people never experienced war, and they can have their ideas, but ultimate idea for archers is same as for modern snipers. faster you are - more reliable you are, people trust you more. you can shoot one bullet/arrow and wait, but then you are dead. its war for crying out loud. you cant yell: "please, dude stop while i load an arrow, or rifle"
@@Aienhel Yeah, but you also want full power and, as an archer, usually begin firing at the enemy forces while they are approaching you. As far as warfare between armies is concerned, it doesn't make sense for an archer to fire once the enemy has entered the melee. Most would just draw their sidearm and fight.
@@SwordTune If war was always fought on a battlefield with set rules, but this is not the case. Throughout history of warfare we find records of many different uses of the bow and in many parts of the world it was carried as a personal defense weapon. Once we care to read Asian sources our understanding of the bow changes.
@@Aienhel That is wrong. In medieval battlefields you had volleys of arrows shot by hundreds of archers, not individuals trying to shoot accurately. A heavier warbow can not only give you more power, but greater range. Both much more important in a battlefield than accuracy alone. They aren't hunting deer.
Forget the archery for a second... This guy can do the things he does down to pure enthusiasm, persistence and tenacity. He says he not good at speaking English, for example. However, rather than just doing his videos with subtitles he instead goes for the much more difficult and time consuming matter of learning to speak better English. I believe everything he says he can do - this man is the real deal. Kudos to you Lars!
I don't understand why anybody would be talking any shit on him....wtf kind of criticism does he deserve? LoL. He's badass, plain & simple, I wish I had this level of dedication to my bass
Well, I think he’s being a bit modest, all Scandinavians do nine years of English so become pretty fluent. It’s more we don’t have as much experience with some pronunciation. I think a more fair statement is that he’s danish so he has problem speaking.
I haven't shot my old bow in over 25 yrs. Your video has re-invigorated me to shoot again. Your explanations of arrow placement, multiple arrows in hand, and fast shooting all make sense. You are truly an inspiration for all archers. Look at what these young bike riders do on bikes that 30 years ago would have been deemed impossible.
that's a really nice example, another example is with skateboarding which started by aping big wave riding before a combination of a 60's fashion in Los Angeles for Bowl shaped swimming pools, several seasons of drought & a sports photographer meant that Zephr surf shop Team reinvented skateboarding into first the vert style 1/4 pipe & half pipe riding and then using street architecture to perform tricks rapidly spread around the world, influencing snowboarding & what originally were kids bikes i.e. BMX switching from aping bike motocross to instead aping skateboard Being a Historian I am very aware of how colonial we can be about our past, seeking to find evidence that proves our existing paradigms have always been true to block challenges to the partial truths we were taught as being whole facts in school. I have been ill for many years but have always wanted to go forest hunting & sea fishing with Bow & Spear Now just like en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wim_Hof challenging our ideas about health or the idea that the martial arts started as a fighting discipline as opposed to what it may have actually been: a tool to explore how deep in a meditative state an individual actually was by passing the "energy" between meditating participants. I can approach hunting in an entirely new way. On the off chance your reading this Lars, someone was reviewing a Japanese film where the individual was shooting very short arrows down a guideway to release. I was wondering if instead of in flight stabilisers could a roll be induced in a similar manner to rifling a barrel thus allowing a fast moving short arrow to spin & thus allow fast direct flight to target rather using a arched flight angle of conventional archery used in formal set piece battles i.e. much more use when seeking a meal in a forest??
@@annakissed3226 that is what a helical is. Look up left helical, the vanes on arrows are spiraled to make the arrow spin (stabilizing) for distance and flatter shooting. It’s more modern to my understanding as we use it on our compound bows hunting! Just wanted to respond bc yes you are correct.
There are more drastic helicals and more subtle helicals. But straight vanes prevent wind resistance that you would otherwise see/deal with as opposing to helical vanes, but helicals are most useful with low weight/ slower speed bows.
@@andershovgaardmller1359 What a great response to people doubting the validity of historical art. "My artwork has been opened by the Danish Queen and I have written two books on the matter."
Anders Hovgaard Møller I am aware.... I am talking about archery though. I have read and reread a couple books Lars Anderson has mentioned and they’re great. Now I want a book from his perspective on archery. Which I find quite valuable.
@@ThePedrodude yeah. When shad questioned him on historical art, that was not what I was expecting. Lars's critics: "how do you know historical art is a valid source of information?" Lars: "well . . . "
I have to give him major credit for trying to put his discoveries into a foreign language - I can't imagine trying to do the same into Danish, holy crap that's a difficult language!
So.... what was HIS DISCOVERIES that you claim? The problem that people have with him is just that. Those bold claims. Just because he says it, doesn't make it true. He didn't discover anything and what he does is trick shooting. Not Combat shooting. Finally he admits it's just trick shooting but still trying to claim certain things while justifying and excusing his own bullshit
@@shamusonyu7802 You are right about the bullshit. Its bullshit to suggest that so called 'trick archery' wasn't used during battle. It almost certainly was. Why? Because it would have been effective and advantageous to be skilled in these trick shots during combat.
Mark Dal to be fair, a lot of the trick shots look more useful than they would be in battle especially when looked at through Hollywood glasses. In practice, useful was, speed, hitting moving targets and hitting while in a movement yourself. Archers have always been meant for either picking off targets at a distance (think modern day snipers) long distance mass killing (like the English longbowmen) or quick in and out harassing (horse archers) and not legolas like running through a battle fighting with a bow. Then you get to the “tricks” trying to intercept an incoming arrow is not what any army wants their archers to do because your archers would be more focused on keeping themselves safe and trying to spot incoming arrows than on doing their job. As for shooting around corners and pretty much any shot where he doesn’t have the time to get the bow to full draw, the arrow loses too much momentum to do any actual damage and would therefor not be a valid skill for war. Then there are the things that probably have happened in history but which no one trained for, like hitting an enemy while falling off a horse, it might have happened but I’m betting instead of training 1000 hours to learn how to hit someone while falling of their horse they probably used those 1000 hours to learn how to not fall off the horse. Just like modern day military, you can imagine a soldier getting blinded in battle and still hitting an enemy, doesn’t mean the military goes around training soldiers how to shoot blindfolded. You always train for the standard, not the little things that can go wrong. Just like close combat. Sure when overrun in a crunch archers might have used their bow at close distance, but through history archers pretty much always had a close combat weapon like a knife, axe, or club for example to defend themselves. That said, I have a lot of respect for Lars, his shooting is good, fun and entertaining, “trick shooting” itself is a bad name I think, because it gives the impression a trick is used to avoid having to learn an actual skill which is certainly not the case. I’ve been doing archery for 29 years both high level modern archery as just having some fun with traditional bows and some of his shots look impressive while being pretty easy (shooting around something) and some things I will probably never figure out how he does it 😂 In the end, Lars should keep doing what he’s doing. If nothing else his shooting is highly entertaining and might get some more people interested in it. On top of that he looks like he’s having fun and isn’t that what archery is about anyway these days.
People take things too often by the word. His discoveries are simply to find valid and efficient ways that were used in historical archery and have been forgotten for most people. Then people just forget about the basic instinct of humans, staying alive. Now would you as a war archer try to optimze your chances to stay alive or not? So how do you optimze your chances to not die as a war archer? First you get good on a general level to be efficient and fast at shooting at whatever comes at you. Then you try to use whatever is at hand and has whatever chance of successfully killing your aggressor. So yes Lars did a lot of trick shots and lots of them would not be used by the general war archer in a combat situation. But he is showing that a lot more is possible to do with a bow and arrow what people had thought, and the stationary thinking of a battallion of archers slow firing arrows in the air is just not practical to always do in a war. Terrain is factoring in, enemies speed and defensive capabilities. You would be a very poor and probably dead commander to waste your century long trained archers with always keeping them in a stationary group. Allow them to also run, hide, kite and shoot freely and you get a far more efficient and deadly battallion of archers for most terrains. But then your archer needs to use techniques other than shooting a 2d object precisely, which Lars shows can be quite spectacular through his trick shots.
@@shamusonyu7802 I think you should probably watch the video and try to drop some of your bias (or as Lars would say it, BS). He clearly states that a lot of this is just what he thinks. You're reading too much into it by thinking he's making claims that things *must* be like he says it is.
Glad to see Shad and Lars collabs. Sometimes critics make us more improve, more alert and take lessons about what we do that we not realize. You're the reason why I love archery so much.
I never got the whole thing against putting the arrow on the outside of the bow. I'm not a pro archer or anything but that's how I always have shot it and I've had no issues once you get the hang of not bounching the arrow off the bow from trying to knock it too fast, and it seems easier and quicker to me. not saying it's better, but it feels faster to knock the arrow on that side, doesn't it? I dunno I don't get the people saying you "can't do it".. it seems fine edit: nock*
most beginners seem to have a natural slight outward push they unconsciously have. nocking the arrow on the "outside" of the bow (relative to lefty or rightie) means your unconscious outward push pushes the arrow off/away from the bow. if you nock it on the "inside" of the bow, that "outward push" instead helps you by keeping the arrow tight to the bow shaft. tbis is of course on a plain bow, not one with some form of arrow holder like a whisker biscuit. NOTE: im not even close to a pro, but those are my observations of everyone i have seen shoot around me, and myself included, over the years i have been *casually* into archery. if someone knows more and would like to correct me, please do lol
Frankly all I care about when it comes to archery is "what can be done and what can't be done" I'm not a historian, I don't know how true historical archeres in antiquity shot arrows, what counts to me is real, genuine, physically possible, human ability. You show me a human being splitting an arrow with an arrow with genuine skill, real arrows and a real bow, no trick photography or CGI, then I count that as something possible for a human to do... Cause a human just did it. I'm a writer of fantasy, I like to blend magical thinking with real human ability, so if a human being is actually able to shoot arrows like a real life Legolas then I feel okay putting that into my stories. And if Lars can shoot like that for real then that is all that counts to me, not the dogma of historians who want to hold on to their biases just because they'd rather hold on to their old ways of thinking.
Well the issue that critics have is context, not their bias or dogma. Lars is a wonderful trick shot, but that is the extent of the context. To label all the critics as simply people holding on to their bias is a little ridiculous. There are plenty of things that are totally possible for humans to achieve that make little to no sense in military, historical context. It may be possible for a man to lift and swing a 20lb sword. But this isn't practical, useful, or historically relevant.
Agreed. I care less about historical distinctions and more about the practical utility of some techniques/methods compared to others. If someone wants to learn the best archery techniques for X is there one, and if so, what is it?
It's funny how people deny the right side shooting. I recently started shooting on the right side thanks to Lars. I shoot with the three finger grip, can shoot 3 arrows in 2 seconds, and the arrows never fall off. I can even catch arrows and shoot them back now.
What's really amazing, is that people have access to the very posts Shad was lying about, where NuSensei and others discuss the shots they saw... or comment on how they shot that way as a child.... Often, these comments were the sentence right before the one Shad highlighted... and they were still deceived.
Van Ivanov If shad is lying i suggest you make a video about it and call him out. This way you hold him true. But so far, i haven't seen yet, any evidence that he would be firstly, motivated to do so, secondly, even do so in the first place. Have you considered that maybe shad just left some things out of the video, because either they were just _too_ personal, or they'd bog down the video and make it even longer? In any case, back up what you claim sir. Or get off of this video.
