"Centuries ago, master archers were able to perform incredible feats of archery. These skills have long since been forgotten. But the danish archer Lars Andersen is trying to reinvent what has been lost." Shows guy shooting an arrow from under his ass. Ah, the lost technique!
i'd love to see a guy with a new level of firearm technology face off against this kid who's watched equilibrium too many times and is trying to invent bow-kata
any time this video pops up your homepage you must always watch the entire thing and be just as shocked watching it as you did 7 years ago. unreal amount of skill here
I heard a criticism that this is impractical because you would run out of arrows too quickly. To the contrary! As long as you're accurate, you'll quickly run out of enemies.
conserving arrows for what? he used the arrow as it is intended to be. plus the lesser the enemy is the greater your advantage is so taking em out quickly and lowering their morale is plausible. plus archers dont move alone ffs. archers only have a timeframe to rain arrows upon their enemy after entering their effective range before they meet with swords- else they risk friendly fire. i bet that criticism is definitely from a archer "expert". i myself admit that i dont know much about archery itself but i do know common sense and a little bit about how war was performed on the olden days and could still see the flaw with that criticism.
exactly. Medieval warfare meant putting as much arrows into the enemy as possible in the coming volley exchanges. There's literally no reason to conserve ammo unless a specific manouver or tactic requires it.
What if the enemy is using shields? Or are clever enough to stand more than a few, close meters away from your position? Or if, you miss? Which is the issue with trick shots… Pulling them off in formation, with hundreds of enemies charging at you, even if you are in an ambush advantage, this is the equivalent of a guy doing a 360 noscope in a video game and because people know absolutely nothing about historical warfare, they fall for it.
This video is bullshit, from his own wiki page; However, many of the historical and scientific claims made in the video have been contested or discredited, and few of the ideas have gained traction with other archers and internet personalities For someone who claims to be this good how the fuck does he not have any official records and why doesnt he compete? all he has is a fucking youtube video.
Dude was born in the wrong era, he's fucking dope though for keeping this trade/skill alive. I mean holy fk I totally forgot, Bows were legit A WAY OF LIFE, everything about it translated into life. Dudes fkn mr Miyagi of bows
This was specifically seen in the skeletons of longbowman recovered from the wreck of the Mary Rose. I'm not sure if it has been proven for composite bows.
The fact that this guy's archery skill is better than the one depicted in Hollywood movies are mind blowing (I don't get it, why and how do people have time to argue on a youtube comment)
Hes using a really light weight bow, so he would have to be as close as he is to do anything. I wonder what he could do with a bow with a decent weight on it. One that would remain lethal past 20 feet.
@@elvispresley7529 All i can go by is what im seeing, and he seems to be using the lighter of the two for these trick shots, which makes sense but hardly would count for much in alot of real situations. Id like to see him make a 100lb bow montage only to show us what is possible with standard war bow weight.
@@AnthonyC90 i dont mean to be a well actually, but my inner war history buff is coming out. Back then 10 to 20 feet max was the highest space between archers. They didnt have the advantages of guns and potshots so they had to make every arrow count. In ancient times, the first long bow was the samurai Yumi bow
no skill in a man that is to busy screwing around, rather then shooting at the enemy.. buy yeah, I guess its "cool" getting an arrow in the back while your screwing around with a 36- no scope huh.. totally useless in battle
@@jabcrossman5774 Much more. Seeing that this guy can do pretty much everything we see Hawkeye do in the movies makes him seem more like a legitimate character. I know it's a world of make believe but this is pretty awesome and sprinkles some realism on it.
Sadly we all know Hawkeye is a fanfic but this guy got skills some people may call it bizarre or weird but that just them hiding they're jealousy because they can't do an eighth of what this guy does to a bow
@@rukanogi1721 well the fact that he is a fiction(not fanfic) is what makes it better for him. Using a bow in modern times is ridiculous. So in a sense Hawkeye, is ridiculous. Kinda a pointless hero. But, Lars shows, that a below average man could do almost impossible things with a bow (he could bend arrows and still makes it lethal ffs). A fictional super hero that mainly use a bow could do way more.
@@RhazOfRheos yeah, if this is what a normal, average human can do with a bow irl. It is kind of unimpressive that the peak human that is supposed to be the best shot ever does only a little better than him.
I used to make bows as a kid, very basic stuff of course, I shot them too with the arrow on the right side of the bow holding the bow with my left hand, no one thought me to do this, it was a natural way. I also held the arrows the same way as the Comanches did, also because no one thought me the ''correct way''. Unfortunately, later one doing research I was convinced that what I had been doing was all wrong, and now I have to start all over trying to learn the ways I shot as a kid I used to hunt small prey in the woods, arrow heads where teaspoons that I flattened, my mom was not so happy over the continues disappearance of her teaspoons. For hunting fish from below the pier, I used arrow points made of forks. And I managed to place one of them in the arm of my nephew, but that is another story.
I've had similar experience, in my neighborhood everyone was making bows including me, we were shooting from the right side as well, archery teacher some time later was correcting me saying it was wrong to shoot from the right side, even though I had one of the best aims in the class, best in my age group, I was always pretty acurate on short/medium distances even as a kid, shooting from left side on the other hand was completly impossible to me and I eventualy abandoned archery for good.
I didn't made them myself. I got one from my grandpa but I also had the same experience with holding of the bow and arrow. I can the benefits of shooting over the left side while holding the bow on the left, but it feels really unnatural for me. Thanks for the story by the way
He is probably the best archer of the last 200 years. You guys are delusional if you think an ancient small unit raiding party wouldn’t practice and need these exact skills in Close quarter battle while swords and rocks and arrows are flying at them. Take away gun powder and I’ll take a small unit of men with this weapon and these skills against anything other weapon you can think of. These are how the ultimate warrior
as a former competitive longbow archer, you could never do what he does while shooting a bow with actual poundage(atleast consistently), he also uses wide nocks which will damage the bow. This is all because of the Archers paradox being low because of his poundage
@@smoothzee8984Former competitive longbow archer doesn’t mean a damn thing here. Wide nocks DONT damage anything especially if you’re shooting from the outer side of the riser. With good release, you’re not getting the archer’s paradox. ANNNND, he has a long video where he showcases these EXACT speed shots with a 100lb+ bow. “High school football quarterback here to debunk the NFL, cause I have credentials somehow”
This video is bullshit, from his own wiki page; However, many of the historical and scientific claims made in the video have been contested or discredited, and few of the ideas have gained traction with other archers and internet personalities For someone who claims to be this good how the fuck does he not have any official records and why doesnt he compete? all he has is a fucking youtube video.
Lars Andersen not only practiced the art of ancient archery, he took it a step further. He jumped out of a burning plane without parachute catching a broken arrow to shoot an incoming tank grenade... with covered eyesight.
While Lars has some critics, and some of their criticism is valid, there is no denying he is one of the most versatile and accurate archers in the world, and most likely the fastest. The thing I like about his videos is that he's actually willing to try this crazy stuff... and finds out it's not so crazy after all. While I have no doubt in my mind that he contains the Mutant Gene and belongs in the X-Men... I have to admit his numerous techniques for shooting are well worth examination. For those who bad-mouth him... I suggest taking the angst down a notch and just enjoy the ride. The guy's not perfect nor always right... but he IS the one actually trying this stuff. ;D
@@Avantespada Some people critique him in primarily two areas: 1) Claiming something is historic when documents show it is not 2) Using methods that have no historical record and would be irrelevant in actual battle and 3) Showing off. But as a sensible observer once posted, his videos are to enlighten, expand thought as to what is possible, and entertain. If he's a little outside the box at times, that's not unusual in the world of entertainment. While some of his shooting styles may be considered antics... that's been a mark of showmanship since before Annie Oakley. In the end, his archery styles work, his accuracy can't be denied, and his speed shooting is impressive. What I like is that he's willing to actually try this stuff, while some other archers are insisting on questionable methods that don't even comply with real world physics.
@@Jow2002 sure... he will always directly aim at hardest part all the time like thick armor plate. Right???? Dude, with his accuracy.. he can always aim at head or arms, not to mention he already shown chainmail can be penetrated sooo good luck with your neck.
@@KazeKumo What? Yea you do know i can wear mail at my arms and a helmet on my head right? Yea you can penetrate cheap Chainmail but not riverted chainmail. Riverted chainmail is the good chainmail and the one that was used the most. I can put on full gambenson mail armor outfit along with a helmet and he cant do shit. It has even been proven to penetrate a thick gambenson you need a the likes of warbow/longbow, so just think gambenson WITH riverted mail. Also unless you wear full plate you will carry a shield aswell wich he cant penetrate with that bow either.
@@KazeKumo There is a reason the English used Longbows and volleys and dind grab hunting bows and ran around the field... Even with Longbows, if the enemy does a shieldwall or phalanx with allot of armor on them you cant do much. Shields and armor are a huge counter to bows. Ofcourse with Warbows and strong crossbows you can still penetrate some stuff but not plate so Knights are safe
@@Jow2002 lmao. If the knight carrying shield. Just outrun them. You too smart to fight a tank? You only fight a battle you can. Knight with shields definitely will have tougher time to chase around. Thats why Centurion utilize formations in the past as to fill the gap in their weaknesses. Thats the reason why archers from middle east prefer fighting in small towns, they can move freely and ambush at anytime which providing huge disadvantage to knights.
This is what happens when you set your own goals and live by your own standards. Competition is fun between other people but sometimes its competition with yourself that takes it to the absolute next level
Over a few years I have seen this come up on my youtube list. I watch each and every time because this guy is legendary. Unreal what he has discovered and ultimately mastered.
@@CaesarCassius sooo, it would be only impressive if he could do it every time, on command? Dont be daft, doing once, at all, is fcking outstanding. Do you give him any credit for doing it with an arrow shot at him from behind?
@@CaesarCassius ah yes. because every person who tried to use a bow was a ''veteran expert in bows'' the first time they used it. practice makes perfect. but hey its easier to shit on someone that actually puts effort into something than to improve urself.
@@peacewalker3344 to do the stuff in the video you need an extremely light pull weight. Light pull weight means sure you can pop a balloon, but firing it at an actual person at worst is just going to make them mad. Won't actually kill anything.
