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[Princess Carl]

I don't see how he could've done the splitting arrow thing hundreds of times to get the right take. The arrow was coming at him. If he didn't hit it, it would've hit him.

We get to see him all with a couple arrows in his side from his previous takes. Panting heavily, "First try guys!".

 

[Luis_23]

Holy shit splitting a in coming arrow in two is seriously impressive.

This. The dude is pretty ridiculous.

 

[zeomax]

I don't see how he could've done the splitting arrow thing hundreds of times to get the right take. The arrow was coming at him. If he didn't hit it, it would've hit him.

In the video you don't see that someone is shooting at him. You only see the second guy who just draw the bow but you don't see him actually shooting. Maybe he just throw the arrow at him.

And the thing to hit a knife with an arrow. Its not possible on purpose because an arrow don't fly strait, its wobbling in the air like shit. It is just a lucky hit.

Here is a video of a flying arrow in slowmotion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1yjcKzIT9c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUISK-znETw

 

[Forceatowulf]

That vid was damn impressive.

 

[JumpJeff84]

The thing that ruins the video is the narrator doing a fake deep voice singing the guy's praises. A more reserved narrator would have been better.

I watched it on mute.

 

[jett]

That is one talented dude. Legolas on blast.

 

[CrankyJay]

I mean...I didn't know whether to take this video seriously or not, but the guy has some fucking serious skills. Wow.

 

[LProtag]

I love how the narrator is talking about how he's making archery "as simple as possible" while he's shooting a bear's head off by holding his bow with his foot.

 

[ced]

Amazing archery.

If you watch it without sound it's hard to tell if it's real or something like star wars kid.

 

[RangerBAD]

The level of accuracy makes him seem like one-of-a-kind. Not everyone was this awesome back in the day. Arrows probably weren't cheap then and often broke.

 

[Lys Skygge]

I love Lars Anderson videos! He's pretty geeky but damn he's talented. Splitting an incoming arrow with and arrow? Shiiiiiiittttt.

 

[white dynamite]

The Olympics need to come up with some new archery events to accommodate this guy's skill set.

 

[Dcube]

I'll never look at archery the same way again.

 

[BrassDragon]

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

Hollywood has only recently gotten realistic modern gunplay right, swordplay is still ridiculously stylised and archery isn't even on the radar.

 

[Nikodemos]

Hollywood has only recently gotten realistic modern gunplay right, swordplay is still ridiculously stylised and archery isn't even on the radar.

Swordplay is still awful. Hitting a blade with another blade is a terrible portrayal of how swordfighting happened. And it's not like there aren't whole volumes dedicated to this, from several eras and styles.

 

[Always-honest]

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

 

[Serrato]

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

Hollywood has only recently gotten realistic modern gunplay right, swordplay is still ridiculously stylised and archery isn't even on the radar.

Swordplay is still awful. Hitting a blade with another blade is a terrible portrayal of how swordfighting happened. And it's not like there aren't whole volumes dedicated to this, from several eras and styles.

Remember guys, Hollywood never cared about ''realistic'' even if it would be amazing to see. The rule of cool rules them all. (And that guy is clearly cooler that most archer we see on the big screen...)

 

[Dictator93]

Remember guys, Hollywood never cared about ''realistic'' even if it would be amazing to see. The rule of cool rules them all. (And that guy is clearly cooler that most archer we see on the big screen...)

He is very impressive. I enjoy the fact that it is apparently based upon the actual historical use of the bow as well.

 

[Jeff-DSA]

In the video you don't see that someone is shooting at him. You only see the second guy who just draw the bow but you don't see him actually shooting. Maybe he just throw the arrow at him.

And the thing to hit a knife with an arrow. Its not possible on purpose because an arrow don't fly strait, its wobbling in the air like shit. It is just a lucky hit.

Here is a video of a flying arrow in slowmotion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1yjcKzIT9c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUISK-znETw

The center of the arrow is still in a more or less direct path. Obviously they shake, but their flights aren't random or else there would be no reliable way to aim.

 

[Serrato]

Also he explains in the description how he did the Hit an arrow in the air trick:

To hit an arrow in the air::
I have currently tried 14 times (everything is filmed)
For me this is the ultimate archery, which I until recently had thought was impossible.
it can be done, but requires the handling of the bow and arrow to become completely bodily.
you may not have time to aim or think, and you must first be completely convinced you hit, you see, "feel" the incoming arrow and shoot in an instant.
do not attempt this
I / we have been in doubt about wether this should be shown,
because we were afraid that someone gets hurt if they try to emulate it,

I trained for many years and spent a really long time before I tried it the first time.
For several years, I along with my friends Peter and Ask also trained with harmless buffer arrows where I often have shot their arrows down and before we switched to proper arrows I had very safely hit 5 harmless arrows in a row.
It will not be shot with a very strong bow (but it's still dangerous)
The arrow that fired at me is a light bamboo arrow with metal tip, I'll shoot back with a heavy aluminum arrow so I'm sure that the incoming arrow flexes when they hit together.
The archer shoots at me normally sits behind one large safety sheet, but in the video is filmed with the sheets pulled away, so you can see what is going on.