It's not about having fun or not. It's about credibility. It's fun to be a bullshitter, up i until someone slaps the shit out of you for lying. He even admits he made bold claims in an attempt to go gain popularity, just didn't expect it to go viral.
@@technomancer1352 Yeah, he does like learning. He's very open minded about it, as far as I can tell at least. People can't grow(mentally, Idk what the right word should be) unless they understand their strengths and weakness.
Its funny because i was taught traditional Gallego Archery by my family. And what you did in your original video is similar to us. We hold our Quiver on our side with at least 2 arrows in the draw hand. We also move and shoot. And we shoot from right and left side. Also these idiots unfairly criticizing you, probably couldnt shoot like you, so they honestly arent as skilled but are running their keyboards. And they probably never learned anything about combat archery. And you are FAR better than anyone ive ever seen. Id put a man who has practice over a man who read a book.
@@RexRenart en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Alvari%C3%B1o This is one of Galicias best archers. We generally use recurve bows. Most of the old manuals speak of moving and shooting arrows at moving targets. We also tend to compete in traditional stationary archery as well. We really enjoy target shooting. But its also what we use in hunting and was used in war in our countries past.
Not trying to defend the dogmatic mind of His critics. But they most likely have never tried to practice the way he does, so naturally they cant do it as well.
@@mortenjuul7587 Funny enough I tried it with a weak bow I had lying around just to see if it can be done, and it really isn't that much of a deal. After a few hours of practice it becomes pretty apparent that if you train you can certainly do it. I never understood the criticism of "it can't be done", just claiming it to be "impossible" when apparently it can be done, is a dumb base to foot your argument in. Historically correct? Maybe, maybe not, but impossible? If I can do it on the range after a few hours of practice after not shooting a bow for a decade, I am fairly convinced that somebody who trains to do it for years (which most archers actually do), can easily make this work. I am not saying that Lars is beyond criticism, but the criticism given was just utter garbage in 99% of all cases.
Never saw this story before and it is amazing. Imagine wanting to tell the story of what you had learned and then needing to learn another language. It is an amazing story of dedication and perseverance from Lars. Imagine what he could teach the average archer. Great Job LARS!
@@lars7747 Lars mentions in this video that his main bows are a 49lb bow and a 53lb bow. He uses a 100lb bow in some video just to show it can be done... He also hits targets at long range while shooting fast... None of his claims are that special IMO. He mainly has a grudge with the idea that there is one certain way of doing archery and he wishes to put forth that the more natural way is easier to learn. I, and lots of people who were taught this more natural way to begin with, agree. What Lars does is easier to learn and easier to perform and will probably only be worse if you have special modern bows and shoot olympic style very long range and super accuracy. For real life purposes, these are completely different skills. Plenty of archery schools teach different ways of shooting and they call it the natural way where both your eyes are open and you shoot with the arrow on the outside. Also, what kind of armor. Plate armor is not that common in the many thousands of years or history of humans using bows and he shoots through proper chain mail in this very video...
Lars is expressing archery from a war point of view and his friends look at archery from sports perspective. The more arrow you let out from your bow the more chances archer is gonna stay alive in battle. Lars proved that shooting arrows rapidly can be accurate as well. Not only Lars himself shows that but also he shows references from history like the Comanche tribe, also strongly pointed out by S.C. Gwayne. Imagine a battle ground, who cares about the V cut at the back of the arrow, whether the archer draws from the quiver or not. He is just gonna shoot the fuck out of the bow. A great archer like Lars himself must have been feared by any type of soldier on the battleground. As the technology advanced and gradually gun powder was introduced, bow and arrow became obsolete in war. So modern archery is still about for the sake of competetion only, in other words for game. Thus, modern archers and targets BOTH stay still. It is unbelievaly stupid to not see Lars' point and bring criticism to his methods that were useful for war.
I would had that in most cases, the battles would generates a dust cloud so large, shooting accuratly would not be very possible and creating a wall of arrows (or any projectiles for that matter) would have been the a usefull strategy.
Absolutely agree. One only need to look at the thousands years of history and the horse lord conquerors to see he's right. The huns were so extremely skilled at the horseback bow shooting there is even a saying that has survived about them: " God save us from the Hungarians arrows". Or any other nation, mongolians, assyrians etc. The mongolians/ huns conquered enormous parts of the world. Their aim was deadly while on full horse running ( is it called trot? Idk). And yes, they fired swiftly just as you said: more arrows --> more chance to hit.
Im so sorry Lars! For all these people that have so much pride and ego! Their jealousy is blinding them from learning all of these epic and amazing ways of shooting! Keep on going your way Brother!
That was a real eye opener, good thing with Lars is that he tries staff and learns from his own experience, most people don't even do that. From lasiness or lack of imagination they just seek the master to "chew" the "food" of knowledge for them.
@@christosmavrommatis912 to be honest, some crafts and skills take years to figure out by your own, it's far easier to learn the master's knowledge and *expand on it* that is the key *"expanding it"*
I didn't know they were giving you shit... i actually learned quite a lot from you even started curving arrows im not as good as you but i can do it pretty consistent now!
It isn't a matter of his archery, it's that his original video makes people who know nothing about archer and history think that archers were commandos who used their bows at all ranges and never needed sidearms.
@@BaldorfBreakdowns Then why the hell do most of his fans think "in real warfare armour doesn't matter because a real archer can 360 no-scope headshot anyone." His original video is flawed and he now even admits that it is just his opinion that historical archer fought, not just shot but fought, with his style. He completely ignores any existence of melee weapons on the side of the archer, which is a gross underrepresentation of ancient warfare.
@@SwordTune I'm not sure how people have come to the conclusion that armor doesn't matter because you can 360 no scope with a bow. That doesn't even make sense. Bows don't have scopes and doing a 360 does nothing to negate armor.
@@BaldorfBreakdowns Lars' trick archery looks so cool that they cannot admit that it won't work for a lot of battlefield situations. They want to maintain the image of a single archer rapid-firing arrows like a gun.
That's actually pretty funny. Nice catch. :-) I didn't think of that, because I'm used to people slaughtering the English language and have gotten decent at figuring out what they're trying to say instead of getting caught up in pronunciation frustration. But it's a good point! (Claus from the video here)
He got me back in archery when I was thinking of not doing it anymore. After his video I decided to try different bows and not just the standard Yumi (Japanese bow).
You speak very good English, but I thought you would want to know "boy" is actually spelled "bow". Boy is the word for a male child. Not criticizing, I can't speak or read Japanese at all. The languages are so different, it is impressive.
I moved to Japan when I was 8 years old I live there for 3 years ,in 1969 I lived in Iwakuni south of Tokyo about an hour on the bullet. I was by the ocean on the Pacific side .I love Japanese people they were awesome to me. Traditional Japanese shoot the same way as Lars . better than the European tradition. faster ,more velocity
@@richardmartin2646 Hello, mr. Richard. I am very glad your stay was joyful and hopefully not inconvenient with the rules. lol I started with target archery, so after watching Lars. I noticed it was costly to continue as the bows were not ambidextrous. So I had quit. I like the simplicity of European bows than in kyudo. It is not very complex to make.
@@内田ガネーシュ yeah I was 8 years old and it was in the 70s, always by myself on a bicycle. I'm sure I did a lot of stuff mostly trespass, explore cuz I went everywhere I would check out their gardens in their backyards which were beautiful even to an eight year old ,with the carp and the ponds and little Bridges and I don't remember ever getting run out of there ,I wouldn't tear nothing up I was just checking it out. and went to giant bamboo forest it was crazy. But yeah they make everything complicated but it's usually better, like the Mongolian bows, but a good Osage orange is also the best in my opinion,you can make a bow out of anything I know, still has a lot of work
As a kid of seven years old, I liked to play ''Cowboy and Indian'' like every boy does, but I skipped the ''Cowboy'' part, because my parents would not buy me any toyguns and I did not have money to do it myself. The other reason was, that impersonating an Indian warrior, I would wear a bow and arrows as the distinguishing feature of my outfit, which had, in comparison to the ''Cowboys'' plastic toy revolver the decisive advantage of being a real weapon. Plus I also could make it myself, which I did. Nobody bothered to teach me the details on how to hold and shoot tan arrow correctly, so it kind of develloped naturally and what I ended up with was a two-finger draw, arrow on the right side, securing it with the index finger of the hand that I was gripping the bow with and the lower part of the thumb serving as an arrow rest. That way I held the weapon ready untill I would draw, aim and shoot in one motion at a chosen target, Over time my bows would become better and more powerful and at age twelve they had already matured into a serious and potentially deadly weapon. Nevertheless I put them aside almost entirely the moment I could get my hands on an air rifle shortly before my fifteenth birthday. It seems this is the way these thingstend to happen. Let's no forget the historical fact that even dedicated masters of the bow and arrow combination as the American Indians, decided to put the weapon they gave so much time and effort for away, in favour of a rifle, even if that gun is but an early Flintlock muzzleloader. A boy is destined to be a warrior when he has grown to manhood and a warrior will inevitably choose the most efficient weapon available. Since the invention of firearms this weapon is a rifle of some sorts. I bet millions of boys went through the same stages, which basically means they practised archery in the Lars Andersen style, the only difference being, they invest but a fraction of his time and dedication to it, therefore never getting anywhere near his level of skill. To how great a degree of proficiency we arrive with archery, from my experience, very much depends on your environment, one big limiting factor usually is a lack of possibilities for safely loosening your arrows into the blue somewhere around or near your home, your natural playground as a kid and second, little to no opportunities to make some real practical use of the growing abilities to hit what you aim for, in hunting some small game or another more serious purpose beyond playing ''Cowboy and Indians'' that would justify to invest further time in archery as you grow above the age of fourteen. The crux hereby is, that in places where it is tolerated or even you are encouraged from early boyhood on, to go after the wild critters in your local area, they usually also give you access to firearms at a much younger age. About the haters and fierce critics of Andersen I can only say one thing, they're a bunch of idiots that can't tell the difference between an arrow point and their own asses. Let everyone have as much fun with bow and arrow as they can possibly get, in whatever style they like, do not try to limit their creativity and playfullness inas long as they do not put themselves or others decisively into harms way. That said, I also have to say that there is much to gain from learningand dedicating yourself to any of the existing traditionalforms of archery.In the end we also have a clear and simple measure to decide on the quality of somones archery, do they hit or miss their targets. Lars' results speak for themselves. And finally give credit where credit is due, Andersen is no threat to classic archery, quite the opposite, wat he has achieved is not a small thing, he brought back from the dead the magnificient world of trickshooting feats and almost superhuman skills that has reached our days only in the form of stories about legendaty archers and the miraculous shots they pulled off at a critical moment. Anderson has rejuvenated this wonderful art in unprecedented fashion that no one expected or imagined and he deserves our highest praise for that. One of the greatest thingsthat we can take away from the magnificent shooter Lars Andersen is that the immortal tales of Robin Hood and his feats with bow and arrow are far from being an invention or grossly exagerated reports of events in the past, but more likely than not had happened in the exact same detail as the legend is telling us. And he shows us some of the things that become possible if you go all in and dedicate yourself a on hundred percent to something. And let us also give praise to a society that allows a person do follow his dream, as it was possible for Lars in todays Denmark.
People have always had a desire to get crazy good at things. I've no doubt that Lars' skills have historical precedent. Haters gonna hate though. (Especially from a safe distance and behind a screen!)