@@TeacherTaj yes, but it happened much later than many people believe. Besides, until 19th ct. the biggest advantage gun has over bows was expendability of it's wielders...
There's a longer video where he breaks down doubts that others have. Just be careful about learning this antiquated style of archery, it'll make you less skilled in target archery.
@@Dan-gs3kg That's probably true, but only significantly at the highest level, and you probably wouldn't take too long to readjust between one style and the other, after having learned both. Like, it becomes harder to do acrobatics exercises if you do similar tricks with slightly different motions for a while, but you don't unlearn the original one, and relearning them to perfection usually only takes a few repetitions.
@Tahka DM possible but to catch it, you don't just squeze it, you push it in a perpendicular direction to the path of the arrow, so it direct a lot of energy away, and an arrow is not really heavy but only squesing can hurt, as for the difficulty to catch, well if you see the arrow comming that can be done if its far like 50m minimum, even more and it can be done but if not can be dangerous, also key point is to get used to the speed of the arrow, done it by time because it was fun and risky but you take some time before trying and you lower thd power of the bow after the first arrow you see comming in a target 2 metters aways from you. and yes with a powerfull bow, not possible before 50m, or at least need a lot of training.
Insane level of skill, dedication and innovation. As an archer I’ve never seen anything like this. I can’t even come close to calling myself one anymore. Great video.
@@educatedskeleton1803 Back in the day, this type of Archery was the norm, not the exception. Today it's the opposite because actual traditional archery has become a lost art.
No the Chinese and Japanese are the bad ass archier's in the world not this guy and there with be an apologise on this earth at all either ww3 or Chris will come for us before then
Imagine you're in the middle ages with your army going to raid a castle and suddenly a squad of archers start 360 backflipping no scoping and killing all your guys
@@eduardoktg8683 learn some history mate ,his tricks are good just as circus repezentation and nothing more .Let me help you ua-cam.com/video/f2fugtMuGMI/v-deo.html&ab_channel=Metatron about history and about the fact his a liar ua-cam.com/video/rDbqz_07dW4/v-deo.html&ab_channel=skepticallypwnd .
You and your band of 15 cavalry knights and 7 archers are invading a small town at midnight. You feel and arrow whizz past your head and your comrade screaming. As you turn 2 more are shot in the blink of an eye. “THEYRE IN THE COTTAGE ON THE RIGHT” one of your men say in their dying breath. By this point the archers in the back are ready with their bows, and they all fire. Straight ahead into the darkness, not seeing the archer but firing through an open window. Everyone stops, in anticipation to hear whether or not the ambusher was still alive or dead. “Must’ve blown out his throat, there’s not noise” As head of the cavalry you approach the door of the house, and are shot in the throat when you open it. Your squad all moves in, expected to be shielded by the chainmail armor, but one by one are penetrated by arrows as you go through the door. “THE DOOR IS BOTTLENECKING US, SURROUND THE BUILDING! ARCHERS STAND AT THE WINDOWS! WELL AVENGE THE CAPTAIN” says one of your comrades as you’re fading out of consciousness. Even with the number advantage none of the archers could get a clear shot on their unseen opponent. They thought by surrounding the house they were trapping their target, but in reality they were splitting their forces and being taken out one by one before they could even realize. The archers were all killed before the cavalry could shield them, but finally they catch a glimpse of this archer. They aren’t a muscular man, quite skinny actually, but they were fast and their bow accuracy has already been proven. There are only about 8 knights left, who left their horses behind so they could enter the building. “WELL SMOKE OUT THE HOUSE, HE CANT ESCAPE THA-“ Before the knight finished he was shot in the stomach. 7 knights left. 2 more shots from the darkness of the house. Another knight down. 6 left. By this time the knights confidence was low. The archer had taken out almost 20 people singlehandedly and there are no signs of him coming close to running out of arrows. They no longer even had enough knights to surround the building effectively. 2 of the knights, on the side of the house with the windows, started running in a straight line as far away as possible. “AGH” “OUFFF” They were both shot in the back. 4 knights left. With the numbers advantage quickly dwindling, and the skill of the archer proving to be higher than all of the cavalry or archers, all 4 of them decide it’s either the archer or them to survive, and all break in through the door, throwing a large rock through and trying to hide behind it and other objects in the house for cover. It was no use, they were all shot, one by one, and there was only one knight left. The knight, knowing he could not win, asked this: “What is your name, so I shall take it into the afterlife with me?” “Lars.”
@420KinK I was just about to say, historically, archers were known to use a lot of these techniques, it's just that we're so used to shooting a static target (as well as whatever BS Hollywood is feeding us) that these true techniques got lost into obscurity.
@@AhDollar Historians never learned from Hollywood. Thing is, he is not a historian either. Not even close, actually. A lot of the shots he pulls off are trick shots he couldn’t replicate easily. They are also performed against targets that are incredibly close. We know from countless battles that skirmishing was a thing before the foot soldiers / cav. engaged. And how did they do it? By shooting from a safe distance. Not by running in so close that one charge from a bunch of men at arms with basic shields and weapons could turn your close combat bunny hoppers into a disorganized, screaming and fleeing mess…
@@Arcaryon Let's see you shoot. I can't understand what people gain from trying to rubbish a person's skill by cheapening it. Why not make yourself a practice target for him to prove a point that he can use it in combat. Nonsense talk
@@OrdanVanert lol he can use different bows for different shots of the video, im jus personally not convinced. I would have to see it in person and shoot the bow once myself to test the draw weight
@@Irenicus33 It's butted maille, not historical. Butted maille, like the one used in the video, can be ripped by hand. Real, rivetted maille can't be penetrated by arrows.
Funny thing is, because owning guns is illegal in China, Hong Kong protestors are literally fighting riot police using bows and homemade trebuchets! Makes you realize even if you outlaw guns, there really is no way you can oppress free people without violent consequences.
I don’t think we truly get how proficient archers were back in those times. When you focus on specializing in one thing your whole life training and getting better and better your skills WILL show. It’s like with PROFESSIONAL athletes. Even though they are Professionals they are STILL CONTINUOUSLY TRAINING AND GETTING BETTER SEPARATING THEMSELVES to heights of proficiency that very few will ever attain.
I’ll be honest, when I started this video I was half expecting some kinda cringe bow acrobatics like some kid with a katana. But I was blown away, this guy has mad dedication
This video is bullshit, from his own wiki page; However, many of the historical and scientific claims made in the video have been contested or discredited, and few of the ideas have gained traction with other archers and internet personalities For someone who claims to be this good how the fuck does he not have any official records and why doesnt he compete? all he has is a fucking youtube video.
@@CircmcisionIsChi1dAbus3 Compete? Compete in what? Are you that stupid? He admitted that he made several attempts before getting it, of course he editted out his fails, but that is what practice means. I understand that splitting an incoming arrow after 100 attempts may not be that impressive, but still, it's the determination and effort that we applaud to. It is true that other archers reacted to it, but the main issue is that their reason is that unlike them Lars can afford renting buildings etc to perform such tricks, and that in modern days nobody really needs to be able do these tricks anyway, that was the main point of other archer youtubers, they didn't really discredit him, nor his historical claims, like shooting the arrow from the right side was indeed a thing and so on, they admitted that he is skilled, but added that his skill is kinda irrelivant in our days
When I learned bushcraft, it reminded me of this videos I saw a few years prior. My instructor, a cossack, showed us this, explaning they did like mongols : holding a bundle of arrows in their hand and shooting instinctively in succession while on horseback. He didn't have to consciously aim, he trained his eyes and movements to automatically aim when banding the bow, just like a baseball bater hits without really seeing the ball arriving too fast.
@FlappableBean let me introduced you to Joerg master crafter capable of making a bow with a chamber and a slingshot that shootd cards fast enough too cut a strong balloon!
Yes! I really hate it that this year people make almost everything in the internet a meme or makes jokes of it without even thinking how serious the contents are. This guy really changed my perspective of the history of archery. It's amazing. He takes it to another whole new level. 🙌🙌
@Hemi I'm not saying it wasn't entertaining, I'm just saying if you think this is seriously "the next level of archery" your delusional. It is impractical
@@daslynnter9841 Obviously the trick shots themselves are not going to be extremely useful today even if used with modern things like guns. But that's why they are trick shots. No one should ever equate just trick shots with actually combat prowess. But the meat and potatoes is the ability to fire rapidly, accurately, and consecutively while in movement from any situation, at any distance, and most importantly better and faster than the opponent. Here the trick shots themselves are just the showcase of those skills.
I got chills and almost started to cry when I saw him split an incoming arrow with an arrow. If you were to see that in the movies you would say that's unrealistic. Lars is king.
@@supertrippyjohnglol you do realize that the person most definitely shot upwards over his head and this guy probably attempted at least 25x before he got it right. There was no risk. I guess you're just gullible but Yeezus how can people lack such critical thinking skills.
A couple historical inaccuracies. Back quivers, standing still while shooting and shooting from the right side of the bow all do not stem from Hollywood, but rather from artillery archery formations who were overdrawing power bows for mass barrage waves. Otherwise this is the coolest feats of archery I've ever seen, and that arrow catching and deflecting put Myth Busters to shame.
They are two styles of shooting with two purposes. Neither is superior. We just focus on the style used for slow precise hunting at range and artillery shooting these days. Probably because it carried more practical value in the long run for war and gathering food, until guns replaced the bow entirely.
MilesTraveler It's like comparing Matrix style jump, shoot, speed clip switching to a real soldier shooting an M16 from cover. One is more awesome, one has more real world application.
