"It's a big problem finding a successor. But I've still got time to wait for a person with the right character," he said.
"My son is 19, and he'd like to become the one. But he belongs to a privileged generation that's not used to the hardship my generation took for granted."
While Yang is keeping an open mind as he looks for a someone to carry on the tradition, there is only one general precondition as he sifts through potential candidates: His successor must be male.
"I'd say a woman can handle about one third of the tasks," he said. "They can put the arrows together or paint the final set. But the hard physical work of building the bow is for men, I'm afraid."
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