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[TekGryphon]

People making fun of him for being "goofy" but I can now say that the top 5 most impressive archery feats I've ever seen are all from this video.

 

[Nikodemos]

Link to this?

Look for "historical fencing", 'fechtbuch' (fight book) or similar.

 

[neoism]

was just about the make this thread lol this dude is one badmotherfucka.. D:

 

[Khaz]

So much salt in /r/archery lol

 

[Japanmanx3]

Good lord this gave me chills. I love archery though I have no talent in it. This was insane.

 

[dapperbandit]

lol I'd forgotten this existed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_2UV0Pw2dM

 

[Jarate]

Wanna know why Mongolian Horse Archers were the greatest soldiers to ever exist.

Imagine doing these type of shots, on a sprinting horse, in battle, with better precision.

This video should show just how absolutely incredible archers were back then, and how absolutely amazing Mongolian Horse Archers wouldve been

 

[Loofy]

Im not sure if this video is supposed to be funny or just unintentionally funny. Its like something Napoleon dynamite would make.

Also, one problem with the video. He wasnt shooting anything very far.
At those distances he'd get rushed by a dwarf axeman pretty easily.

 

[fizzelopeguss]

It'd be interesting to see him try with a bow packing serious poundage behind it.

 

[shaowebb]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEG-ly9tQGk

Fucking Hawkeye IRL. Dude had them shoot arrows at him and caught them plus would turn and split arrows in the air with ones of his own.

 

[fluffydelusions]

So much salt in /r/archery lol

lol wow

 

[Leunam]

So much salt in /r/archery lol

Seems mostly positive.

 

[Ether_Snake]

Im not sure if this video is supposed to be funny or just unintentionally funny. Its like something Napoleon dynamite would make.

Also, one problem with the video. He wasnt shooting anything very far.
At those distances he'd get rushed by a dwarf axeman pretty easily.

Maybe you need to watch his previous videos. Plus, why shoot from far? This guy could take down 10 swordsmen. Archery was no Hollywood fuckery where 100 archers shot from far away and then sent the horses. They were basically gunmen, and an archer like Lars would wound/kill any horse with ease, so war chariots or horse riders were pointless unless their riders could shoot arrows too.

And I like how silly the video is, why do you guys think he takes himself seriously? He drank from a cup then shot three arrows.

 

[op_ivy]

guy clearly is talented but i cant stop laughing my ass off at how silly that video was. i kept waiting for "LIGHTNING BOLT"

 

[FinalStageBoss]

Man I don't care how goofy he looks the man is a machine. His speed and accuracy are ridiculous.

 

[Messofanego]

Hope Hollywood uses him as an archery consultant or choreographer if any archery action movies become a thing.

 

[UrbanRats]

Hope Hollywood uses him as an archery consultant or choreographer if any archery action movies become a thing.

in that Reddit thread they say he doesn't want to share his technique? i hope he isn't some kind of weird primadonna about this, but yeah, it'd be cool.
i mean, even Legolas does shit that's lamer than this.

 

[StudioTan]

Amazing. But who the hell would place the arrow left anyway?

I've never done archery although I've always wanted to but when I think about how I would hold it I naturally think the arrow should go on the right side. After reading this thread I looked at some pictures and sure enough, most images have them with the arrow on the left. That seems uncomfortable to me but I guess that's how people are taught and how it's done in movies.

I guess I just never noticed.

Link to this?

I think it was this article that I read - http://www.thearma.org/essays/Swordfighting-Not.html#.VMMShS4gSkw

And here is a video of him demonstrating.

 

[Messofanego]

in that Reddit thread they say he doesn't want to share his technique? i hope he isn't some kind of weird primadonna about this, but yeah, it'd be cool.
i mean, even Legolas does shit that's lamer than this.

Everyone has their price. Everyone

 

[Ether_Snake]

I've never done archery although I've always wanted to but when I think about how I would hold it I naturally think the arrow should go on the right side. After reading this thread I looked at some pictures and sure enough, most images have them with the arrow on the left. That seems uncomfortable to me but I guess that's how people are taught and how it's done in movies.



I guess I just never noticed.



I think it was this article that I read - http://www.thearma.org/essays/Swordfighting-Not.html#.VMMShS4gSkw

And here is a video of him demonstrating.

And then search for old photos of samurais, or archery competitions were they do it traditionally (Tibet, etc.), or old paintings, and it's on the right.

 

[Sanjuro]

Lars was supposed to be the future of the Red Sox organization. He just was garbage with off speed pitches and never amounted to anything.

 

[hateradio]

Interesting, I guess.

 

[Wag]

Wow. That was really impressive.

I wonder if they'd let him compete in the Olympics with his non-standard technique?

 

[MrToughPants]

That's one of the most impressive things I've seen...wow

 

[Vincent Alexander]

Jesus. I couldn't imagine a squad of archers in the old days with his technique and skill level.

 

[TekGryphon]

Jesus. I couldn't imagine a squad of archers in the old days with his technique and skill level.

I think that's the real reason why kings and barons would put together squads of full-plate knights with armored mounts. Just to chase down and murder those fuckers.