I've been interested in Archery for 5 years. And mildly for my entire life. I built my first bow 4 years ago. I didn't get a real one until only two years ago. I've studied war manuals and watched thousands of Videos and dozens of books on the topic. What he is doing isn't revolutionary, lots of people use that side of the bow and hold arrows in hand, it's called Hun/Mongolian/Etc archery. It was very powerful for small encounters and horseback. But ultimately as the medieval world evolved to mostly include siege and large military encounters they switched to a style of archery easier to teach in mass for effective war use. Load up arrow onto a a bow with a massive draw weight, draw back beyond your own ear, release for long flight barrage. This started long before guns took over Europe. Many battles between the French and English proved the power of artillery archery, as Crossbows lost due to inferior fire rate and power efficiency against English archers. I've practiced both ways over two years with my longbow. Both are awesome and serve a purpose, but it's foolish to act like Legolas shooting is superior period, a master at pistol shooting may beat somebody in close range with an AR swung over their shoulder. But the second you are firing from bunkers there is a reason they aren't jumping off walls speed shooting pistols. Not that I do not admire his skill, it's far more than I will have even ten years from now, because my primary focus is on writing and melee martial arts, I don't have his dedication to archery alone. As for "Brony" I simply enjoyed the show and did some art for it, primarily I'm interested in cartoons and novels period, but Ponies are far easier to draw than humans and I am a tad lazy when it comes to art. I am not sure how this is relevant to the topic or video at hand. Good day sir
People: "movies are so much cooler than real life" Real life: Edit: well, I was corrected by the good people in the comments section that this isn't a completely true video.
This isnt real life. if he was this good he's have records and trophies not a youtube video where all his claims have been disproven. This video is bullshit, from his own wiki page; However, many of the historical and scientific claims made in the video have been contested or discredited, and few of the ideas have gained traction with other archers and internet personalities For someone who claims to be this good how the fuck does he not have any official records and why doesnt he compete? all he has is a fucking youtube video.
CircumcisionIsChildAbuse dude at the very least don’t copy and paste the same exact argument over and over lol. If you’re gonna be annoying, AT LEAST be original.
I remember when I first stumbled upon this video in the summer of 2015. I couldn't stop watching it and I was obsessed with archery and thought it was so cool. Still do.
@@UserSOF0 Unfortunately, no. I did it back in the day with my friends and our homemade bows. Since then I got preoccupied with different things in life. But I'm definitely going to try it again in the future. Thank you for the question! How about you?
Simplifying the steps in shooting so that you have perfect consistency in every shot in any situation, hence the stuff like having arrows in your hand, drawing into firing in one motion, and nocking on the right side.
As Luke said, the fact that you can apply the basic principles to an unconventional position like shooting with the foot shows that it is simple. Similar demonstrations are done in modern times with firearms for example Chris Costa a former trainer for Magpul Dynamics shooting an AR while standing on one leg.
Yeah but soldiers in war generally do NOT shoot ARs standing on one leg, because that makes it more difficult and your job is to hit the other guys and no one cares how cool you make it look.
Evan Waters, lol you don't seem to understand. You don't shoot with one leg. He is doing it to demonstrate recoil control and how little a gun recoils if you have the correct stance ua-cam.com/video/eXsgy3bEbvc/v-deo.htmlm51s It is an example for demonstrative purposes. Just like what the guy in the video demonstrated by shooting off his foot. No one is going to shoot off the foot, but if you can do so, it demonstrates the principles of the technique are so simple and innate, that even seemingly unnatural executions are possible.
I love that the simplest technique is the best. I am a musician and always play better when moving and spontaneously. There are so many false assumptions about "the proper way to do things" based on nothing more than received wisdom. This principle applies to many fields I'm sure. So much frustration when you encounter an expectation of something you know to be flawed and restrictive.
Josh Allen It's all skepticism on historical artworks and novels about archery. There's no way he knows for a fact that what he's saying is true, as is evident by him saying these words I'm saying now in his most recent video. And yes, of course it takes a lot of takes. He also mentions that it took a lot of attempts to shoot the arrow in the air, but he does it again to prove it's possible. He also catches arrows with ease and explains how that is done. And the splitting an arrow with a blade thing, most skilled archers can do that.
Catching an actual arrow in mid flight is actually impossible, the closes thing you could do is to rotate it , if you tried it you would but your fingers right to the bone. Friction.
i cant imagine the draw weight of that bow beeing that high, making it pretty useless in a wartime setting, where soldiers would be armored with plate, laminated armor or whatever, realistically it seems pointless, there is a reason why forexample the brittish used longbows with like 150-200 pounds draw weight, its so the arrows could actually do something if they hit. this is a pointless way of shooting a bow sience it would be so fantastically disreguarded in a wartime setting. the 1 type of people who could use this, was criminals killing civilians during robberys or something.
May I recommend the less serious Konosuba adventuring squad Technoblade: Fighter/Ranger Modern Rogue: Rogue (obviously) Micheal Reeves: Wizard Daniel Trasher: Bard
Imagine this. You’re a knight in battle and in the far distance you see one archer raise his leg and put his bow behind his leg and he just hits you right on the head
I'm not an expert but i think that this wacky horseback stuff was in Asia, tho there were excellent archers in Europe, with longbows as opposed to recurves
And then it pings off your steel helmet, and laugh and walk over to him while his 30lb bow fires the equivalent of a light drizzle off your plate armour. Then you unscrew you pommel and end him rightly.
@@Ashfold_Eberesche full plate wasn't common until right before the advent of firearms tho so idk how powerful they really needed to be at close range to be effective
I don't care if this is historically accurate or not, it might be, it might not be. I don't care. His skills are awesome, it's incredible to be able to shoot like this!
It's all editing dude. He probably misses 9/10 shots he tries. If he was that good, how come he's not an archery tag legend, or even high up in any competitive archery?
Because he's not stupid enough to take part in olympic archery, and he doesn't need to prove his accuracy just because some people are superstitious to the point of OCD
Point is, you never know where and how youre going to shoot. Say you're at a bar and for some godly reason your bow is under you... Well, now you got some nuts to shoot at LOL
Many people criticize something that they do not understand, others play at being experts and need to express themselves. Don't worry about it, you have opened the eyes of many people, because without people like you the world would freeze in place.
Why is literally no one talking about how the man deflected an oncoming arrow...with an arrow. He is an archer that can defend himself from arrows with arrows. That is the absolute most bad ass thing ever.
I've accidentally bought "left handed" bow as my first bow. One of the best mistakes I've ever made. Just after few weeks I was able to fire n reload incredibly fast (from waist quiver and ofc. not as fast this guy is, but I've impressed myself). Later I've discovered that I've been using an "incorrect" technique, but it just felt so natural. Thanks for this video. You should trust your subconsciousness from time to time.
Desde un inicio puse la flecha en el lado derecho y jalaba con el pulgar .ahora que soy más versado en el tema. Adopte sin saber el estilo oriental Y me dio gracia. Porq mi apellido ,Pichardi o Pichardo tiene raíces mongolas. 😂que loco. Y yo ni sabía. El arco para surdos donde pone la flecha en qué lado
There's nothing really incorrect about it. Its just suboptimal if your goal is to shoot as rapidly as possible. Its not like historically the bow was never placed on the left side. Placing the arrow on the left side by the way also gives you the benefit that you can hold the bow horizontally and the arrow wont fall of, you cant really do this when you place the arrow on the right hand side. Its also true that if you want to aim accurately on long distances, putting the arrow on the left allows you to use a sight or scope of some sort. So yeah, there surely is some truth to this video but I think they're also being a bit too quick with their judgements about what archers in the past did and did not do. There's a reason why Lars is a controversial figure in the archery and ancient weaponry communities. That being said, his skill with the bow is outstanding.
@@smilloww2095 To be honest, if the claim that some archers were required to be able to shoot 3 arrows in 1.5 seconds is true, there is no way I can see that happening if they were placing the arrow on the "inside". As was explained in this video, it requires several movements more than placing the arrow on the "outside". Also, as far as using sights and scopes, yeah those didn't really exist thousands of years ago. Now, I'm not claiming to know what archers in the past did or didn't do, but I am fairly certain that professional militaries were fairly rare, almost non-existant for most of history, so I doubt that most archers could achieve this level of skill shown in the video. They were also in large formations where they could have a large volume of fire without each individual having to fire rapidly. They only really needed to be able to shoot somewhat straight.
@@MaxCroat I have high doubts that that claim is true. It can only be done with low draw weight bows or by not drawing a high draw weight bow more than a few inches, probably no more than 2. Which really isnt gonna be great to kill or severely injure people with. Historical bows had immense draw weights. 150lbs and more. And while you dont have a sight, shooting accurately even without a sight is still far less akward with the arrow on the left. As far as I can tell this video is to be taken with a grain of salt
@@smilloww2095 That is definitely all true, but while I don't know myself whether the claim is true or not, it could be true that they were required to shoot this fast in training. Obviously being in battle and shooting with a strong bow would be slower and nobody would be timing you anyways.
Love it when I see people keeping or this case bringing back to life the Old ways! They used to do this kind of stuff with a bow while guiding a war horse!
Now all I see in my head when I hear ancient warfare is 2 archers shooting each other 3 times in 0.6 seconds while also catching the arrows mid air while doing flips and parkour. Dude ancient warfare just became *COOL*
@Lars Koreman Actually no and yes, it depends on what you want from the archers. I think that horse riding archers was a real threat (like the hell on the hoofs). Plus think about fighting in the forests, about sudden strikes, silent ninja-like missions, about minor gang battles etc - thats where the real archery reveals itself
"A time when archery was simpler and more natural"
Lars: *shoots with his foot*
"I was great adventurer like you, until I got shot by an arrow in the (knee) foot."
@@silentsmelancholy I think you'd be a lot happier with a belly full of mead
@@waelmagdy7757 very.
Nativebrazilians did the same to shoot huge bows
crossbows are just arrow launchers.
Imagine breaking into this guys house and getting 360 backflip no scoped by a bow and arrow
3 times in 0.6 seconds
wouldnt even be mad.
I would slow clap as i bleed out on his floor
Peter Wolter 😭😂😂
I would say “yes this is the only reason I came here”
"Centuries ago, master archers were able to perform incredible feats of archery. These skills have long since been forgotten. But the danish archer Lars Andersen is trying to reinvent what has been lost."
Shows guy shooting an arrow from under his ass.
Ah, the lost technique!