Wether true or not, it's impressive.

 

[Arkanius]

The video started as something that seemed a parody
But it's actually legit.

When he fires fast and jumps around it feels like some bullshit technique but... Damn

 

[TheRealTalker]

dude is skilled but the vid was overly hilarious

 

[Leunam]

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

Anyone using a modern bow.

 

[Enco]

Really impressive.

But still looks nerdy :lol

 

[Booshka]

Imagining prime Bo Jackson with this dude's Archery talent, if only.

 

[Kettch]

My favorite part was the sitting down for a drink and shooting the two guys across the table. I need that to be in a movie now.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

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

That's how they teach it in boy scouts.

 

[LookAtMeGo]

Now imagine these guys had his archery skills.

 

[xbhaskarx]

Impressive archery, but his jumping around reminds me a lot of the Star Wars kid.

It's almost as if, in real life, doing what is most effective is more important than looking cool...

 

[Nakkilokki]

That is the most Skandinavian name ever.

 

[Oveja Negra]

Holy crap, Legolas is a joke compared to this guy (except for the goofy movements!!)

Seriously impressive. It's like being in the wild, spotted by a lion, once it decides you're gonna be its lunch, it's over.

 

[Coreda]

Also he explains in the description how he did the Hit an arrow in the air trick:

you may not have time to aim or think, and you must first be completely convinced you hit, you see, "feel" the incoming arrow and shoot in an instant.

Wether true or not, it's impressive.

Reminds me of Isao Machii cutting a BB pellet from 70ft with a katana.

 

[ShowDog]

This has catapulted to the top of my list of Favorite YouTube Videos Ever Made. It has all the ingredients of greatness.

 

[Pinko Marx]

Its like a real life CoD montage.

 

[lastplayed]

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

 

[Serrato]

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

There is also the fact that the long bow wasn't that used in antiquity. I might be wrong, but it's much easier to draw and fire and move with a short bow (what he uses) than the huge almost 2meters tall bow that the english used for exemple. But I guess you can consider the english longbow to be an artillery piece in itself, as it could out range shortbow easily.

All in all, if the old archers from before where like him, archers could be master of the battlefield.

 

[Meier]

The video is amazing.

this guy would have been a wmd back in the day.


RELEASE THE ANDERSEN.

This made me seriously laugh out loud. Well played.

This guy will put you and 3 of your buddies in the dirt while looking like a complete dorkwad.

I also enjoyed this comment.

 

[Nikodemos]

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

The more interesting part is that you can see the guy holding his arrows in the hand is a veteran whereas the guys with them still in the quiver are scrubs. The vet wears maille (an expensive bit of kit owned only by people who either served long enough to finally afford it or survived enough battles to manage to loot one) whereas the scrubs only have gambesons.

 

[Cronox]

Yeah this was nuts. Should bring in this dude as a technical advisor on Arrow or some shit.

Spoiler

Yes, I know they don't actually fire arrows on Arrow

 

[MidgarBlowedUp]

More reason for me to take up this sport. Always wanted a 1970s recurve.

 

[Ether_Snake]

This guy is awesome. People in the old days had a lot of knowledge which has been lost, not just in warfare but also in construction, farming, and other fields.

 

[Exr]

I finished Dan Carlin's "Wrath of the Khans" series and now I want this guy to learn horseback archery.

Seriously. Imagine the difference between even this guy and a Mongol horse archer...insane.

 

[MidgarBlowedUp]

This guy is awesome. People in the old days had a lot of knowledge which has been lost, not just in warfare but also in construction, farming, and other fields.

Very true. Matter of fact, people related to my family are in the Foxfire books. The Foxfire books, while a bit vague, have some amazing pieces of knowledge in there, like how to build a log cabin from scratch, how chimneys work, or make real molasses. And that just from like less than 100 years ago. I can't imagine what's been lost from further back.

 

[wildfire]

This inspires me to try getting back into archery. This is a really impressive technique.

 

[AJLma]

This video makes me really want to try archery with this new(?) method.

 

[Ether_Snake]

Very true. Matter of fact, people related to my family are in the Foxfire books. The Foxfire books, while a bit vague, have some amazing pieces of knowledge in there, like how to build a log cabin from scratch, how chimneys work, or make real molasses. And that just from like less than 100 years ago. I can't imagine what's been lost from further back.

Yep, people in the past were very specialized and often worked the job their ancestors worked, from childhood to the end of their lives.

 

[one_kill]

The video is surprisingly funny

 

[Saganator]

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

Link to this?

 

[Serrato]

We can also see an exemple here, the Longbow Englishmen didn't have quivers : they were putting their arrow on the ground. It's way easier to pick them up to then shoot at enemies than a back quiver.

 

[JustAnotherMike]

Now imagine these guys had his archery skills.

This is the best we got for now.

Granted, it doesn't help him in all situations.

Spoiler

This Roy from the show Arrow if didn't know