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I thought this was going to be his older video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zGnxeSbb3g . But he's improved. Splitting an incoming arrow???
And not even that but unloading with less than a second after spinning around from facing the other way? It actually puts Legolas to shame.
I hope that filmmakers and storytellers learn about how ordinary warrior archers should be actually be depicted in historical and fantasy films.
I'd love to know the draw weights of the bows he's using. One of the differences between the sort of archery he's doing and the standard recurve competition shooting you'll see is that the latter is much slower, more relaxed, with very defined, conscious aiming. The idea is to do precisely the same thing, with your whole body, over and over and over again. His aiming is completely instinctual. Because of the way the…
I thought this was going to be his older video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zGnxeSbb3g . But he's improved. Splitting an incoming arrow???
And not even that but unloading with less than a second after spinning around from facing the other way? It actually puts Legolas to shame.
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2014/06/game-of-thrones-has-cgi-in-...
I thought this was going to be his older video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zGnxeSbb3g . But he's improved. Splitting an incoming arrow???
We just saw the time it worked. And he had a big grin on his face. How many times did it fail?
I'd love to know the draw weights of the bows he's using. One of the differences between the sort of archery he's doing and the standard recurve competition shooting you'll see is that the latter is much slower, more relaxed, with very defined, conscious aiming. The idea is to do precisely the same thing, with your whole body, over and over and over again. His aiming is completely instinctual. Because of the way the…
How are these trick shots, and not refined? Those sound like belittling statements. He has done good research and discovery of how ancient warriors fought. It is fair to call them different techniques, but not refined vs unrefined. It would take some serious practice to duplicate the masters in either style.
I'd love to know the draw weights of the bows he's using. One of the differences between the sort of archery he's doing and the standard recurve competition shooting you'll see is that the latter is much slower, more relaxed, with very defined, conscious aiming. The idea is to do precisely the same thing, with your whole body, over and over and over again. His aiming is completely instinctual. Because of the way the…
Your comment does make me consider, though, whether longbowmen use a technique more similar to the modern sports technique than to Andersen's here. Kind of like how sniping is more similar to target practice than urban combat.
Just because it's in a lot of pictures, doesn't mean it's really what happened.