The greatest archer of modern age, and one of the greatest of all time. Someone disagree? Be humble and learn with Lars! I felt in love with Archery because of him! Please, do more videos! Keep up the great work!
You definitely opened my eyes as to the possibilities of archery I never considered. Keep practicing and researching through self discovery! Its progress! I haven't seen anyone else that comes close to your skill in the variety of ways you demonstrate. It's good to think outside the box.
Experience has taught me to be sceptical about the evidential value of any edited film or video segment. But lets face it, a lot of criticism stems from relative ignorance. And no-one is more ignorant of how archery really works than someone who manages to remain ignorant despite having presumably studied the rudiments in order to be awarded a coaches certificate. What many critics miss is that the very same variables that Lars exploits are those that the target archer is taught to reduce or eliminate as a prerequisite for consistent accuracy in the cause of making holes in paper. Anyone who understands the mechanics should know that an ability to draw and then loose (from a neutral/equalised pinch grip i.e. without rolling the string) makes it simple to shoot from either side of the bow. Self taught kids using a simple pinch grip commonly do this well until being taught by a target archery coach that they should not. In my experience many are not aware of this rudimentary fact, as is apparent from a review of comments on this point.
IMO, the detractors totally missed the point. He produced a very entertaining video showing a tremendous skill level, and I wish I could shoot a bow a fraction as well.
@@iichthus5760 sure! i mean its not like there are countless scenarios were you have to take out charging enemys before they are in close range... oh wait xD
@Ian Robertson true, but say an enemy cavalry charge breaks through your lines, what do you do, cower and die? No! You shoot as fast as you can to try and stop the cavalry from overrunning you.
Wow, I can't believe how quickly an hour an a half passed. I could listen to you (and Shad) talk about this forever. There were a few time when I got very emotional during this vide, it got me thinking about a lot of things, about life. I have no idea why or how. This was an amazing experience and I am so glad I discovered you and this channel (I must have been living under a rock until 2 hours ago...). I can't thank you or appreciate you enough for your skills, candor and modesty :) Fantastic work!
You, sir, in your original video, have revived my childhood interest in archery. I still lack the discipline to practice regularly but I've been inspired by the skills you display. Wish I could practice with you but unfortunately, Canada isn't exactly next door to Denmark.
hi Lars, i understand your struggle, and trying to get it right. I saw your video when you came out with it and found it very, very great. I enjoyed it, and can totally unterstand you. and I think, that most modern archers feel descredited just because you are so good, and go off the "known path"... as shad said, just because tradition says... bs! I personaly found you videos encredibley inspiring to get to the max! I acually started to to encrease my swordfighting, to get to the max... inspried by you. however, for me is important, to let you know this: I really enjoy your videos and am thankfull for your work. I honestly dont give a sh!t on on the socalled "Archers cummunity". your progress, work and your dedication is inspriring and beatiful. The fact, that you made an 1,5 hour vid of facing your haters after years is a sign of true virtue. I would like to show you my view on you: your selfconfidence is very much prooven, your video is perfect, simple, and understandable. I love the way you approach the challanges. I dont know you personnaly and dont know who you are in your deepest soul, but I feel you are a good man, making unbeleavable shots, and are deadly honest, and you have the greatest ability of all: you are wiling to change you mind, and accept a mistake. This is very hard for us humans and a sign of true greatness! you are not good... you are great!!!!!! I regret not given a positve statement on the first vid. but now i must comment. Thank you! best regards and stay safe in these difficult times... Pete
the 2d vs 3d stuff was what i didnt understand. people shot off both sides of a bow. practicing shots at coins thrown in the air, would be a good way to explain why the Romans lost so many coins, but it is not easily done when your alone. the best targets i ever shot at were dandelions (weeds) in the field i was walking thru. i had to judge distance and shoot acurately to be able to hit them. and i been shooting for almost 50 years.
Mr. Anderson, thank you for entertaining me with your prowess, knowledge, and skill. You are awesome and keep bringing us more of your insights and understanding. Thank you!
Interesting discussion, like we say in the trade, first you get good, then you get fast. With that being said, I did find it hard to pick up your accent at the beginning, but with time, I adapted to your accent and understood. PS keep up the good work.
H In the heavy duty trade, we had a saying, you want it bad, you’ll get it bad, you want it worse and you will get it worse, you want it right, you came to the right place.
Ever since I have watched Lars' video I've been thinking about how much our ideas of historical archery might be skewed based on what was documented about it and what wasn't. Of course the big battles in medieval war were documented but what about the smaller skirmishes? Raiding parties were quite common in european medieval warfare from what I've read. And a group of skilled, agile, fast shooting archers would have been very effective at medium to close range when ambushing an enemy camp in the woods or when raiding a village.
At last someone (Shad) took the time and gave Lars the chance to explain fully what he meant in “that” video!. For all the detractors who slag him off, just one thing to say, when you can do what he does, you’ll have a valid argument , until then it’s just sour grapes and envy. Thank you both for this video, and your English is much better than my Danish Lars. Very informative and entertaining watch!.
No one can do what Lars does, but it doesn't mean you can't have a valid argument against him. And indeed, Shad can't do what Lars does and he still has a few valid arguments against him, which Lars acknowledges. Just be respectful and try to know your limits, no matter your skill level.
The claims of historical methods and tricks have not been really proven. What he does and how he does it is not that far from others, its just the way he adds and refines these modern methods are very good
When I was 7 years old, my parents bought me a bow with some suction cup arrowheads. The set also contained some classic target disks with a diameter about 1 dm. I exercised daily on a distance of like 3-5 meter and I really had a hard time to hit the bullseye. One day, a fly was flying around the target disks. I actually managed to hit the flying fly with one trial and it stucked on the wall with the arrow. I was amazed and could not find an explanation until I saw your video. Keep it up with your videos! You are doing great :)
Ever since I saw your video 5 years ago, Lars Andersen is who I think of when someone talks about archery. You've changed the way people think of and practice archery. There's no way back now.
you said that you are not a historian, but the work you do, looking at primary sources and experimenting, is very much like the work a historian or an experimental archaeologist. what makes a person a historian is the research that they are doing.
The historic things he finds aren’t really proven, there are lots of holes in what he says about the past and about the difference from him and today Though making new techniques are equally as amazing
@@yawcty6478 are you sure is he not right? Because there's always only one way to do things right and I know most ppl would love to believe how special and unique they're but until they find themselves older and discover they're just like anybody else. Apart this guy brought real results, which works consistently fine. He solved the ancient puzzle of the euclidean dilemma👏
exactly what i thought off as well. In fact, many knowledge is lost and he does the same as the guys in some castles, villages etc. do, when they try to reconstruct and build up their buildings with the techniches of the 13th century e.g.. So much knowledge is lost and many of that knowledge can just rebuilded by experimenting and try outs. Maybe some university experts should visit him, that could be a great scientific ressource for people. And therefore i can imagine, that many of the things he is saying are quite fine/true/ok.
@@schmusebaer26 I think that's very well said, it is entirely possible that he has recreated parts of the lost knowledge which was never documented, or the documentation was lost. It's also possible that he developed better ways to do certain things than historical archery. Just because it is historical does not necessarily mean that those historical methods were the true best way to do certain types of archery. For example, there is supposed evidence that there were advanced civilisations from before the ice age that developed methods of cartography and travel equivalent to the 1800s of our modern timeline, which was around 12,000 years ago as Graham Hancock writes about. Obviously we cannot truly know as we live in the present, but if it's true that's a big example of the kind of knowledge that was lost long ago.
May I just say. You are my favorite archer. You inspired me with that new level of archery video. I’ve now been shooting for five years. And I shoot just like you
Oran because Faroe Islands are part of the Danish Kingdom, and the Faroese are also schooled in danish alongside Fareoese. A Faroese can self identify freely as faroese or as danish, to his or her liking. “Self” being key here ;-D.
1:10:12 what Lars’s said is very true, in a medieval Chinese military book, a general says “each soldiers should have 30 arrows, 20 of ‘light arrows’ and 10 ‘heavy arrows’”. So an archer did have different arrows in his quiver.
Man literally looked at other archers and was like "I could do better" and skimmed through 5000 pages worth of text and unintentionally created the deadliest form of archery
I don't understand why Lars has to explain himself to other haters as to why he like and pursue historically archery. He loves that and he dedicates an insane amount of time to this
He's one of the most positive people out there on the Internet. Didn't expected him to be so humble and down to earth. Also I like how he emphasis on security during his stunts. It was also nice to see collaboration with this historical guy /sorry I forgot your name Mate :( But your channel also rocks! It would be nice to do some split episode on medieval / ancient archery techniques. Not to mention his stunning granddaughter, she also did amazing job since I had 0 problems understanding you and even expanded my own vocabulary :) If she's not a teacher, definitely natural born talent :) Best regards from Poland.
When looking at history, people often make the mistake of attaching to specific pieces of information. For example, "archers were expected to shoot X arrows per minute," or "war bows were Y pound draw weights." Suddenly, every archer and every situation dictated X arrows per minute at Y lb draw weight. In reality, both archers and situations where archers were used in battle spanned the whole spectrum. In certain battles, archers would only have one window to shoot. If they had enough arrows, the goal would be to shoot as fast as possible. In other situations, it may have been beneficial to be more accurate and slow. Across history, there were professional, lifetime trained archers. There were also militias or levies who may not have been as capable. Any large army or garrison probably had bows of many weights to accommodate a range of capabilities and roles. This attachment also prevents people from believing in edge historical cases. Can Saracen shoot 3 arrows in 1.5 seconds? Why not? An average person can only throw a baseball so fast, but everyone who plays professionally can throw way faster. It's clearly possible for a fairly average, dedicated human to shoot arrows that fast with some training.
"Some" training ?? It takes alot of training. Hard-core training. In Lars case 7 hours a day 6 days a week and I train 3 hours per week more than this even. It takes incredible dedication and drive and one has to be relentless to attain this level of skill . The historical war archer was even better than this by a great degree and if an archer of this skill went up against 3 or 4 modern law enforcement officers armed with glocks they would have an arrow through their eye sockets and into their brain before they could draw their sidearm. This takes single minded dedication and persistence and these days not many people posses this level of self discipline
@@jareth7456 agreed,and fight for your life when being charged by 100ds of enemies, add to your ability to make many killshots ,fast and accurate ,they would be fools if they didn t train for this ,if you don t freeze up then.
Why we humans have to act like crabs in the barrel ???? Lars is a magnificent and brilliant archer nobody can deny this fact, he achieved everything by challenging modern methods and extensive practice 👏 😀 👍 we are proud of you Lars as bcoz of you we realize how talented our ancestors were...keep up the good work and just accept the good criticism....Love from 🇮🇳
If you give a kid a bow they will grab that arrow exactly like Lars does , I should have just let the kid do his thing ,but no I said you're doing it wrong I feel bad about that now.