This comment made me giggle-dribble
😂
😅 😂 🤣 Ancient Archery Technique..lol
😂😂😂😂😂
i'd love to see a guy with a new level of firearm technology face off against this kid who's watched equilibrium too many times and is trying to invent bow-kata
any time this video pops up your homepage you must always watch the entire thing and be just as shocked watching it as you did 7 years ago.
unreal amount of skill here
Are you still streaming bro?
lol literally just went through that
you're damn right
I was just thinking the same thing. I think I watched this maybe four or five years ago
8 years ago now
I heard a criticism that this is impractical because you would run out of arrows too quickly.
To the contrary! As long as you're accurate, you'll quickly run out of enemies.
plus if you are riding a horse or have underlings (in medival contekts squire) get them to carry arroows when you have to fight in hudge battles
conserving arrows for what? he used the arrow as it is intended to be. plus the lesser the enemy is the greater your advantage is so taking em out quickly and lowering their morale is plausible. plus archers dont move alone ffs. archers only have a timeframe to rain arrows upon their enemy after entering their effective range before they meet with swords- else they risk friendly fire. i bet that criticism is definitely from a archer "expert". i myself admit that i dont know much about archery itself but i do know common sense and a little bit about how war was performed on the olden days and could still see the flaw with that criticism.
exactly. Medieval warfare meant putting as much arrows into the enemy as possible in the coming volley exchanges. There's literally no reason to conserve ammo unless a specific manouver or tactic requires it.
What if the enemy is using shields? Or are clever enough to stand more than a few, close meters away from your position? Or if, you miss? Which is the issue with trick shots… Pulling them off in formation, with hundreds of enemies charging at you, even if you are in an ambush advantage, this is the equivalent of a guy doing a 360 noscope in a video game and because people know absolutely nothing about historical warfare, they fall for it.
If you're not fighting an army.
God this guy is such a main character and it quite literally shows
Even anime protagonist don’t got shit on my man here like he split a arrow MID AIR LIKE BRUH THE MOST IRL ANIME A PERSON CAN GET
This video is bullshit, from his own wiki page; However, many of the historical and scientific claims made in the video have been contested or discredited, and few of the ideas have gained traction with other archers and internet personalities
For someone who claims to be this good how the fuck does he not have any official records and why doesnt he compete? all he has is a fucking youtube video.
@@CircmcisionIsChi1dAbus3 he hasn't gone in any competitions its his choice not yours
Dude was born in the wrong era, he's fucking dope though for keeping this trade/skill alive. I mean holy fk I totally forgot, Bows were legit A WAY OF LIFE, everything about it translated into life.
Dudes fkn mr Miyagi of bows
@@CircmcisionIsChi1dAbus3 he is not bullshit as he actually was the trainer for the actor for robin hood
"Lars has managed to shoot 3 arrows in 0.6 seconds."
It took me longer just to process this information.
i was rewatching this clip so many times on 0,25x and I still don't get it how he can do it that fast wtf
@@seven3140 that third arrow comes so fast its twang is so loud
@@seven3140 i think he shot the first one after the jump, mid air, and another one just before touching the ground
@@kataknabe6244 he did the last 2 like rly fast, listen to it, thats unreal lol
I found this video years ago and I'm still trying to process that this man can fire faster than some guns.
The older archers were also known to have changed body structure due to all the training pulling back bows that are insanely strong
This was specifically seen in the skeletons of longbowman recovered from the wreck of the Mary Rose. I'm not sure if it has been proven for composite bows.
Your skeleton grows in way you harden them. So If they trained from childhood your skeleton grows accrodingly.
So that would actually make certain bones they had thicker, or bigger?
Another reason for training with both hands
@@UA-camDictatorship2024 Professional tennis players develop a thicker bone in their racket hand so I would assume the same for archers.
The fact that this guy's archery skill is better than the one depicted in Hollywood movies are mind blowing
(I don't get it, why and how do people have time to argue on a youtube comment)
Hes using a really light weight bow, so he would have to be as close as he is to do anything. I wonder what he could do with a bow with a decent weight on it. One that would remain lethal past 20 feet.
all Hollywood movies except robin hood 2018, cuz he's the one who trained taron agerten(the actor for robin hood) archery
@@AnthonyC90 actually, he practices with a 49 lb bow and can do this with a bow at 100 as well.
@@elvispresley7529 All i can go by is what im seeing, and he seems to be using the lighter of the two for these trick shots, which makes sense but hardly would count for much in alot of real situations. Id like to see him make a 100lb bow montage only to show us what is possible with standard war bow weight.
@@AnthonyC90 i dont mean to be a well actually, but my inner war history buff is coming out. Back then 10 to 20 feet max was the highest space between archers. They didnt have the advantages of guns and potshots so they had to make every arrow count. In ancient times, the first long bow was the samurai Yumi bow
This man has unlocked the entire archery skill branch
I’m doing an archery playthrough right now and I wish 100 archery was this badass and powerful
@@Shot5hells sneaky bow man
Haven't seen him shooting high poundage bows yet
no skill in a man that is to busy screwing around, rather then shooting at the enemy.. buy yeah, I guess its "cool" getting an arrow in the back while your screwing around with a 36- no scope huh.. totally useless in battle
@@AverageAlien does it matter when nobody else can work those bows like him? Dudes managed to relearn a lost ancient skill. He's a living artifact.
"My name is Lars Anderson, For five years, I was stranded on an island with only one goal - ..."
-a soccer goal
Barnaby Tomlinson duuuudddeeeee
Barnaby Tomlinson Nice I love Arrow! I am bingeing the fifth season right now!
one goat*
One goal*
Anyone else just randomly remember this video out of nowhere and have to go watch it again 8 years later?
Older now, gotta go back try to figure out why the expensive bow I bought wont do Lars stuff
me. just now.
No! I just got here and watched it first time for real :D Thanks UA-cam
Yup
@@nevermindshort3 Yeah
My opinion of Hawkeye has dramatically changed.
How so? Like you respect him more or less.
@@jabcrossman5774 Much more. Seeing that this guy can do pretty much everything we see Hawkeye do in the movies makes him seem more like a legitimate character. I know it's a world of make believe but this is pretty awesome and sprinkles some realism on it.
Sadly we all know Hawkeye is a fanfic but this guy got skills some people may call it bizarre or weird but that just them hiding they're jealousy because they can't do an eighth of what this guy does to a bow
@@rukanogi1721 well the fact that he is a fiction(not fanfic) is what makes it better for him. Using a bow in modern times is ridiculous. So in a sense Hawkeye, is ridiculous. Kinda a pointless hero. But, Lars shows, that a below average man could do almost impossible things with a bow (he could bend arrows and still makes it lethal ffs). A fictional super hero that mainly use a bow could do way more.
@@RhazOfRheos yeah, if this is what a normal, average human can do with a bow irl. It is kind of unimpressive that the peak human that is supposed to be the best shot ever does only a little better than him.
: Remember, switching to your pistol is always faster than reloading
Lars :
yes
@@ploopybear no
@@pixelbogpixxelbog2090 oh ok
THIS IS THE ONE!!!
Drive by Miami style.
I used to make bows as a kid, very basic stuff of course, I shot them too with the arrow on the right side of the bow holding the bow with my left hand, no one thought me to do this, it was a natural way. I also held the arrows the same way as the Comanches did, also because no one thought me the ''correct way''. Unfortunately, later one doing research I was convinced that what I had been doing was all wrong, and now I have to start all over trying to learn the ways I shot as a kid I used to hunt small prey in the woods, arrow heads where teaspoons that I flattened, my mom was not so happy over the continues disappearance of her teaspoons. For hunting fish from below the pier, I used arrow points made of forks. And I managed to place one of them in the arm of my nephew, but that is another story.
very cool story thanks for sharing
Primal instincts i guess, we evolved to use weapons
I've had similar experience, in my neighborhood everyone was making bows including me, we were shooting from the right side as well, archery teacher some time later was correcting me saying it was wrong to shoot from the right side, even though I had one of the best aims in the class, best in my age group, I was always pretty acurate on short/medium distances even as a kid, shooting from left side on the other hand was completly impossible to me and I eventualy abandoned archery for good.
I didn't made them myself. I got one from my grandpa but I also had the same experience with holding of the bow and arrow. I can the benefits of shooting over the left side while holding the bow on the left, but it feels really unnatural for me.
Thanks for the story by the way
@@proestunicorn1883 you should start again. It's a sweet hobby and you can develop your own style now
Thief: *breaks into house*
Lars: *turns 180° degree facing the thief in a spinning chair* "I've been expecting you"
"I've been waiting to see your legs "Quiver" before my archery skills"
*fires 3 arrows before the guy can even talk*
180 degree degree
"Its showtime"
@@ForcedUkulele WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THIS GUY?
“Hire Lars Anderson”
- Sun Tsu, The art of war
Lmao
I really doubt Sun Tsu need a trick shot archer in a war...
@@01Gens that’s the joke idiot
This guy makes Green arrow shooting look cute
He is probably the best archer of the last 200 years. You guys are delusional if you think an ancient small unit raiding party wouldn’t practice and need these exact skills in Close quarter battle while swords and rocks and arrows are flying at them. Take away gun powder and I’ll take a small unit of men with this weapon and these skills against anything other weapon you can think of. These are how the ultimate warrior
"We do not recommend you trying this at home"
My dude, even if I wanted, I wouldn't be able to...
Thats why you don't try it
I mean you can very easily TRY it you just need the supplies necessary
@@kyle2199 you would also need a friend 😐
@@pszych2445 "supplies"
What if your not at home though?
It's 2022 and Im still impressed with this guy's abilities.
as a former competitive longbow archer, you could never do what he does while shooting a bow with actual poundage(atleast consistently), he also uses wide nocks which will damage the bow. This is all because of the Archers paradox being low because of his poundage
@@smoothzee8984 lol envious stiff modern archer
@@smoothzee8984Former competitive longbow archer doesn’t mean a damn thing here.
Wide nocks DONT damage anything especially if you’re shooting from the outer side of the riser. With good release, you’re not getting the archer’s paradox.
ANNNND, he has a long video where he showcases these EXACT speed shots with a 100lb+ bow.
“High school football quarterback here to debunk the NFL, cause I have credentials somehow”
"he can shoot in another arrow which is in movement"
what!?
"but he took a step further"
WHAAAAAAT?????