 

[Fusebox]

I used to have a recurve bow when I was a teen and naturally went arrow on the right of the string, I never noticed all the Hollywood archers doing the opposite, that would feel crazy awkward to me.

 

[bjaelke]

Seems mostly positive.

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This is retarded, in way too many of those instances he'd be dead if anyone with a sword was there. "Oh, let me just flip out and do a huge draw with my bow to shoot someone 3 feet away at a table". "Check out my SPEED SHOOTING FROM 3 FEET AWAY ON MOVING TARGETS" It takes skill to do this shit, but I don't think it's impressive, just cheesey. Historically anyone running at him from within 20 feet with a sword and shield would have him dead to rights. He might get a shot off, but they'd have their vitals protected, and then murder his face.

 

[TemplaerDude]

Very impressive, but that narrator is speaking quite matter-of-factly about a very broad subject. I sincerely doubt the vast majority of archers even approached this skill level.

 

[besada]

This reminds me of a video I saw showing how most of what we see of sword fighting in movies is completely wrong.

I agree, he's both extremely goofy and extremely skilled.

Watch Ironclad. Not the greatest movie, but the fight choreographer was educated about swordplay. There are lots of great bits straight out of a medieval sword manual. Holding the blade to use the guard and grip as a hook and lever, using a half-sword grip, and the repeated use of the sword as a bludgeon. I've got a couple of medieval sword manuals with some really amazing techniques in them that you never see, but were used in the field.

If you'd prefer something from the later age of sword, The Duellists is pretty amazing.

 

[Salazar]

Amazing stuff. So gratifying to see martial artists picking up the slack from historical scholars who let this knowledge go to rot..

Yes. I know so many lazy medievalists.

Pull your head in.

 

[neorej]

Clint Barton and Oliver Queen had a baby I see.

 

[ZeroX03]

Love this video. His enthusiasm and skill far outshine any dorkiness.

That was awesome.

Splitting an incoming arrow? Returning it to sender? Doing it while flipping? All baller.

 

[Wyndstryker]

This guy is closer to mmorpg archers who have skills that shoot a bazillion arrows at once than most fictional archers.

And he's lifehacking with an aimbot.

 

[Coreda]

When I think about how I would hold it I naturally think the arrow should go on the right side. After reading this thread I looked at some pictures and sure enough, most images have them with the arrow on the left. That seems uncomfortable to me but I guess that's how people are taught and how it's done in movies.

The demonstration in his video doesn't represent the way the left sided technique is commonly portrayed anyway though. Arrows in films are typically drawn overhead and placed directly onto the bow in a single movement, rather than the intentionally awkward 'oops wrong way' hand switcheroo method presented in his video. Take this demo of the left side technique for example.

 

[Tugatrix]

Link to this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Umi_HUoLdl0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFiIDl_mt2c

Enjoy it, if you want to know more look for historical fencing

 

[Peru]

Guy would not survive an olympic competition of course. He's learned some specific tricks.

 

[TAJ]

So much salt in /r/archery lol

Some of the reactions are basically "This has to be fake... but it's totally not impressive!", especially to hitting the arrow mid-flight.

 

[Timedog]

Add in some random camera facial zoom-ins with freeze frames of lars making a weird smile and that would be a Tim and Eric sketch.

 

[Parakeetman]

That was pretty damned insane.

 

[ana]

Damn quite a few people seem to be buthurt about this when reading around the web..

It's fascinating to think how good archers were in the past..

 

[m_dorian]

That was impressive.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[Vigilant Walrus]

this is beyond incredible. It's true that he comes off as silly, but I think its mostly due to haircut and his finishing stances.

 

[Discotheque]

Dude caught an arrow like Malcolm Merlyn and fired it back before he hit the ground. Arrow seems weaksauce now in comparison.

seriously. even legolas' crazy feats in the middle earth movies seem really weak compared to the stuff he's doing.

he looks kind of goofy with his stances but who cares? the man is a god

 

[Joyful]

sploosh

 

[Lazyslob]

lol at people calling this guy goofy when they are rocking anime avatars or video game or comic t shirts.

 

[nowarning]

One of my buddys showed me this last night, fucking insane. Nothing goofy about it, guy has ridiculous skills.

 

[Nikodemos]

It's fascinating to think how good archers were in the past..

Most of them were actually pretty shit. Only cultures where archery was the main form of warfare (Britain in the Middle Ages, Central Asia, Japan, Arabia, North Africa) were truly efficient. That's why crossbows were adopted so quickly by many armies.

 

[Calabi]

Pretty cool, I never noticed one of the archers holding his arrows in the Bayeux Tapestry.

It's pretty amazing what people are discovering just by actually looking at art made in the past. There were some statues that proved that women were part of the roman army(what part they played isnt exactly clear but they were never though of to be there at all).

 

[BrassDragon]

lol at people calling this guy goofy when they are rocking anime avatars or video game or comic t shirts.

You can see how far we've drifted from our martial traditions when the main concern with this is 'it doesn't look cooool'.

Real world combat, whether it's a street altercation, a police intervention, a commando raid or a bombing run, never looks elegant, composed and smooth even at the highest level of skill.

I suppose it's a luxury not to have a clue about these things.