43:46 - thank you so much for this explanation Lars! I was one of those who questioned how you came up with this 3 arrows in 1.5 seconds since they would not have such an accurate measurement of time. I know you tried to make it easier to understand in modern context (to know exactly how fast one is required to be), however, making such a statement without explaining how you got to that conclusion is always going to be questionable. I may have been critical of some your claims in the past (particularly regarding the back quiver and this 1.5 seconds), but when you combine it with this very detailed explanation, it completes the statement and puts it in context - which many of us needed in order for it to be convincing. consider me convinced ;) Also, there are things we will never 100% know about historical archery and I salute you for questioning the "norm" and offering your insight and findings into filling these gaps, many of which are huge. HOWEVER, I still can't watch the curved arrows video without cringing. While you knew exactly what you were doing, it doesn't change the fact that it's extremely dangerous and could result in serious injury or death. As an archer myself, I freak out if I see someone in my sight picture while shooting and refuse to take the shot, you never know if that next arrow is going to be a bad release, no matter how much you've practiced. Mistakes can happen.
39:44 I love how we can see your draw hand with that third arrow when you play it back in slow-motion, which fingers are holding the arrows and such. Some advice I've gotten is holding the arrows with the middle finger and thumb while using the forefinger to guide it, and with the cradle/curled middle finger on the nocks with the thumb on the other side then it goes right onto the string without having to rearrange the forefinger. At least that's my experimenting for now based on some other archers' advice, I've been paying a lot of attention to the draw hand with this content
It's not about Lars doing anything wrong. He isn't. He's an insanely talented trick shot. Where things start to get iffy is when he makes claims about historical, military archery. Almost all of which are unfounded, poorly sourced or not sourced at all, and impractical to the extreme within a military context.
@@xenophon5354 I mean one ancient military used them... has everyone forgot the samurais and kyudo? did they just erased that from their minds? They nock arrow on the outside too, although they don't fire as fast as what Lars is doing, they still nock arrows on the outside and that's what most people say is impossible to do.
@@xenophon5354 He's not trying to say this is how it was done. He even says it in the video. He's simply saying this is possible and I this is something good archers back in history were able to do. Since there's so little source material lost through time, people think that the modern way and traditional way is the only way.
The debunking videos that came out were self serving. I lost respect for several archery TH-cam professionals. I've been engineering a release device ring because I love instinctive archery and rapid firing, but I also like the added precision of a quality release device. I like to believe that my personal progression using both practice and technological improvements is the same approach taken historically.
Nathan Common some of them seemed to be yeah. Ashame really, that people kinda just jump on the hype train. I mean, it really only takes one person. From there it goes to people who heard that person say it, they believed it, and then formed a passionate opinion about it. Which is sad really. Happens alot more than you'd think.
Thank you so much for making this. I saw that video and could tell there was some translation issues but always respected it and appreciated you showing a lot of that is actually possible. That’s what I took it as, and now I shall show everyone who discredited it when I showed them this video 😁
I found that video right after I got introduced to archery. I've always been interested in archery, but seeing what is possible, I wasn't interested, but addicted. Everything else aside, thank you, Lars
I should have been asleep 1.5 hours ago but i accidentally clicked your video and its now 3:30am...you sir are not only incredibly talented you seem quite intelligent and top it of with a damn good portion of humility. Also you sound like jeremy irons and thats awesome!!!
On the subject of power with the hand pushing forward: I think that it has more to do with the fact that you release it immediately rather than holding it. I know that with rubber bands and steel strings, when you put them in tension (or a spring, in compression too) you create heat. If you immediately release the spring, the heat energy is burnt off and returns as kinetic energy. If, however you hold your spring, it will still return to the same place, but less forcefully. I think that holding your bow back longer allows that heat to cool, and that is why you were experiencing the 10-30% drop in speed.
That is what I thought as well. I bet the draw weight of a bow will reflect this and the weighing mechanism will show a higher number while you draw it back quickly vs while the draw is stationary... Something to test...
I honestly wouldn't even say that his English is bad. His pronunciation is, but that is just a small part of learning a language. As far as I (a German) can tell, his vocabulary and much of the grammar is quite good.
As an American his pronunciation isn't good. His grammar and vocabulary isn't perfect but luckily you can tell what he is trying to say. All together id say he is doing good.
@@billymaze1229 He is doing 'well'.... :) doing 'good' is like volunteering at the soup kitchen. Doing 'well' is performing a task at an optimum level. (my dad was a stickler for proper use of the English language. Don't even get me started on 'can I?' versus 'may I?"
There seems to be a lot of close minded haters in the archery community, which I don’t get at all. Lars is so genuine and open and honest. His videos speak for themselves and the proof is for anyone to see. I’ve watched his critics videos over the years and it’s obvious they don’t have a clue what Lars is about. They find Lars an affront to modern archery and a charlatan when they can’t see their own bias and constricted views on archery. Lars is amazing and continues to push and rediscover limits and standards that modern archery has forgotten.
There are two reasons for that reaction. 1. Lars did state things a bit clumsily. Thats why I love this video. Here all my problems with him are gone (I'm no archer and I didn't spend much time with either him nor archery in general). 2. Humans are hirarchical creatures. If you attack authority most fight back. It doesn't matter if it is the pope in church, muhamed in islam, gays in the progressive movement or evolution in science. Try going out to drink with friends and stop after two beers with no explanation. Most people have some kind of authority figure or tradition that can't be touched. I'm glad there is no inquisition anymore. The humans aren't any better, but the law is more fair.
Lars rightfully attacked the statis quo and did it the way any good archer would he shot from the heart to the heart. He changed the way the world sees archery with eloquence with humility and with his mastery with the bow and arrow. As with any practice or sport requiring skill there are egos and a crap ton of them got bruised , take Nusensai for example, video after video downing Lars he practically tried making a career out of try to discredit Lars . The thing that really bugs me is all those who call him Nothing more than a trick shooter that what he does has no application in combat ,they just don't get it . The dynamic and flexible army will defeat a static one every time and according to their way of thinking the modern military should be using single shot rifles instead of magazine fed weapons, basically Lars turned his draw hand into a magazine. But if it's tricks they want i have a good one for ya, strap Nusensai face down pants down and fix a big dildo to one of Lars arrows....LOL!!!! LMFAO!!!!!!
Thanks guys and everyone involved in making this video. It's been most informative and revealing. Also done in a very respectful and kind way. Truly pleasant experience. 🙏🙏🙏 👍🙂🇨🇦
I have never seen so many "experts" in any subject as you have in Archery, Lars does what archers in history that actually used bows for hunting and war did, he experiments and trains to see what is possible.
Let's be honest here, Lars doesn't do war archery. If it was war, Lars archery wouldn't be needed. His archery to remain fast would need light arrows and those wouldn't be useful in piercing armour. Moreover, what's the point of close range archers, just have close range fighters.
Or people that are interested in a historical, military context for arms and armor. The claims that Lars made were a little silly and most of the clips he uses to denigrate other methods of archery are laughably biased. The guy is an insane trick shot, but he's not in any way representative of historical, military archery.
@@xenophon5354 im not archer nor am i a historian, but I am a combat veteran. In all the time I spent in a warzone I can say the more flexible and adept you are in combat the better chance you have to survive and win. That being said there's a 1000% archery has been employed in every way Lars or shad or whoever thinks or may not think it may have been employed written or not. In other words they have been shot both ways, fast or slow near or far, steady and moving shit probably even in a bar fight. The ways they were probably used in the past are probably beyond our current imagination.
@@xenophon5354 Denigrate? Isn't this just a case of things getting lost in translation? Honestly when his first video came out I found a lot of the criticism videos to be similarly short sighted, but most were made by native speakers. There was a lot of circle jerking, with people nitpicking, taking things out of context and making bad faith arguments. Of course there were also a lot of good arguments against Lars's techniques and thoughts, as pointed out in this video. But the fact that he's made a video like this at least illustrates that he's open to criticism and explaining his thought process.
@@Thedoza That's pretty absurd. Medieval peoples would use what is effective in a cultural and military context. As you say, they will use what best facilitates survival. Lars is trick shooting with an extremely light weight bow. Anyone who does shoot historically weighted bows knows that what Lars does with his bow is not practical with a military bow. A 20lb bow is simply not going to cut it in a military context. It does not have the power to get through the armors of the day (his examples are terribly made butted mail, which is a type of mail that did not exist). Much in the same way modern militaries do not use .22's. Can someone possibly use a .22 if they are a good enough shot? I mean...yeah. Sure. But the advantages that you get from using a .22 (weight of ammunition, ease of use relative to higher calibers, etc) do not outweigh the problems of lethality. A light weight bow that you can shoot very very fast is not good enough in a military context. We have innumerable sources showing that war bows, bows used for killing people, were weighted anywhere from 80-200lb draw weights. Lars is not using a military bow. He is using a bow that he can easily draw in these interesting positions and speeds. If Lars or his defenders were really getting into the sources and having debates concerning the historical sources for his claims OR Lars was getting into some serious experimental archaeology instead trick shots coupled with farcical demonstrations then I'd be a fan. But he isn't.
@@svenniepennie4237 Sure, but the first video was absolutely denigrating other forms of archery as silly of anachronistic. Suggesting that he had found the lost, true way of archery. The claims were as absurd then as they are now. It is very nice to see he's at least walking some of it back.
Naraya Papilaya what’s wrong with his style? I know nothing about archery, but I still enjoy watching his videos and I really don’t understand what’s wrong and why he receive so much hate
Glymm & Kira Oh! I see... well, I believe that’s effort combined with talent. He’s so good that people start hating him! These people are really pitiful, instead of learning with him, they hate. Thank you for the answer.
@@Camila-mk8ym its not really that, but some people see him as "a fad". Often looking at his impressive trickshotting skill as a joke. They see archery as purely a precision sport and I think most of them miss the point of what Lars is trying to make, which is about how we've forgotten what archery was in the past.
Naraya Papilaya Seeing Lars making so many movements that I didn’t knew it was possible in real archery, made me think that it was really refreshing and inspiring. Of course it’s not everyone that has to do this style, some people like it, some people dislike it, they just have to respect. Lars just gave me a new perception of what is possible when we think that just actors in movies could do it.
Lars man, when you curled that arrow and the way you explained it. I was just so amazed how much about historical archery we don't know. I hope i can do something with this knowledge some day.
You're a master that comes up just every hundred years. That makes a lot of people jealous. Being the John Coltrane of archery. I appreciate your devotion. Inspiring!
When you actually enjoy watching Shad and Lars's archery videos that explore and experiment on the subject than the boring, mind numbing borefest certain, specific archery channels on yt.
I like to pick up one point quickly. I think the reason why the guys in the video hit the tossed coin and not the bigger paper at the wall is because they didn't think while shooting the coin. They just shot without thinking, the hands did it alone. When they tried to hit the paper they started aiming and this adds another control level in their mind. We have many situations where we don't think and this makes it successful especially in critical situations. Swerving to avoid a car accident for example. Also in situations where quick reactions are required, Sport etc. I can say this for playing Computer Games. Let's say I play a 1st person shooter. I can rush into a room and take down my enemys. But from distance with a sniper rifle I fail again and again. Because of the additional control. Thanks for this video - and all the other videos. I really enjoy what you do!
56:09 - Lar's explanation of flat targets and moving targets is quite good. From my experience in MOUT training and combat firearms I would agree. It was easier to teach people to shoot naturally at a 3d target, even if it's moving, than it is to shoot at a flat 2d target.
So far I haven't seen a guy who can do the things he can do, Lars you are my inspiration to become better at archery, thank you, keep up your amazing work.