😬🤣
This video is bullshit, from his own wiki page; However, many of the historical and scientific claims made in the video have been contested or discredited, and few of the ideas have gained traction with other archers and internet personalities
For someone who claims to be this good how the fuck does he not have any official records and why doesnt he compete? all he has is a fucking youtube video.
Your life is so sad
@@CircmcisionIsChi1dAbus3 IgnoranceIsABliss
CircumcisionIsChildAbuse maybe because he can do whatever the fuck he wants
god why are you everywhere you have nothing to prove LMAO
2:09
"Simpler and more natural, exactly like throwing a ball."
*Throws ball as unnatural as possible*
Lol 😂
Lmao xDD
ki kus well for starters, the exact opposite of how this guy did it
When I saw that my first thought was "yeah this guys should just stick to bows and arrows."
Hahahahaha!
Lars Andersen not only practiced the art of ancient archery, he took it a step further. He jumped out of a burning plane without parachute catching a broken arrow to shoot an incoming tank grenade... with covered eyesight.
Glorious.
He's not the chuck Norris this would deserved but the chuck Norris it needed
am i the only one who smells new reddit meme?
.. using the perfectly timed shockwave of the exploding tank grenade for a safe landing ;D
He then split an incoming asteroid in two, even though it was 2,000,000 miles away in space.
While Lars has some critics, and some of their criticism is valid, there is no denying he is one of the most versatile and accurate archers in the world, and most likely the fastest. The thing I like about his videos is that he's actually willing to try this crazy stuff... and finds out it's not so crazy after all. While I have no doubt in my mind that he contains the Mutant Gene and belongs in the X-Men... I have to admit his numerous techniques for shooting are well worth examination. For those who bad-mouth him... I suggest taking the angst down a notch and just enjoy the ride. The guy's not perfect nor always right... but he IS the one actually trying this stuff. ;D
What kind of valid criticism does this guy even have about himself? That's utter nonsense.
What is the critique for him?
@@Avantespada Some people critique him in primarily two areas: 1) Claiming something is historic when documents show it is not 2) Using methods that have no historical record and would be irrelevant in actual battle and 3) Showing off. But as a sensible observer once posted, his videos are to enlighten, expand thought as to what is possible, and entertain. If he's a little outside the box at times, that's not unusual in the world of entertainment. While some of his shooting styles may be considered antics... that's been a mark of showmanship since before Annie Oakley. In the end, his archery styles work, his accuracy can't be denied, and his speed shooting is impressive. What I like is that he's willing to actually try this stuff, while some other archers are insisting on questionable methods that don't even comply with real world physics.
"Lars Anderssen can catch his opponents arrow and shoot it back at the opponent"
*the ultimate no u*
**angry as fuc**
@Alexander Supertramp Exactly! Ozzy mans voice in BG.
One mongol general did the same
Genji deflect confirmed
He can also just destroy your arrow mid air while his comes to hit you in the pikachu face you gonna be sitting there with.
*Ancient archers seeing this* Yo, why’s he only using one bow?
They are dead how are they seeing this?
Frank6d you must be fun at parties
@@robopope7584 hell yea
ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
@@skysk3l3t0n
Ate the flesh of God and came back, duh
This guy was born in the wrong century
Not at all. This type of archery with this weak bow would be useless ageinst soldiers
@@Jow2002 sure... he will always directly aim at hardest part all the time like thick armor plate. Right????
Dude, with his accuracy.. he can always aim at head or arms, not to mention he already shown chainmail can be penetrated sooo good luck with your neck.
@@KazeKumo What? Yea you do know i can wear mail at my arms and a helmet on my head right? Yea you can penetrate cheap Chainmail but not riverted chainmail. Riverted chainmail is the good chainmail and the one that was used the most.
I can put on full gambenson mail armor outfit along with a helmet and he cant do shit. It has even been proven to penetrate a thick gambenson you need a the likes of warbow/longbow, so just think gambenson WITH riverted mail.
Also unless you wear full plate you will carry a shield aswell wich he cant penetrate with that bow either.
@@KazeKumo There is a reason the English used Longbows and volleys and dind grab hunting bows and ran around the field...
Even with Longbows, if the enemy does a shieldwall or phalanx with allot of armor on them you cant do much. Shields and armor are a huge counter to bows. Ofcourse with Warbows and strong crossbows you can still penetrate some stuff but not plate so Knights are safe
@@Jow2002 lmao. If the knight carrying shield. Just outrun them. You too smart to fight a tank? You only fight a battle you can. Knight with shields definitely will have tougher time to chase around. Thats why Centurion utilize formations in the past as to fill the gap in their weaknesses. Thats the reason why archers from middle east prefer fighting in small towns, they can move freely and ambush at anytime which providing huge disadvantage to knights.
This is what happens when you set your own goals and live by your own standards. Competition is fun between other people but sometimes its competition with yourself that takes it to the absolute next level
I bet this guy can hit enderman with an arrow
Indeed
High quality comment
Yessssssir
man of culture
Yeah
This is the guy that shot the Skyrim guard in the knee
This is highly underrated
@@justsomeguywithasurprisede4059 ok
Every single one of them
I haven't heard an arrow to the knee joke in a while
Fun Fact: The "Arrow to the knee" refers to the guard getting down on one knee to propose marriage. :)
“Making archery as simple as possible”.
*shoots fake bear with foot*
Instruction unclear, the arrow hits my ass
instructions unclear, the bear was not fake in my case and this didn't work
Instructions unclear arrow stuck in leg now
Instructions unclear, I heard and read your comment at the same time. No kidding
@@biIIybob858 it is just fun to do it.
And you could get in that possition if you where stuck whit your hand. It could work well in movies
Over a few years I have seen this come up on my youtube list. I watch each and every time because this guy is legendary. Unreal what he has discovered and ultimately mastered.
imagine getting killed by a dude with a bow in a drive-by
Ill take that death anyday rathar than diabetes
That's how the Mongols conquered the largest land empire in history.
@@daslynnter9841 O SHIT
ahhahaha
Squire Williams! Moveth thou person from thine horsemen driveth-by!
May the Lord deliver us from thou evil!
We just ignoring the fact that he spilt a freakin incoming arrow?
We are not ignoring it, we just dont know how to process this information...
We are ignoring it because he's using a Hollywood trick himself, the incoming arrow is nerfed, so he had several attempts, and edited out the fails
@@CaesarCassius That's what practice is...
@@CaesarCassius sooo, it would be only impressive if he could do it every time, on command? Dont be daft, doing once, at all, is fcking outstanding.
Do you give him any credit for doing it with an arrow shot at him from behind?
@@CaesarCassius ah yes. because every person who tried to use a bow was a ''veteran expert in bows'' the first time they used it. practice makes perfect. but hey its easier to shit on someone that actually puts effort into something than to improve urself.
I just realised this wasn’t a meme and this dude is dead serious
Even though it looks silly, mad respect to the guy. Archery is very difficult.
This guy is so full of shit lol
@@archiemisc what makes you say that?
@@peacewalker3344 to do the stuff in the video you need an extremely light pull weight. Light pull weight means sure you can pop a balloon, but firing it at an actual person at worst is just going to make them mad. Won't actually kill anything.
@@DerekBarolet did you not see him use heavier draw weight and puncture the mail and gambeson somewhat quickly?
This must be the most genuine badass video I've seen this year.
"but why has this practice been forgotten?"
gun.
He is talking about archery itself, and how today arches only do looooooong shots with a very slow time "reloading"
Guns
guns was invented centuries before archery went out of use.
@@sirtaelellevalerie1056 the practice of the bow to such a high level died as the adoption of the gun with it's simple techniques increased.
@@TeacherTaj yes, but it happened much later than many people believe. Besides, until 19th ct. the biggest advantage gun has over bows was expendability of it's wielders...
As an archer, i am absolutely gobsmacked by this revelation of archery
There's a longer video where he breaks down doubts that others have. Just be careful about learning this antiquated style of archery, it'll make you less skilled in target archery.
@@Dan-gs3kg that’s not how skill works
@@Asukol then go ask the trainer, and the archers that he got the testimony from.
Iam tank
@@Dan-gs3kg That's probably true, but only significantly at the highest level, and you probably wouldn't take too long to readjust between one style and the other, after having learned both.
Like, it becomes harder to do acrobatics exercises if you do similar tricks with slightly different motions for a while, but you don't unlearn the original one, and relearning them to perfection usually only takes a few repetitions.
Lol he catches arrows and shoots em back... The ultimate disrespect
@Tahka DM Now hold on, hold on. The man catches arrows. You heard him. Bobby! Get me my 120 lbs bow!
@Tahka DM possible but to catch it, you don't just squeze it, you push it in a perpendicular direction to the path of the arrow, so it direct a lot of energy away, and an arrow is not really heavy but only squesing can hurt, as for the difficulty to catch, well if you see the arrow comming that can be done if its far like 50m minimum, even more and it can be done but if not can be dangerous, also key point is to get used to the speed of the arrow, done it by time because it was fun and risky but you take some time before trying and you lower thd power of the bow after the first arrow you see comming in a target 2 metters aways from you. and yes with a powerfull bow, not possible before 50m, or at least need a lot of training.
lol
If he wears chainmail gloves he can catch arrows easily
Ikr? Nobody catchs a bullet, loads it and fires it back...how rude!
Insane level of skill, dedication and innovation. As an archer I’ve never seen anything like this. I can’t even come close to calling myself one anymore.
Great video.
100% its crazy to think there was def so many archers back then who had this level of skill
@@educatedskeleton1803 Back in the day, this type of Archery was the norm, not the exception. Today it's the opposite because actual traditional archery has become a lost art.
"Don't try this at home" well I'll try this outside then
This deserves more likes lmao
lmfao
*Imagine someone doing it in christchurch*
I still can't believe ppl are still coming to this video almost everyday
I split the arrow but now theres 2 arrows in my chest
Two things.
1. Lars is a bad ass.
2. I want him on my apocalypse team.
No the Chinese and Japanese are the bad ass archier's in the world not this guy and there with be an apologise on this earth at all either ww3 or Chris will come for us before then
No shit.. don't mess with team Lars...
