a passion for Archery and a healthy lifestyle.