I'm glad you made this video Lars. Your dedication not only to a masterful form or archery but also to teaching what you've learned (in going so far as to learn passable English to disseminate the information to a wider audience) has given me a new determination to pick up archery again. I remember as a kid I would hold arrows in my draw hand, and the ridicule I got for that actually made me lose a bit of passion for the art.
Great work! Your approach to learning archery is inspiring. Working the problem from the ground up rather than using preconceived notions cuts out alot of misinformation. Keep it up!
Don't worry Lars, keep doing what you are doing and keep educating us on Archery. I can say that I am grateful for that.
people never experienced war, and they can have their ideas, but ultimate idea for archers is same as for modern snipers. faster you are - more reliable you are, people trust you more. you can shoot one bullet/arrow and wait, but then you are dead. its war for crying out loud. you cant yell: "please, dude stop while i load an arrow, or rifle"
@@Aienhel Yeah, but you also want full power and, as an archer, usually begin firing at the enemy forces while they are approaching you. As far as warfare between armies is concerned, it doesn't make sense for an archer to fire once the enemy has entered the melee. Most would just draw their sidearm and fight.
Lars way is the superior way obviously, the proof is in the pudding.
@@SwordTune If war was always fought on a battlefield with set rules, but this is not the case. Throughout history of warfare we find records of many different uses of the bow and in many parts of the world it was carried as a personal defense weapon. Once we care to read Asian sources our understanding of the bow changes.
@@Aienhel That is wrong. In medieval battlefields you had volleys of arrows shot by hundreds of archers, not individuals trying to shoot accurately. A heavier warbow can not only give you more power, but greater range. Both much more important in a battlefield than accuracy alone.
They aren't hunting deer.
Forget the archery for a second...
This guy can do the things he does down to pure enthusiasm, persistence and tenacity. He says he not good at speaking English, for example. However, rather than just doing his videos with subtitles he instead goes for the much more difficult and time consuming matter of learning to speak better English. I believe everything he says he can do - this man is the real deal. Kudos to you Lars!
I hope he demonstrates his skills in a archery tag/combat archery context
I don't understand why anybody would be talking any shit on him....wtf kind of criticism does he deserve? LoL. He's badass, plain & simple, I wish I had this level of dedication to my bass
Can you imagine his landlord in his 20s though? LARS! WTF ARE ALL THESE HOLES IN MY WALL?!?!
But yeah i think his english is fine though.
Yes it’s truly a blessing
Well, I think he’s being a bit modest, all Scandinavians do nine years of English so become pretty fluent. It’s more we don’t have as much experience with some pronunciation. I think a more fair statement is that he’s danish so he has problem speaking.
I haven't shot my old bow in over 25 yrs. Your video has re-invigorated me to shoot again. Your explanations of arrow placement, multiple arrows in hand, and fast shooting all make sense. You are truly an inspiration for all archers. Look at what these young bike riders do on bikes that 30 years ago would have been deemed impossible.
So true! I love watching a master at work,it’s so inspirational!
that's a really nice example, another example is with skateboarding which started by aping big wave riding before a combination of a 60's fashion in Los Angeles for Bowl shaped swimming pools, several seasons of drought & a sports photographer meant that Zephr surf shop Team reinvented skateboarding into first the vert style 1/4 pipe & half pipe riding and then using street architecture to perform tricks rapidly spread around the world, influencing snowboarding & what originally were kids bikes i.e. BMX switching from aping bike motocross to instead aping skateboard
Being a Historian I am very aware of how colonial we can be about our past, seeking to find evidence that proves our existing paradigms have always been true to block challenges to the partial truths we were taught as being whole facts in school.
I have been ill for many years but have always wanted to go forest hunting & sea fishing with Bow & Spear
Now just like en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wim_Hof challenging our ideas about health or the idea that the martial arts started as a fighting discipline as opposed to what it may have actually been: a tool to explore how deep in a meditative state an individual actually was by passing the "energy" between meditating participants. I can approach hunting in an entirely new way.
On the off chance your reading this Lars, someone was reviewing a Japanese film where the individual was shooting very short arrows down a guideway to release. I was wondering if instead of in flight stabilisers could a roll be induced in a similar manner to rifling a barrel thus allowing a fast moving short arrow to spin & thus allow fast direct flight to target rather using a arched flight angle of conventional archery used in formal set piece battles i.e. much more use when seeking a meal in a forest??
@@annakissed3226 that is what a helical is. Look up left helical, the vanes on arrows are spiraled to make the arrow spin (stabilizing) for distance and flatter shooting. It’s more modern to my understanding as we use it on our compound bows hunting! Just wanted to respond bc yes you are correct.
There are more drastic helicals and more subtle helicals. But straight vanes prevent wind resistance that you would otherwise see/deal with as opposing to helical vanes, but helicals are most useful with low weight/ slower speed bows.
@@annakissed3226 there’s a happy medium kind of.
I love the 1.5 hours of nuance as a follow up to a 6 minute video. Brilliantly done :)
Note: When Lars says "B.S." 5:40 he is actually saying the more polite "Bias" with his strong Copenhagen accent.
Nearly synonymous in this context, but thank you 😁
"This is only my own BS" haahaha great video!!
WE MUST UNDERSTAND THE BS! XDDD
It took me so long to figure that one out. I just overlooked it many times until I said, "This is very out of character; what is he actually saying?"
i thought so lol
I’m really looking forward to a day when Lars has a book of his own. That’d be a book I’d absolutely love to read.
He alreday has two books, but they are in Danish and not about archery 😉
@@andershovgaardmller1359 What a great response to people doubting the validity of historical art. "My artwork has been opened by the Danish Queen and I have written two books on the matter."
I just wish he could speak to me in Danish and I could understand it as my maiden language.
Anders Hovgaard Møller I am aware.... I am talking about archery though. I have read and reread a couple books Lars Anderson has mentioned and they’re great. Now I want a book from his perspective on archery. Which I find quite valuable.
@@ThePedrodude yeah. When shad questioned him on historical art, that was not what I was expecting.
Lars's critics: "how do you know historical art is a valid source of information?"
Lars: "well . . . "
I have to give him major credit for trying to put his discoveries into a foreign language - I can't imagine trying to do the same into Danish, holy crap that's a difficult language!
So.... what was HIS DISCOVERIES that you claim? The problem that people have with him is just that. Those bold claims. Just because he says it, doesn't make it true. He didn't discover anything and what he does is trick shooting. Not Combat shooting. Finally he admits it's just trick shooting but still trying to claim certain things while justifying and excusing his own bullshit
@@shamusonyu7802 You are right about the bullshit. Its bullshit to suggest that so called 'trick archery' wasn't used during battle. It almost certainly was. Why? Because it would have been effective and advantageous to be skilled in these trick shots during combat.
Mark Dal to be fair, a lot of the trick shots look more useful than they would be in battle especially when looked at through Hollywood glasses. In practice, useful was, speed, hitting moving targets and hitting while in a movement yourself. Archers have always been meant for either picking off targets at a distance (think modern day snipers) long distance mass killing (like the English longbowmen) or quick in and out harassing (horse archers) and not legolas like running through a battle fighting with a bow.
Then you get to the “tricks” trying to intercept an incoming arrow is not what any army wants their archers to do because your archers would be more focused on keeping themselves safe and trying to spot incoming arrows than on doing their job. As for shooting around corners and pretty much any shot where he doesn’t have the time to get the bow to full draw, the arrow loses too much momentum to do any actual damage and would therefor not be a valid skill for war.
Then there are the things that probably have happened in history but which no one trained for, like hitting an enemy while falling off a horse, it might have happened but I’m betting instead of training 1000 hours to learn how to hit someone while falling of their horse they probably used those 1000 hours to learn how to not fall off the horse. Just like modern day military, you can imagine a soldier getting blinded in battle and still hitting an enemy, doesn’t mean the military goes around training soldiers how to shoot blindfolded. You always train for the standard, not the little things that can go wrong.
Just like close combat. Sure when overrun in a crunch archers might have used their bow at close distance, but through history archers pretty much always had a close combat weapon like a knife, axe, or club for example to defend themselves.
That said, I have a lot of respect for Lars, his shooting is good, fun and entertaining, “trick shooting” itself is a bad name I think, because it gives the impression a trick is used to avoid having to learn an actual skill which is certainly not the case.
I’ve been doing archery for 29 years both high level modern archery as just having some fun with traditional bows and some of his shots look impressive while being pretty easy (shooting around something) and some things I will probably never figure out how he does it 😂
In the end, Lars should keep doing what he’s doing. If nothing else his shooting is highly entertaining and might get some more people interested in it. On top of that he looks like he’s having fun and isn’t that what archery is about anyway these days.
People take things too often by the word. His discoveries are simply to find valid and efficient ways that were used in historical archery and have been forgotten for most people.
Then people just forget about the basic instinct of humans, staying alive. Now would you as a war archer try to optimze your chances to stay alive or not?
So how do you optimze your chances to not die as a war archer?
First you get good on a general level to be efficient and fast at shooting at whatever comes at you.
Then you try to use whatever is at hand and has whatever chance of successfully killing your aggressor.
So yes Lars did a lot of trick shots and lots of them would not be used by the general war archer in a combat situation. But he is showing that a lot more is possible to do with a bow and arrow what people had thought, and the stationary thinking of a battallion of archers slow firing arrows in the air is just not practical to always do in a war.
Terrain is factoring in, enemies speed and defensive capabilities.
You would be a very poor and probably dead commander to waste your century long trained archers with always keeping them in a stationary group.
Allow them to also run, hide, kite and shoot freely and you get a far more efficient and deadly battallion of archers for most terrains.
But then your archer needs to use techniques other than shooting a 2d object precisely, which Lars shows can be quite spectacular through his trick shots.
@@shamusonyu7802 I think you should probably watch the video and try to drop some of your bias (or as Lars would say it, BS). He clearly states that a lot of this is just what he thinks. You're reading too much into it by thinking he's making claims that things *must* be like he says it is.
Glad to see Shad and Lars collabs. Sometimes critics make us more improve, more alert and take lessons about what we do that we not realize. You're the reason why I love archery so much.
"I don't hate modern archery, some of my best friends are modern archers", this made me laugh way too hard.
Laranderson23 with fire bow in cod cold war haha
He refers to modern archery as “modern BS”, what he means by that is he can’t trick shoot with that information
@@gabeflame7803 He actually said modern bias, but heavily broken and accented.
Lmao me too
I think I get your point...I would be surprised if his friends were historic archers 😂😂
Can’t people appreciate the amount of experimentation and learning that a fantastic shooting style was discovered/rediscovered.
I never got the whole thing against putting the arrow on the outside of the bow. I'm not a pro archer or anything but that's how I always have shot it and I've had no issues once you get the hang of not bounching the arrow off the bow from trying to knock it too fast, and it seems easier and quicker to me. not saying it's better, but it feels faster to knock the arrow on that side, doesn't it? I dunno I don't get the people saying you "can't do it".. it seems fine
edit: nock*
DeSinc upload a video
Didn't expect to see you here Asmongloid
exactly, that's how I shoot too. I use the slavic release with three arrows in the draw hand
most beginners seem to have a natural slight outward push they unconsciously have. nocking the arrow on the "outside" of the bow (relative to lefty or rightie) means your unconscious outward push pushes the arrow off/away from the bow. if you nock it on the "inside" of the bow, that "outward push" instead helps you by keeping the arrow tight to the bow shaft. tbis is of course on a plain bow, not one with some form of arrow holder like a whisker biscuit.