@@zacwengerd5140 dude.. you do know their is a difference between China and Japan right? Freaking weebs don't even consider the mongols.. sigh.. weeb
What makes you think that you're good enough to be on *his* team?
@@canesvenatici9588 'cause Apex called dibs first.
Imagine you're in the middle ages with your army going to raid a castle and suddenly a squad of archers start 360 backflipping no scoping and killing all your guys
wait this not ironical ,you really think Lars is legit ?
@@dariusalexandru9536 dude, are you serious? Did you even watch the video?
@@eduardoktg8683 learn some history mate ,his tricks are good just as circus repezentation and nothing more .Let me help you ua-cam.com/video/f2fugtMuGMI/v-deo.html&ab_channel=Metatron
about history and about the fact his a liar ua-cam.com/video/rDbqz_07dW4/v-deo.html&ab_channel=skepticallypwnd .
You and your band of 15 cavalry knights and 7 archers are invading a small town at midnight. You feel and arrow whizz past your head and your comrade screaming. As you turn 2 more are shot in the blink of an eye.
“THEYRE IN THE COTTAGE ON THE RIGHT” one of your men say in their dying breath.
By this point the archers in the back are ready with their bows, and they all fire. Straight ahead into the darkness, not seeing the archer but firing through an open window. Everyone stops, in anticipation to hear whether or not the ambusher was still alive or dead.
“Must’ve blown out his throat, there’s not noise”
As head of the cavalry you approach the door of the house, and are shot in the throat when you open it. Your squad all moves in, expected to be shielded by the chainmail armor, but one by one are penetrated by arrows as you go through the door.
“THE DOOR IS BOTTLENECKING US, SURROUND THE BUILDING! ARCHERS STAND AT THE WINDOWS! WELL AVENGE THE CAPTAIN” says one of your comrades as you’re fading out of consciousness.
Even with the number advantage none of the archers could get a clear shot on their unseen opponent. They thought by surrounding the house they were trapping their target, but in reality they were splitting their forces and being taken out one by one before they could even realize. The archers were all killed before the cavalry could shield them, but finally they catch a glimpse of this archer. They aren’t a muscular man, quite skinny actually, but they were fast and their bow accuracy has already been proven. There are only about 8 knights left, who left their horses behind so they could enter the building.
“WELL SMOKE OUT THE HOUSE, HE CANT ESCAPE THA-“
Before the knight finished he was shot in the stomach. 7 knights left. 2 more shots from the darkness of the house. Another knight down. 6 left.
By this time the knights confidence was low. The archer had taken out almost 20 people singlehandedly and there are no signs of him coming close to running out of arrows. They no longer even had enough knights to surround the building effectively. 2 of the knights, on the side of the house with the windows, started running in a straight line as far away as possible.
“AGH”
“OUFFF”
They were both shot in the back. 4 knights left.
With the numbers advantage quickly dwindling, and the skill of the archer proving to be higher than all of the cavalry or archers, all 4 of them decide it’s either the archer or them to survive, and all break in through the door, throwing a large rock through and trying to hide behind it and other objects in the house for cover. It was no use, they were all shot, one by one, and there was only one knight left. The knight, knowing he could not win, asked this:
“What is your name, so I shall take it into the afterlife with me?”
“Lars.”
@@dariusalexandru9536 What's exactly not legit in this video?
I saw this when I was about 7 and it inspired me so much that I started practicing and within 2 or 3 year I could shoot 2 arrows a second
Thanks Lars
🫡
How many times did he die before he could Split that arrow in half ?
dude perfect want to know your location
Antonio6579 it’s ight he had a totem of undying
He practiced using bodies his soul stole
actualy it was the second time he tried
how many time he has to press f9 to split incoming arrow...
2:54
Archers could pick up enemy arrows and shoot them back
Minecraft skeletons: you can what??
Underrated comment😂
Steve & Alex: You can do that???
Love how sometimes all it takes is one person with an insane amount of dedication to revolutionise the world's perspective of something. Gg sir
Yeah proof that 1 person can change a world.
Chucky Olives You said what I was thinking only more clearly!
@420KinK I was just about to say, historically, archers were known to use a lot of these techniques, it's just that we're so used to shooting a static target (as well as whatever BS Hollywood is feeding us) that these true techniques got lost into obscurity.
@@AhDollar Historians never learned from Hollywood. Thing is, he is not a historian either. Not even close, actually. A lot of the shots he pulls off are trick shots he couldn’t replicate easily. They are also performed against targets that are incredibly close. We know from countless battles that skirmishing was a thing before the foot soldiers / cav. engaged.
And how did they do it? By shooting from a safe distance. Not by running in so close that one charge from a bunch of men at arms with basic shields and weapons could turn your close combat bunny hoppers into a disorganized, screaming and fleeing mess…
@@Arcaryon Let's see you shoot. I can't understand what people gain from trying to rubbish a person's skill by cheapening it. Why not make yourself a practice target for him to prove a point that he can use it in combat. Nonsense talk
Humanity appreciates you Lars. Thanks for reviving the art of archery
Are we all ignoring this guy literally put his life on the line several times to prove a point?
Yes some people are a bit crazy
Low draw weight bows can shoot arrows so weak they arent dangerous.
@@reitairue2073 but it pierced chainmail tho, and he's unarmored
@@OrdanVanert lol he can use different bows for different shots of the video, im jus personally not convinced. I would have to see it in person and shoot the bow once myself to test the draw weight
@@reitairue2073 Damn, watching videos on youtube must be a nightmare to you then.
Level 60 chainmail knights hate him for this one simple trick...
lmao needs more upvotes
For what? Runing around shooting a 20lbs bow at half draw at them.
@@Irenicus33 It's butted maille, not historical. Butted maille, like the one used in the video, can be ripped by hand. Real, rivetted maille can't be penetrated by arrows.
@@Irenicus33 Wrong. Butted maille can, not riveted maille. Historically they used riveted maille. If it wasn't effective, they wouldn't have used it
Omfg CLICK BAIT!!!! 🤣
someone: "haha, the tiny idiot brought a bow to a gunfight!" Lars: "hold my quiver, I don't need this anyway."
*Starts shooting more arrows faster than the guy can pull the trigger
hed just split the bullet with the arrow duh
HAHHAHAHHAA
Funny thing is, because owning guns is illegal in China, Hong Kong protestors are literally fighting riot police using bows and homemade trebuchets! Makes you realize even if you outlaw guns, there really is no way you can oppress free people without violent consequences.
More like of john churchill
I don’t think we truly get how proficient archers were back in those times. When you focus on specializing in one thing your whole life training and getting better and better your skills WILL show.
It’s like with PROFESSIONAL athletes. Even though they are Professionals they are STILL CONTINUOUSLY TRAINING AND GETTING BETTER SEPARATING THEMSELVES to heights of proficiency that very few will ever attain.
I remember watching this video so long ago.
I SWEAR TO GOD IF I DIE BY AN ARCHER THAT WAS FUCKING ROLLERSKATING
tristan k loool
tristan k gotcha *puts on rollerblades*.
Prosack Metheus boi
This comment wins the internet! Lmao!
I fell over on my keyboard laughing. I'm also pretty high though.
I’ll be honest, when I started this video I was half expecting some kinda cringe bow acrobatics like some kid with a katana. But I was blown away, this guy has mad dedication
its actually the same lol
@@bilinmeyen3391
Dude, what are you saying?
This is amazing. I have to learn this.
@Oliver well at least i found someone sane. the bow he is using is basically a childs toy, if it even hit him i doubt it would even penetrate.
@@bilinmeyen3391 what about all the other amazingly complicated things he does in the video? Is the fact that he's using a "toy bow" more important?
I'd be damned if I ever get drive byed by a fucking bow n arrow
HERROPREASE HERRO lmao if I live id never tell anyone in the hood fuck that
HERROPREASE HERRO Yeah some say there was an mid evil archer that drove by and killed 2 pac
anders nilsen just btw it's medieval not mid evil
maybe it was a bad pun XD
U get a RIDE by with a bow and arrow- after the oil is gone: all theres left is horses and bows motherf******
I would not have believed it had I not seen it with my own eyes. Incredible speed and accuracy.
Lars : Splitting incoming arrow..
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LOL🤣
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This video is bullshit, from his own wiki page; However, many of the historical and scientific claims made in the video have been contested or discredited, and few of the ideas have gained traction with other archers and internet personalities
For someone who claims to be this good how the fuck does he not have any official records and why doesnt he compete? all he has is a fucking youtube video.
@@CircmcisionIsChi1dAbus3
Compete? Compete in what? Are you that stupid? He admitted that he made several attempts before getting it, of course he editted out his fails, but that is what practice means. I understand that splitting an incoming arrow after 100 attempts may not be that impressive, but still, it's the determination and effort that we applaud to. It is true that other archers reacted to it, but the main issue is that their reason is that unlike them Lars can afford renting buildings etc to perform such tricks, and that in modern days nobody really needs to be able do these tricks anyway, that was the main point of other archer youtubers, they didn't really discredit him, nor his historical claims, like shooting the arrow from the right side was indeed a thing and so on, they admitted that he is skilled, but added that his skill is kinda irrelivant in our days
Robin hood tried the trick, just didn't succeed like this guy do
2:08
Lars Andersen: exactly like throwing a ball
Lars Andersen: *throws a balls akwardly*
2:10
In essence, making archery as simple as possible
*shoots a bear with his foot from the top of a box*
Lmao
2:52
Lars Andersen: picks up enemy arrow
Lars Andersen: *procedes to shoot civilian*
@@justacommentercommenting procedes like archimedes?
This video gets recommended to me every year and I watch it every single time
Same
Just watched for the 3rd time. It's still freaking amazing.
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This one is also mindblowing
When I learned bushcraft, it reminded me of this videos I saw a few years prior. My instructor, a cossack, showed us this, explaning they did like mongols : holding a bundle of arrows in their hand and shooting instinctively in succession while on horseback. He didn't have to consciously aim, he trained his eyes and movements to automatically aim when banding the bow, just like a baseball bater hits without really seeing the ball arriving too fast.
Imagine you pick a fight with this guy and he shoots his bow faster than you can pull your gun out or weapon of choice.
Pretty bad choice on your end, getting into a fight against someone with a ready weapon.