NOTE: im not even close to a pro, but those are my observations of everyone i have seen shoot around me, and myself included, over the years i have been *casually* into archery.
if someone knows more and would like to correct me, please do lol
Hey guys, Desinc here. We’re about to speedrun archery.
Frankly all I care about when it comes to archery is "what can be done and what can't be done"
I'm not a historian, I don't know how true historical archeres in antiquity shot arrows, what counts to me is real, genuine, physically possible, human ability.
You show me a human being splitting an arrow with an arrow with genuine skill, real arrows and a real bow, no trick photography or CGI, then I count that as something possible for a human to do... Cause a human just did it.
I'm a writer of fantasy, I like to blend magical thinking with real human ability, so if a human being is actually able to shoot arrows like a real life Legolas then I feel okay putting that into my stories.
And if Lars can shoot like that for real then that is all that counts to me, not the dogma of historians who want to hold on to their biases just because they'd rather hold on to their old ways of thinking.
Well the issue that critics have is context, not their bias or dogma.
Lars is a wonderful trick shot, but that is the extent of the context. To label all the critics as simply people holding on to their bias is a little ridiculous. There are plenty of things that are totally possible for humans to achieve that make little to no sense in military, historical context. It may be possible for a man to lift and swing a 20lb sword. But this isn't practical, useful, or historically relevant.
Eyyy fantasy is the only genre i read
Yeah his claims about history may not be true but you can literally see with your own eyes that his techniques are better than modern techniques
@@Oliver-gn4ih Sure. I have 0 interest in modern archery.
Agreed. I care less about historical distinctions and more about the practical utility of some techniques/methods compared to others.
If someone wants to learn the best archery techniques for X is there one, and if so, what is it?
It's funny how people deny the right side shooting.
I recently started shooting on the right side thanks to Lars. I shoot with the three finger grip, can shoot 3 arrows in 2 seconds, and the arrows never fall off.
I can even catch arrows and shoot them back now.
Yeah i don't get it either.
If it's been shown to be possible, LITERALLY ON VIDEO, then it's ridiculous to deny that it can be done.
Mr_H its by people who dont invest practice to learn it and just claim its not possible. Like as if any master felt from sky out of nowhere lol
What's really amazing, is that people have access to the very posts Shad was lying about, where NuSensei and others discuss the shots they saw... or comment on how they shot that way as a child.... Often, these comments were the sentence right before the one Shad highlighted... and they were still deceived.
the goal post got shifted to "its not possible to shoot it as accurately"
Van Ivanov If shad is lying i suggest you make a video about it and call him out. This way you hold him true. But so far, i haven't seen yet, any evidence that he would be firstly, motivated to do so, secondly, even do so in the first place.
Have you considered that maybe shad just left some things out of the video, because either they were just _too_ personal, or they'd bog down the video and make it even longer?
In any case, back up what you claim sir. Or get off of this video.
LMBO at the greatest archer I've ever seen being so apologetic and humble, and feeling he needs to explain himself to a bunch of critics.
Lars is a true student of the sport, someone who questions and keeps learning and pushing himself.
Lars: look how cool it is!
Someone: it's impractical
Lars: but it's cool, right?
Someone: yes, but I don't like having fun
It's not about having fun or not. It's about credibility. It's fun to be a bullshitter, up i until someone slaps the shit out of you for lying. He even admits he made bold claims in an attempt to go gain popularity, just didn't expect it to go viral.
@@shamusonyu7802 he never sayed ppl where using those techniques all the time in war, he was just saying that good archer knew how to do those tricks
@@shamusonyu7802 wanker.
@@shamusonyu7802 ok zoomer
@@shamusonyu7802 you heard where he says this is what he thinks but can't prove. You just jelly.
"this is what I think and I can change my mind" words that almost no one can say in the modern days 🙄
Too true!
He has learned importance of learning,so he is ready to correct himself if wrong and I think that goes without saying
@@technomancer1352 Yeah, he does like learning. He's very open minded about it, as far as I can tell at least. People can't grow(mentally, Idk what the right word should be) unless they understand their strengths and weakness.
Its funny because i was taught traditional Gallego Archery by my family. And what you did in your original video is similar to us. We hold our Quiver on our side with at least 2 arrows in the draw hand. We also move and shoot. And we shoot from right and left side. Also these idiots unfairly criticizing you, probably couldnt shoot like you, so they honestly arent as skilled but are running their keyboards. And they probably never learned anything about combat archery. And you are FAR better than anyone ive ever seen. Id put a man who has practice over a man who read a book.
That's really interesting what you're saying. But that's where it comes from or because I googled a lot I can't find anything.
@@RexRenart en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Alvari%C3%B1o This is one of Galicias best archers. We generally use recurve bows. Most of the old manuals speak of moving and shooting arrows at moving targets. We also tend to compete in traditional stationary archery as well. We really enjoy target shooting. But its also what we use in hunting and was used in war in our countries past.
Not trying to defend the dogmatic mind of His critics. But they most likely have never tried to practice the way he does, so naturally they cant do it as well.
The best part, is that Lars has practiced & read
@@mortenjuul7587 Funny enough I tried it with a weak bow I had lying around just to see if it can be done, and it really isn't that much of a deal. After a few hours of practice it becomes pretty apparent that if you train you can certainly do it. I never understood the criticism of "it can't be done", just claiming it to be "impossible" when apparently it can be done, is a dumb base to foot your argument in. Historically correct? Maybe, maybe not, but impossible? If I can do it on the range after a few hours of practice after not shooting a bow for a decade, I am fairly convinced that somebody who trains to do it for years (which most archers actually do), can easily make this work. I am not saying that Lars is beyond criticism, but the criticism given was just utter garbage in 99% of all cases.
Never saw this story before and it is amazing. Imagine wanting to tell the story of what you had learned and then needing to learn another language. It is an amazing story of dedication and perseverance from Lars.
Imagine what he could teach the average archer.
Great Job LARS!
Fun fact: When Lars talks about modern BS, he's actually just mispronouncing "bias".
This is an incredibly important comment, omg
For some reason that kinda ruins parts of the video for me.
This comments needs to be pinnend haha
Actually glad I seen this.. cause I was curious as to what he was saying.. and why he was saying BS.. lol.. thanks
I took it as bull sht 😰😄😆
"in my experience, when you shoot at people they either run, attack or hide" - O.O
Oeliku From your EXPERIENCE?!?
@@aidenboblet9698 Its a quote from the video and yes - thats kinda the joke
But I stand in the same place
Due to fear paralyzing me xD
"or they split your arrow with their own arrow at which point you best run"
Hey do a favor and go to settings > Quit Game > Ok. Then you'll be fine!
You can do things most people can't even imagine. Don't listen to them. Keep doing your way!
@Dorian Grey he used a simple stick with a string and somr basic arrows in some vids
@@theowoosh3926 with nowhere near the power to pierce standard armor. The shots are cool but dont matter if it doesnt do damage
@@lars7747 Lars mentions in this video that his main bows are a 49lb bow and a 53lb bow. He uses a 100lb bow in some video just to show it can be done... He also hits targets at long range while shooting fast... None of his claims are that special IMO. He mainly has a grudge with the idea that there is one certain way of doing archery and he wishes to put forth that the more natural way is easier to learn. I, and lots of people who were taught this more natural way to begin with, agree. What Lars does is easier to learn and easier to perform and will probably only be worse if you have special modern bows and shoot olympic style very long range and super accuracy. For real life purposes, these are completely different skills. Plenty of archery schools teach different ways of shooting and they call it the natural way where both your eyes are open and you shoot with the arrow on the outside. Also, what kind of armor. Plate armor is not that common in the many thousands of years or history of humans using bows and he shoots through proper chain mail in this very video...
I'm a simple man, I see Shadiversity and Lars Andersen together in a thumbnail, and click.
What is simple about it?
Lars is expressing archery from a war point of view and his friends look at archery from sports perspective. The more arrow you let out from your bow the more chances archer is gonna stay alive in battle. Lars proved that shooting arrows rapidly can be accurate as well. Not only Lars himself shows that but also he shows references from history like the Comanche tribe, also strongly pointed out by S.C. Gwayne. Imagine a battle ground, who cares about the V cut at the back of the arrow, whether the archer draws from the quiver or not. He is just gonna shoot the fuck out of the bow. A great archer like Lars himself must have been feared by any type of soldier on the battleground. As the technology advanced and gradually gun powder was introduced, bow and arrow became obsolete in war. So modern archery is still about for the sake of competetion only, in other words for game. Thus, modern archers and targets BOTH stay still. It is unbelievaly stupid to not see Lars' point and bring criticism to his methods that were useful for war.
I would had that in most cases, the battles would generates a dust cloud so large, shooting accuratly would not be very possible and creating a wall of arrows (or any projectiles for that matter) would have been the a usefull strategy.
Absolutely agree. One only need to look at the thousands years of history and the horse lord conquerors to see he's right. The huns were so extremely skilled at the horseback bow shooting there is even a saying that has survived about them: " God save us from the Hungarians arrows". Or any other nation, mongolians, assyrians etc. The mongolians/ huns conquered enormous parts of the world. Their aim was deadly while on full horse running ( is it called trot? Idk). And yes, they fired swiftly just as you said: more arrows --> more chance to hit.
Im so sorry Lars! For all these people that have so much pride and ego! Their jealousy is blinding them from learning all of these epic and amazing ways of shooting! Keep on going your way Brother!
58:37 this part BLEW my MIND!!
moving target vs a stationary target
and the reporter got it in 5 HOURS:!!!!!
Lars you legend
Yeah, that's insane!!
That was a real eye opener, good thing with Lars is that he tries staff and learns from his own experience, most people don't even do that. From lasiness or lack of imagination they just seek the master to "chew" the "food" of knowledge for them.
@@christosmavrommatis912 to be honest, some crafts and skills take years to figure out by your own, it's far easier to learn the master's knowledge and *expand on it*
that is the key
*"expanding it"*
Being a well educated artist he understood this .
🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
I didn't know they were giving you shit... i actually learned quite a lot from you even started curving arrows im not as good as you but i can do it pretty consistent now!
It isn't a matter of his archery, it's that his original video makes people who know nothing about archer and history think that archers were commandos who used their bows at all ranges and never needed sidearms.
@@SwordTune Not really, he just shows what's possible.
@@BaldorfBreakdowns Then why the hell do most of his fans think "in real warfare armour doesn't matter because a real archer can 360 no-scope headshot anyone." His original video is flawed and he now even admits that it is just his opinion that historical archer fought, not just shot but fought, with his style. He completely ignores any existence of melee weapons on the side of the archer, which is a gross underrepresentation of ancient warfare.
@@SwordTune I'm not sure how people have come to the conclusion that armor doesn't matter because you can 360 no scope with a bow. That doesn't even make sense. Bows don't have scopes and doing a 360 does nothing to negate armor.
@@BaldorfBreakdowns Lars' trick archery looks so cool that they cannot admit that it won't work for a lot of battlefield situations. They want to maintain the image of a single archer rapid-firing arrows like a gun.
One hour in and I notice he's not saying "BS", but "bias" :D
Yes he's pronouncing it like we do in danish, the spelling is the same and considering his level of English it's an understandble mistanke 😊
uhm I just found out now 😂
@@agroplode9680 ditto XD but i mean it is kinda B/S considering context.