He'll intentionaly wait for his enemy to shot first so he can split their bullet into two
Or your weapon of choice is a shield
Just parry
How about the wild west, am I right. Now he'll have a challenge
*While you were out partying, I studied the bow*
Nice reference.
But unfortunately, you can't finish a man rightly with a bow.
@@slappy8941 Sure you can. Just put a threaded pommel on the tip.
@FlappableBean let me introduced you to Joerg master crafter capable of making a bow with a chamber and a slingshot that shootd cards fast enough too cut a strong balloon!
after so many years I realised why that newly met girl was so upset after she asked to go to a party and I told her I want to study the earthworms.
You want to make fun of this man and video so bad, but everything this guy does is amazingly impressive
And even more amazingly impractical
Yes! I really hate it that this year people make almost everything in the internet a meme or makes jokes of it without even thinking how serious the contents are. This guy really changed my perspective of the history of archery. It's amazing. He takes it to another whole new level. 🙌🙌
@Hemi I'm not saying it wasn't entertaining, I'm just saying if you think this is seriously "the next level of archery" your delusional. It is impractical
@@gusteg4823 that is sooooooo true
@@daslynnter9841 Obviously the trick shots themselves are not going to be extremely useful today even if used with modern things like guns. But that's why they are trick shots. No one should ever equate just trick shots with actually combat prowess. But the meat and potatoes is the ability to fire rapidly, accurately, and consecutively while in movement from any situation, at any distance, and most importantly better and faster than the opponent. Here the trick shots themselves are just the showcase of those skills.
I got chills and almost started to cry when I saw him split an incoming arrow with an arrow. If you were to see that in the movies you would say that's unrealistic. Lars is king.
He took a chance for us. To show us the way and to prove that it can be done. For that, I am forever grateful.
what the hell? why would you cry in this situation lol?
Really weird to cry over this. Of all reactions to have that is just bizarre.
@@yowatchie Yep, some people are weird.
@@supertrippyjohnglol you do realize that the person most definitely shot upwards over his head and this guy probably attempted at least 25x before he got it right. There was no risk.
I guess you're just gullible but Yeezus how can people lack such critical thinking skills.
A couple historical inaccuracies. Back quivers, standing still while shooting and shooting from the right side of the bow all do not stem from Hollywood, but rather from artillery archery formations who were overdrawing power bows for mass barrage waves. Otherwise this is the coolest feats of archery I've ever seen, and that arrow catching and deflecting put Myth Busters to shame.
They are two styles of shooting with two purposes. Neither is superior. We just focus on the style used for slow precise hunting at range and artillery shooting these days. Probably because it carried more practical value in the long run for war and gathering food, until guns replaced the bow entirely.
MilesTraveler It's like comparing Matrix style jump, shoot, speed clip switching to a real soldier shooting an M16 from cover. One is more awesome, one has more real world application.
That has nothing to do with historical facts.
I've been interested in Archery for 5 years. And mildly for my entire life. I built my first bow 4 years ago. I didn't get a real one until only two years ago. I've studied war manuals and watched thousands of Videos and dozens of books on the topic.
What he is doing isn't revolutionary, lots of people use that side of the bow and hold arrows in hand, it's called Hun/Mongolian/Etc archery. It was very powerful for small encounters and horseback. But ultimately as the medieval world evolved to mostly include siege and large military encounters they switched to a style of archery easier to teach in mass for effective war use.
Load up arrow onto a a bow with a massive draw weight, draw back beyond your own ear, release for long flight barrage.
This started long before guns took over Europe. Many battles between the French and English proved the power of artillery archery, as Crossbows lost due to inferior fire rate and power efficiency against English archers.
I've practiced both ways over two years with my longbow. Both are awesome and serve a purpose, but it's foolish to act like Legolas shooting is superior period, a master at pistol shooting may beat somebody in close range with an AR swung over their shoulder. But the second you are firing from bunkers there is a reason they aren't jumping off walls speed shooting pistols.
Not that I do not admire his skill, it's far more than I will have even ten years from now, because my primary focus is on writing and melee martial arts, I don't have his dedication to archery alone.
As for "Brony" I simply enjoyed the show and did some art for it, primarily I'm interested in cartoons and novels period, but Ponies are far easier to draw than humans and I am a tad lazy when it comes to art. I am not sure how this is relevant to the topic or video at hand.
Good day sir
MilesTraveler And your post is informative. Well done, sir.
“We have snipers surrounding you, if you draw your bow they will open fire,”
* casually catches bullets and shoots them back *
Also Lars: *splits a bullet in half in mid-air*
*throw them bare handed
catches bullet in midair, splits it in half and shoot twise
*Split's the bullet in midair exactly so the two shards hit the snipers behind him with headshots*
Yea
People: "movies are so much cooler than real life"
Real life:
Edit: well, I was corrected by the good people in the comments section that this isn't a completely true video.
This isnt real life. if he was this good he's have records and trophies not a youtube video where all his claims have been disproven. This video is bullshit, from his own wiki page; However, many of the historical and scientific claims made in the video have been contested or discredited, and few of the ideas have gained traction with other archers and internet personalities
For someone who claims to be this good how the fuck does he not have any official records and why doesnt he compete? all he has is a fucking youtube video.
@@CircmcisionIsChi1dAbus3 you really commenting in every comment cause you are jealous as fuck
@@CircmcisionIsChi1dAbus3 But ait it: he has the best archery skill in this planet.
@@theowoosh3926 wellll a lot of the claims in this video have been debunked or proven to be useless.
CircumcisionIsChildAbuse dude at the very least don’t copy and paste the same exact argument over and over lol. If you’re gonna be annoying, AT LEAST be original.
I remember when I first stumbled upon this video in the summer of 2015. I couldn't stop watching it and I was obsessed with archery and thought it was so cool. Still do.
Are you an archer now؟ 🙂
@@UserSOF0 Unfortunately, no. I did it back in the day with my friends and our homemade bows. Since then I got preoccupied with different things in life. But I'm definitely going to try it again in the future. Thank you for the question! How about you?
He discovered how to switch his bow to full auto, lmao
🤣
hahahahah
, lmao
, lmao
That's not full-auto, THIS is full-auto!
"Making archery as simple as possible"
And then shows a clip of him shooting with his foot lmao
Simplifying the steps in shooting so that you have perfect consistency in every shot in any situation, hence the stuff like having arrows in your hand, drawing into firing in one motion, and nocking on the right side.
As Luke said, the fact that you can apply the basic principles to an unconventional position like shooting with the foot shows that it is simple. Similar demonstrations are done in modern times with firearms for example Chris Costa a former trainer for Magpul Dynamics shooting an AR while standing on one leg.
Yeah but soldiers in war generally do NOT shoot ARs standing on one leg, because that makes it more difficult and your job is to hit the other guys and no one cares how cool you make it look.
Evan Waters, lol you don't seem to understand. You don't shoot with one leg. He is doing it to demonstrate recoil control and how little a gun recoils if you have the correct stance
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It is an example for demonstrative purposes. Just like what the guy in the video demonstrated by shooting off his foot. No one is going to shoot off the foot, but if you can do so, it demonstrates the principles of the technique are so simple and innate, that even seemingly unnatural executions are possible.
Penetrates chainmail and heavy gambeson. Shows shit chainmail and gambeson that looks 2 layers thick.
Lars is going to have to be my next Skyrim character...
xD thats really funny
Archery level?
joseph johnson All of it
Prime Slayer over 9 thousand
joseph johnson OVER 9000
I love that the simplest technique is the best. I am a musician and always play better when moving and spontaneously. There are so many false assumptions about "the proper way to do things" based on nothing more than received wisdom. This principle applies to many fields I'm sure. So much frustration when you encounter an expectation of something you know to be flawed and restrictive.
this is the most impressive thing I have seen in a long time... and it's hard to impress me.
you're joking right?
+Isaiah Diaz If this doesn't impress you, I'd like to see you do all these things.
Minimalistic Guy, Dude most of what he's saying about archery is complete bullshit. And this video was filmed with hundreds of takes. :)
Josh Allen It's all skepticism on historical artworks and novels about archery. There's no way he knows for a fact that what he's saying is true, as is evident by him saying these words I'm saying now in his most recent video. And yes, of course it takes a lot of takes. He also mentions that it took a lot of attempts to shoot the arrow in the air, but he does it again to prove it's possible. He also catches arrows with ease and explains how that is done. And the splitting an arrow with a blade thing, most skilled archers can do that.
Catching an actual arrow in mid flight is actually impossible, the closes thing you could do is to rotate it , if you tried it you would but your fingers right to the bone.
Friction.
It honestly looked like it took way more effort for him to throw that ball than to fire an arrow
exactly that throw was not natural lol
Because true skill attunes you to a certain method, a certain grace, and everything else is less.
@@charlesatanasio1622 great comment
Because it did. His bow(s) are kids bows.
i cant imagine the draw weight of that bow beeing that high, making it pretty useless in a wartime setting, where soldiers would be armored with plate, laminated armor or whatever, realistically it seems pointless, there is a reason why forexample the brittish used longbows with like 150-200 pounds draw weight, its so the arrows could actually do something if they hit.
this is a pointless way of shooting a bow sience it would be so fantastically disreguarded in a wartime setting.
the 1 type of people who could use this, was criminals killing civilians during robberys or something.
Lars Anderson: Ranger
TheLockPickingLawyer: Rogue
How To Drink: Wizard
Tzuko G: Bard
An odd D&D campaign but, an interesting one nonetheless
This comment is underrated
May I recommend the less serious Konosuba adventuring squad
Technoblade: Fighter/Ranger
Modern Rogue: Rogue (obviously)
Micheal Reeves: Wizard
Daniel Trasher: Bard
@@DoubtlessCar0 THIS REPLY IS UNDERRATED
@@DoubtlessCar0 technoblade is an immortal from 2e its a powerful class
Rick the Stick Von Hagen: Barbarian Berzerker.
Friend: Let's do a drive-by?
Lars: Let me get my bow.
🤣🤣🤣
This is breathtaking! This is like some kind of ancient bow martial art and he’s mastered it!