Now I can understand why so many people think he is against modern archery! I hope he sees and responds to your comment. Great catch!!!
That's actually pretty funny. Nice catch. :-)
I didn't think of that, because I'm used to people slaughtering the English language and have gotten decent at figuring out what they're trying to say instead of getting caught up in pronunciation frustration. But it's a good point!
(Claus from the video here)
I can't imagine writining the script for such a complicated video and having to edit the footage together after everything's recorded. I love it
He got me back in archery when I was thinking of not doing it anymore. After his video I decided to try different bows and not just the standard Yumi (Japanese bow).
You speak very good English, but I thought you would want to know "boy" is actually spelled "bow". Boy is the word for a male child.
Not criticizing, I can't speak or read Japanese at all. The languages are so different, it is impressive.
I moved to Japan when I was 8 years old I live there for 3 years ,in 1969 I lived in Iwakuni south of Tokyo about an hour on the bullet. I was by the ocean on the Pacific side .I love Japanese people they were awesome to me. Traditional Japanese shoot the same way as Lars . better than the European tradition. faster ,more velocity
@@deaj8450 Dont mind it, I welcome your criticism. I have made the edits.
Thank you for correcting me.
@@richardmartin2646 Hello, mr. Richard.
I am very glad your stay was joyful and hopefully not inconvenient with the rules. lol
I started with target archery, so after watching Lars. I noticed it was costly to continue as the bows were not ambidextrous. So I had quit.
I like the simplicity of European bows than in kyudo. It is not very complex to make.
@@内田ガネーシュ yeah I was 8 years old and it was in the 70s, always by myself on a bicycle. I'm sure I did a lot of stuff mostly trespass, explore cuz I went everywhere I would check out their gardens in their backyards which were beautiful even to an eight year old ,with the carp and the ponds and little Bridges and I don't remember ever getting run out of there ,I wouldn't tear nothing up I was just checking it out. and went to giant bamboo forest it was crazy. But yeah they make everything complicated but it's usually better, like the Mongolian bows, but a good Osage orange is also the best in my opinion,you can make a bow out of anything I know, still has a lot of work
As a kid of seven years old, I liked to play ''Cowboy and Indian'' like every boy does, but I skipped the ''Cowboy'' part, because my parents would not buy me any toyguns and I did not have money to do it myself. The other reason was, that impersonating an Indian warrior, I would wear a bow and arrows as the distinguishing feature of my outfit, which had, in comparison to the ''Cowboys'' plastic toy revolver the decisive advantage of being a real weapon. Plus I also could make it myself, which I did. Nobody bothered to teach me the details on how to hold and shoot tan arrow correctly, so it kind of develloped naturally and what I ended up with was a two-finger draw, arrow on the right side, securing it with the index finger of the hand that I was gripping the bow with and the lower part of the thumb serving as an arrow rest. That way I held the weapon ready untill I would draw, aim and shoot in one motion at a chosen target, Over time my bows would become better and more powerful and at age twelve they had already matured into a serious and potentially deadly weapon. Nevertheless I put them aside almost entirely the moment I could get my hands on an air rifle shortly before my fifteenth birthday. It seems this is the way these thingstend to happen. Let's no forget the historical fact that even dedicated masters of the bow and arrow combination as the American Indians, decided to put the weapon they gave so much time and effort for away, in favour of a rifle, even if that gun is but an early Flintlock muzzleloader. A boy is destined to be a warrior when he has grown to manhood and a warrior will inevitably choose the most efficient weapon available. Since the invention of firearms this weapon is a rifle of some sorts.
I bet millions of boys went through the same stages, which basically means they practised archery in the Lars Andersen style, the only difference being, they invest but a fraction of his time and dedication to it, therefore never getting anywhere near his level of skill. To how great a degree of proficiency we arrive with archery, from my experience, very much depends on your environment, one big limiting factor usually is a lack of possibilities for safely loosening your arrows into the blue somewhere around or near your home, your natural playground as a kid and second, little to no opportunities to make some real practical use of the growing abilities to hit what you aim for, in hunting some small game or another more serious purpose beyond playing ''Cowboy and Indians'' that would justify to invest further time in archery as you grow above the age of fourteen. The crux hereby is, that in places where it is tolerated or even you are encouraged from early boyhood on, to go after the wild critters in your local area, they usually also give you access to firearms at a much younger age.
About the haters and fierce critics of Andersen I can only say one thing, they're a bunch of idiots that can't tell the difference between an arrow point and their own asses.
Let everyone have as much fun with bow and arrow as they can possibly get, in whatever style they like, do not try to limit their creativity and playfullness inas long as they do not put themselves or others decisively into harms way. That said, I also have to say that there is much to gain from learningand dedicating yourself to any of the existing traditionalforms of archery.In the end we also have a clear and simple measure to decide on the quality of somones archery, do they hit or miss their targets. Lars' results speak for themselves. And finally give credit where credit is due, Andersen is no threat to classic archery, quite the opposite, wat he has achieved is not a small thing, he brought back from the dead the magnificient world of trickshooting feats and almost superhuman skills that has reached our days only in the form of stories about legendaty archers and the miraculous shots they pulled off at a critical moment. Anderson has rejuvenated this wonderful art in unprecedented fashion that no one expected or imagined and he deserves our highest praise for that. One of the greatest thingsthat we can take away from the magnificent shooter Lars Andersen is that the immortal tales of Robin Hood and his feats with bow and arrow are far from being an invention or grossly exagerated reports of events in the past, but more likely than not had happened in the exact same detail as the legend is telling us. And he shows us some of the things that become possible if you go all in and dedicate yourself a on hundred percent to something. And let us also give praise to a society that allows a person do follow his dream, as it was possible for Lars in todays Denmark.
People have always had a desire to get crazy good at things. I've no doubt that Lars' skills have historical precedent. Haters gonna hate though. (Especially from a safe distance and behind a screen!)
Crikey!
Me: does homework
Lars: upoads 1 and a half hour video
Me: yeah i got time
for me its something similar, i got a school class in 1:45 hours when i started the vid, i have not even gotten out of bed yet.
Any work is homework now
THIS is your homework now.
In 1 and half hour (5400 seconds), Lars can already kill 10,000 orcs with arrows
@@inferno0020 I feel like his rate of fire might decrease dramatically when he runs completely out of arrows, unless the orcs have archers too
The greatest archer of modern age, and one of the greatest of all time. Someone disagree? Be humble and learn with Lars! I felt in love with Archery because of him! Please, do more videos! Keep up the great work!
Lars: Im not the messiah.
Everyone:
@@ungraa2149 Only the true Messiah denies His divinity!
You definitely opened my eyes as to the possibilities of archery I never considered. Keep practicing and researching through self discovery! Its progress!
I haven't seen anyone else that comes close to your skill in the variety of ways you demonstrate. It's good to think outside the box.
If your results are 100% no matter your form then, you are great at what you do. Regardless of how you make it work.
Experience has taught me to be sceptical about the evidential value of any edited film or video segment. But lets face it, a lot of criticism stems from relative ignorance. And no-one is more ignorant of how archery really works than someone who manages to remain ignorant despite having presumably studied the rudiments in order to be awarded a coaches certificate. What many critics miss is that the very same variables that Lars exploits are those that the target archer is taught to reduce or eliminate as a prerequisite for consistent accuracy in the cause of making holes in paper.
Anyone who understands the mechanics should know that an ability to draw and then loose (from a neutral/equalised pinch grip i.e. without rolling the string) makes it simple to shoot from either side of the bow. Self taught kids using a simple pinch grip commonly do this well until being taught by a target archery coach that they should not. In my experience many are not aware of this rudimentary fact, as is apparent from a review of comments on this point.
IMO, the detractors totally missed the point. He produced a very entertaining video showing a tremendous skill level, and I wish I could shoot a bow a fraction as well.
"shooting fast wasnt a consideration for medival Archers"
That People make such a Claim in a serious Manner is rediclious
Hmmm, it might also be ridiculous...
Ikr? A lot of mid evil archers fought in close range. They needed to fire fast
@@iichthus5760 sure! i mean its not like there are countless scenarios were you have to take out charging enemys before they are in close range... oh wait xD
@Ian Robertson true, but say an enemy cavalry charge breaks through your lines, what do you do, cower and die? No! You shoot as fast as you can to try and stop the cavalry from overrunning you.
Fast shooting is pointless, And machine guns are useless in war. Not
I don't care what idiots say. I just love your archery, I hope you still keep on doing this stuff. You're awesome!
Wow, I can't believe how quickly an hour an a half passed. I could listen to you (and Shad) talk about this forever. There were a few time when I got very emotional during this vide, it got me thinking about a lot of things, about life. I have no idea why or how. This was an amazing experience and I am so glad I discovered you and this channel (I must have been living under a rock until 2 hours ago...). I can't thank you or appreciate you enough for your skills, candor and modesty :) Fantastic work!
You, sir, in your original video, have revived my childhood interest in archery. I still lack the discipline to practice regularly but I've been inspired by the skills you display. Wish I could practice with you but unfortunately, Canada isn't exactly next door to Denmark.
It's OK. You're the John Wick of archery
And he trained Robin Hood
Now I want to see lars in john wick
@@ungraa2149 right? The Danish accent is great for villains
not to do lol
I actually laughed at this.
Not ironically either. Lol
@@TheRoxorrify he should teach John Wick to use bows
I bet this guy is like never bring a gun to a Bow fight
Your Legend, don't listen to critics 👑
That book is called “Empire of the Summer Moon” the comanche would agree, until the revolver came around at least.
Critics aren’t the same as haters.
@@FoundWanting970 Agreed. Critics give comments that'll actually help you but haters will just hate you for no reason.
Nicolas N. Precisely. One cannot grow without criticism.
hi Lars,
i understand your struggle, and trying to get it right.
I saw your video when you came out with it and found it very, very great. I enjoyed it, and can totally unterstand you. and I think, that most modern archers feel descredited just because you are so good, and go off the "known path"... as shad said, just because tradition says... bs! I personaly found you videos encredibley inspiring to get to the max! I acually started to to encrease my swordfighting, to get to the max... inspried by you.
however, for me is important, to let you know this: I really enjoy your videos and am thankfull for your work. I honestly dont give a sh!t on on the socalled "Archers cummunity".
your progress, work and your dedication is inspriring and beatiful.
The fact, that you made an 1,5 hour vid of facing your haters after years is a sign of true virtue. I would like to show you my view on you: your selfconfidence is very much prooven, your video is perfect, simple, and understandable. I love the way you approach the challanges.
I dont know you personnaly and dont know who you are in your deepest soul, but I feel you are a good man, making unbeleavable shots, and are deadly honest, and you have the greatest ability of all: you are wiling to change you mind, and accept a mistake. This is very hard for us humans and a sign of true greatness!
you are not good... you are great!!!!!!
I regret not given a positve statement on the first vid. but now i must comment.
Thank you!
best regards and stay safe in these difficult times...
Pete
Good stuff! The 2D vs 3D difference is so interesting! Should've made that an earlier segment in case viewers quit watching early.
the 2d vs 3d stuff was what i didnt understand. people shot off both sides of a bow. practicing shots at coins thrown in the air, would be a good way to explain why the Romans lost so many coins, but it is not easily done when your alone. the best targets i ever shot at were dandelions (weeds) in the field i was walking thru. i had to judge distance and shoot acurately to be able to hit them. and i been shooting for almost 50 years.