Not really, these are trickshots, which would be useless in the real world
Bullies: makes fun of him always quietly reading historical studies of close and ranged war tactics
Meanwhile in his room:
With all the practice targets with pictures of the bullies
While you were drinking and partying, I studied the bow.
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All the bullyrooks with your buckskin boots there ye go, there ye go. Outrun my bow.
Dude probably doesn't concern himself with this kind of nonsense. He doesn't look like a victim to me.
Imagine this. You’re a knight in battle and in the far distance you see one archer raise his leg and put his bow behind his leg and he just hits you right on the head
I'm not an expert but i think that this wacky horseback stuff was in Asia, tho there were excellent archers in Europe, with longbows as opposed to recurves
And then it pings off your steel helmet, and laugh and walk over to him while his 30lb bow fires the equivalent of a light drizzle off your plate armour. Then you unscrew you pommel and end him rightly.
@@Ashfold_Eberesche lol unscrewing pommels for the win
@@Ashfold_Eberesche full plate wasn't common until right before the advent of firearms tho so idk how powerful they really needed to be at close range to be effective
@@Ashfold_Eberesche same scene in my head xD ask this guy to do the same with a 130lbs english warbow... ahahahaha
Although I'm not a huge fan of archery (it has too many drawbacks), this video made me quiver.
Puns were beyond intention
thesheepthatwentmooo I watch ur vids
Your the master of puns let me *bow* down to you.
But did it make u squirt?
I thought the pun was piles of fun. Those who don't like it can get shafted.
Found you through The British History Podcast! Thank you for sharing your skills and discoveries!
It’s funny because his movement seems ... well... imperfect and human. But my god, this guy is one hell of an archer.
Jon R I know right I thought the exact same when I first saw this video. 😂
Wasn't that the whole idea behind the video? That the "ancient" archers could shoot in any predicament.
That's how 99% of humans behave in real life rather than in movies, comics, games, and etc
I don't care if this is historically accurate or not, it might be, it might not be. I don't care. His skills are awesome, it's incredible to be able to shoot like this!
it is
it truly is amazing how fast he is, but i bet he didn't make all those shots at first atte,pt.
It's all editing dude. He probably misses 9/10 shots he tries. If he was that good, how come he's not an archery tag legend, or even high up in any competitive archery?
Because he's not stupid enough to take part in olympic archery, and he doesn't need to prove his accuracy just because some people are superstitious to the point of OCD
Oh and the BEST part is - he doesn't know how to AIM. Just look up Bow String Walking.
To this day, Denmarks primary defense is Lars and strategically strewn Lego pieces :D
Legos are lethal enough. Lars is a bonus though
@@CWJ0725 The enemies wouldn't even be able to get to see the legos with lars on Denmark's defense.
Magnum Opus don’t mess with Denmark.
Sounds about right. That and delicious bacon to make attackers forget about war.
For the first half of the video I thought this was an elaborate joke, but no, man is serious and seriously skilled!
1:40 The most deadly of all bows.... the dreaded.... watermelon slice bow.
Hecc yeah man I actually laughed
I don't get this
LMAO
Mr.Techaky nah gucci
@@thesaxophonist343 look at the next image's bow
Where the hell was this guy when Marvel was looking for their Hawkeye?
The entire Internet begged them to cast him. Not a joke.
Hollywood decided to be Hollywood and crap all over the people.
Marvel didn't cast him but one of the Robin Hood movies did as a trainer. (I believe it was the 2018 movie)
@@agentghost1661 gotta watch that movie now
Because Hawkeye needs to be a good looking actor not an actual archer?
@@chiyo-chanholocaust8143 He's trained other actors though, see my first comment
Please... please tell me who the fuck ever shot an arrow from under their god damn leg in combat....
It never hurts to put some style into something
in case your hand is damaged during combat. although it was probably less then a 1%
rolfmao
Point is, you never know where and how youre going to shoot. Say you're at a bar and for some godly reason your bow is under you... Well, now you got some nuts to shoot at LOL
Thats what they said about basketball when people started dunking.
#and1archery
Many people criticize something that they do not understand, others play at being experts and need to express themselves. Don't worry about it, you have opened the eyes of many people, because without people like you the world would freeze in place.
Opened eyes to what? Nothing here is new
3:25 Negotiations have failed
SAVAGE MODE ACTIVATED.
Crucially, you must remember to finish your cup of coffee before you attack!😊
The negotiations were short
Did Han shot first? xD
Dummy : "We will give not one, but TWO effin million dollars if you stop shooting our people."
Lars : *finishes coffee* "No deal!"
Why is literally no one talking about how the man deflected an oncoming arrow...with an arrow. He is an archer that can defend himself from arrows with arrows. That is the absolute most bad ass thing ever.
Because he makes something cool look stupid.
@@MrBobchat but it dosent though
@@mairidberz1450 He looks like an idiot. He has no cool whatsoever. Why else aren't people talking about this guy and his talent then, you tell me?
@@MrBobchat well thats your opinion man
@@MrBobchat video has 58 mill views.
My name is Lars Andersen, for five years i was stranded on an island...
green arrow xddddd
lol, dude. like wut. like
it does work dude, i've tried it and it works.
lol
***** The Arrow style of shooting does work, I use it in my daily archery life.
I've accidentally bought "left handed" bow as my first bow. One of the best mistakes I've ever made. Just after few weeks I was able to fire n reload incredibly fast (from waist quiver and ofc. not as fast this guy is, but I've impressed myself). Later I've discovered that I've been using an "incorrect" technique, but it just felt so natural.
Thanks for this video. You should trust your subconsciousness from time to time.
Desde un inicio puse la flecha en el lado derecho y jalaba con el pulgar .ahora que soy más versado en el tema. Adopte sin saber el estilo oriental
Y me dio gracia. Porq mi apellido ,Pichardi o Pichardo tiene raíces mongolas. 😂que loco. Y yo ni sabía.
El arco para surdos donde pone la flecha en qué lado
There's nothing really incorrect about it. Its just suboptimal if your goal is to shoot as rapidly as possible. Its not like historically the bow was never placed on the left side. Placing the arrow on the left side by the way also gives you the benefit that you can hold the bow horizontally and the arrow wont fall of, you cant really do this when you place the arrow on the right hand side. Its also true that if you want to aim accurately on long distances, putting the arrow on the left allows you to use a sight or scope of some sort. So yeah, there surely is some truth to this video but I think they're also being a bit too quick with their judgements about what archers in the past did and did not do. There's a reason why Lars is a controversial figure in the archery and ancient weaponry communities. That being said, his skill with the bow is outstanding.
@@smilloww2095 To be honest, if the claim that some archers were required to be able to shoot 3 arrows in 1.5 seconds is true, there is no way I can see that happening if they were placing the arrow on the "inside". As was explained in this video, it requires several movements more than placing the arrow on the "outside". Also, as far as using sights and scopes, yeah those didn't really exist thousands of years ago. Now, I'm not claiming to know what archers in the past did or didn't do, but I am fairly certain that professional militaries were fairly rare, almost non-existant for most of history, so I doubt that most archers could achieve this level of skill shown in the video. They were also in large formations where they could have a large volume of fire without each individual having to fire rapidly. They only really needed to be able to shoot somewhat straight.
@@MaxCroat I have high doubts that that claim is true. It can only be done with low draw weight bows or by not drawing a high draw weight bow more than a few inches, probably no more than 2. Which really isnt gonna be great to kill or severely injure people with. Historical bows had immense draw weights. 150lbs and more. And while you dont have a sight, shooting accurately even without a sight is still far less akward with the arrow on the left. As far as I can tell this video is to be taken with a grain of salt
@@smilloww2095 That is definitely all true, but while I don't know myself whether the claim is true or not, it could be true that they were required to shoot this fast in training. Obviously being in battle and shooting with a strong bow would be slower and nobody would be timing you anyways.
His arrow cut a rift into the space time void allowing him to learn this directly from the Assyrians
how did he learn to cut space time without first learning archery from the assyrians
@@FirstnameLastname-rm7bm It was more like a two stage process.
Because time was cut
Rather Parshuram himself
From Mahabharat
him: catches arrow
me: well, looks like our ranger multiclassed into the monk.
a man of d&d culture I see right ?
@@smokem8419 xD yep.
The next goal was to catch a bullet and shoot it back
Imagine two of those praticing with each other endlessly xD
That is somthing my brother would say XD
“..and more natural, exactly like throwing a ball”.
*throws ball awkwardly
2:08
To be fair, he was doing it with his feet planted in a squared close foot stance.
Most likely to show a side profile of a ball throw
Lmfao
I bet Hawkeye would throw it the same way.
I laughed at that too. Clearly he never played baseball. He did something more productive lol.
Threw it like a fucking orangutan.
Love it when I see people keeping or this case bringing back to life the Old ways! They used to do this kind of stuff with a bow while guiding a war horse!
Ahh yes the ol' drive by arrow shooter. I remember that in Anglo-Saxon ghetto.
They didnt have cars then educate yourself
@@neexo7410 You're a fucking idiot.
@@neexo7410 Apparently there's no such thing as a horse
@@huszartamas807 why am i an idiot there was no cars in medieval times lmao so uneducated
@@huszartamas807 cars have only existed for maybe 20 years the medieval times was almost 100 years ago, cars in medieval times nice logic
This man is the John wick of archery
john wick does not exist
@@lgbtrtvagd2153 what an insightful realization
More like the Texas Ranger of archery
Wrong, John wick is the Robinhood of guns. Robinhood came first.
@@lgbtrtvagd2153
If he doesn't exist why have I seen 2 of his movies? Checkmate
Now all I see in my head when I hear ancient warfare is 2 archers shooting each other 3 times in 0.6 seconds while also catching the arrows mid air while doing flips and parkour. Dude ancient warfare just became *COOL*
@Lars Koreman This video is literally about how this might not be true, at least not in all cases but ok xd
@Lars Koreman Actually no and yes, it depends on what you want from the archers. I think that horse riding archers was a real threat (like the hell on the hoofs). Plus think about fighting in the forests, about sudden strikes, silent ninja-like missions, about minor gang battles etc - thats where the real archery reveals itself
@Lars Koreman did you even watch the video lmao