Mr. Anderson, thank you for entertaining me with your prowess, knowledge, and skill. You are awesome and keep bringing us more of your insights and understanding. Thank you!
Interesting discussion, like we say in the trade, first you get good, then you get fast. With that being said, I did find it hard to pick up your accent at the beginning, but with time, I adapted to your accent and understood. PS keep up the good work.
"Slow is smooth, smooth is fast."
Same here. At first I had to slow down the video to 1.5 times the speed and at the end I was comfortably at 2x.
Epic wisdom. Like a builder mentor once firmly told our impatient employer... Look.... You can have it good fast or cheap.
H In the heavy duty trade, we had a saying, you want it bad, you’ll get it bad, you want it worse and you will get it worse, you want it right, you came to the right place.
Ever since I have watched Lars' video I've been thinking about how much our ideas of historical archery might be skewed based on what was documented about it and what wasn't. Of course the big battles in medieval war were documented but what about the smaller skirmishes? Raiding parties were quite common in european medieval warfare from what I've read. And a group of skilled, agile, fast shooting archers would have been very effective at medium to close range when ambushing an enemy camp in the woods or when raiding a village.
Agreed. After all, combat best done fast and clean or else would prolonge the battle which may lead to loss.
At last someone (Shad) took the time and gave Lars the chance to explain fully what he meant in “that” video!. For all the detractors who slag him off, just one thing to say, when you can do what he does, you’ll have a valid argument , until then it’s just sour grapes and envy. Thank you both for this video, and your English is much better than my Danish Lars. Very informative and entertaining watch!.
No one can do what Lars does, but it doesn't mean you can't have a valid argument against him. And indeed, Shad can't do what Lars does and he still has a few valid arguments against him, which Lars acknowledges. Just be respectful and try to know your limits, no matter your skill level.
@@gubx42 You may have a valid argument against a hungry shark about to bite your leg off....if it ever happens, let me know how it goes for you.
Being unable to do something doesn't stop you from being justified in criticising it. That's the whole concept scholarly discussions.
@@gariwald4946 Indeed ! Not sure that that debunks the phrase: 'Those that can, do. Those that can't, teach'
Could be wrong though....😂
The claims of historical methods and tricks have not been really proven. What he does and how he does it is not that far from others, its just the way he adds and refines these modern methods are very good
When I was 7 years old, my parents bought me a bow with some suction cup arrowheads. The set also contained some classic target disks with a diameter about 1 dm.
I exercised daily on a distance of like 3-5 meter and I really had a hard time to hit the bullseye. One day, a fly was flying around the target disks.
I actually managed to hit the flying fly with one trial and it stucked on the wall with the arrow. I was amazed and could not find an explanation until I saw your video.
Keep it up with your videos! You are doing great :)
Ever since I saw your video 5 years ago, Lars Andersen is who I think of when someone talks about archery.
You've changed the way people think of and practice archery. There's no way back now.
you said that you are not a historian, but the work you do, looking at primary sources and experimenting, is very much like the work a historian or an experimental archaeologist. what makes a person a historian is the research that they are doing.
The historic things he finds aren’t really proven, there are lots of holes in what he says about the past and about the difference from him and today
Though making new techniques are equally as amazing
@@yawcty6478 are you sure is he not right? Because there's always only one way to do things right and I know most ppl would love to believe how special and unique they're but until they find themselves older and discover they're just like anybody else. Apart this guy brought real results, which works consistently fine. He solved the ancient puzzle of the euclidean dilemma👏
exactly what i thought off as well. In fact, many knowledge is lost and he does the same as the guys in some castles, villages etc. do, when they try to reconstruct and build up their buildings with the techniches of the 13th century e.g.. So much knowledge is lost and many of that knowledge can just rebuilded by experimenting and try outs. Maybe some university experts should visit him, that could be a great scientific ressource for people. And therefore i can imagine, that many of the things he is saying are quite fine/true/ok.
@@schmusebaer26 I think that's very well said, it is entirely possible that he has recreated parts of the lost knowledge which was never documented, or the documentation was lost. It's also possible that he developed better ways to do certain things than historical archery. Just because it is historical does not necessarily mean that those historical methods were the true best way to do certain types of archery. For example, there is supposed evidence that there were advanced civilisations from before the ice age that developed methods of cartography and travel equivalent to the 1800s of our modern timeline, which was around 12,000 years ago as Graham Hancock writes about. Obviously we cannot truly know as we live in the present, but if it's true that's a big example of the kind of knowledge that was lost long ago.
May I just say. You are my favorite archer. You inspired me with that new level of archery video. I’ve now been shooting for five years. And I shoot just like you
FYI, around 5:50 he says something that sounds like "BS", but being a dane myself I am pretty sure he's saying "Bias"
Oran because Faroe Islands are part of the Danish Kingdom, and the Faroese are also schooled in danish alongside Fareoese. A Faroese can self identify freely as faroese or as danish, to his or her liking. “Self” being key here ;-D.
@@FedericoDecara Thanks Federico. I had completely forgotten they are officially still part of Denmark.
1:10:12 what Lars’s said is very true, in a medieval Chinese military book, a general says “each soldiers should have 30 arrows, 20 of ‘light arrows’ and 10 ‘heavy arrows’”. So an archer did have different arrows in his quiver.
I have had such great respect for you for years. And now my respect has deepened. Through this video we can tell you are a great and genuine man.
Man literally looked at other archers and was like "I could do better" and skimmed through 5000 pages worth of text and unintentionally created the deadliest form of archery
No he didn’t. People have been shooting eastern style way before, during and after lars.
@@AmateurCaptain who shoots like Lars? Show us
The bit about the 3D, natural target vs a 2D, flat target was really interesting.
Wow, I didn't plan to watch this whole thing in one sitting but this was amazing. Thanks so much for spending the time to make this Lars
I don't understand why Lars has to explain himself to other haters as to why he like and pursue historically archery. He loves that and he dedicates an insane amount of time to this
He's one of the most positive people out there on the Internet. Didn't expected him to be so humble and down to earth. Also I like how he emphasis on security during his stunts. It was also nice to see collaboration with this historical guy /sorry I forgot your name Mate :( But your channel also rocks! It would be nice to do some split episode on medieval / ancient archery techniques. Not to mention his stunning granddaughter, she also did amazing job since I had 0 problems understanding you and even expanded my own vocabulary :) If she's not a teacher, definitely natural born talent :) Best regards from Poland.
When looking at history, people often make the mistake of attaching to specific pieces of information. For example, "archers were expected to shoot X arrows per minute," or "war bows were Y pound draw weights." Suddenly, every archer and every situation dictated X arrows per minute at Y lb draw weight. In reality, both archers and situations where archers were used in battle spanned the whole spectrum.
In certain battles, archers would only have one window to shoot. If they had enough arrows, the goal would be to shoot as fast as possible. In other situations, it may have been beneficial to be more accurate and slow.
Across history, there were professional, lifetime trained archers. There were also militias or levies who may not have been as capable. Any large army or garrison probably had bows of many weights to accommodate a range of capabilities and roles.
This attachment also prevents people from believing in edge historical cases. Can Saracen shoot 3 arrows in 1.5 seconds? Why not? An average person can only throw a baseball so fast, but everyone who plays professionally can throw way faster. It's clearly possible for a fairly average, dedicated human to shoot arrows that fast with some training.
"Some" training ?? It takes alot of training. Hard-core training. In Lars case 7 hours a day 6 days a week and I train 3 hours per week more than this even. It takes incredible dedication and drive and one has to be relentless to attain this level of skill . The historical war archer was even better than this by a great degree and if an archer of this skill went up against 3 or 4 modern law enforcement officers armed with glocks they would have an arrow through their eye sockets and into their brain before they could draw their sidearm. This takes single minded dedication and persistence and these days not many people posses this level of self discipline
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@@jareth7456 agreed,and fight for your life when being charged by 100ds of enemies, add to your ability to make many killshots ,fast and accurate ,they would be fools if they didn t train for this ,if you don t freeze up then.
Why we humans have to act like crabs in the barrel ???? Lars is a magnificent and brilliant archer nobody can deny this fact, he achieved everything by challenging modern methods and extensive practice 👏 😀 👍 we are proud of you Lars as bcoz of you we realize how talented our ancestors were...keep up the good work and just accept the good criticism....Love from 🇮🇳
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If you give a kid a bow they will grab that arrow exactly like Lars does , I should have just let the kid do his thing ,but no I said you're doing it wrong I feel bad about that now.
43:46 - thank you so much for this explanation Lars!
I was one of those who questioned how you came up with this 3 arrows in 1.5 seconds since they would not have such an accurate measurement of time.
I know you tried to make it easier to understand in modern context (to know exactly how fast one is required to be), however, making such a statement without explaining how you got to that conclusion is always going to be questionable.
I may have been critical of some your claims in the past (particularly regarding the back quiver and this 1.5 seconds), but when you combine it with this very detailed explanation, it completes the statement and puts it in context - which many of us needed in order for it to be convincing.
consider me convinced ;)
Also, there are things we will never 100% know about historical archery and I salute you for questioning the "norm" and offering your insight and findings into filling these gaps, many of which are huge.
HOWEVER, I still can't watch the curved arrows video without cringing. While you knew exactly what you were doing, it doesn't change the fact that it's extremely dangerous and could result in serious injury or death. As an archer myself, I freak out if I see someone in my sight picture while shooting and refuse to take the shot, you never know if that next arrow is going to be a bad release, no matter how much you've practiced. Mistakes can happen.
I love this, and even with the difficult English you are such a delight! Thank you for taking the time to share and explain all of this.
39:44 I love how we can see your draw hand with that third arrow when you play it back in slow-motion, which fingers are holding the arrows and such. Some advice I've gotten is holding the arrows with the middle finger and thumb while using the forefinger to guide it, and with the cradle/curled middle finger on the nocks with the thumb on the other side then it goes right onto the string without having to rearrange the forefinger. At least that's my experimenting for now based on some other archers' advice, I've been paying a lot of attention to the draw hand with this content
Professional archer fires arrows with speed and accuracy.
Armchair archers: You're doing it wrong.
It's not about Lars doing anything wrong. He isn't. He's an insanely talented trick shot. Where things start to get iffy is when he makes claims about historical, military archery. Almost all of which are unfounded, poorly sourced or not sourced at all, and impractical to the extreme within a military context.
@@xenophon5354 Thank you Tom. It appears some Lars simps look at the title and comment here without listening to any arguments
@@xenophon5354 I mean one ancient military used them... has everyone forgot the samurais and kyudo? did they just erased that from their minds? They nock arrow on the outside too, although they don't fire as fast as what Lars is doing, they still nock arrows on the outside and that's what most people say is impossible to do.
@@xenophon5354 He's not trying to say this is how it was done. He even says it in the video. He's simply saying this is possible and I this is something good archers back in history were able to do. Since there's so little source material lost through time, people think that the modern way and traditional way is the only way.
There's no such thing as an "Armchair" archer my dude. Lars is very talented. But his claims of historical archery is simply inaccurate.
Now i am just curious
Is there a possible Joerg Sprave collab coming soon.....cause that would be pretty epic
would'nt really be interesting. sprave is more of an engineer.
They are natural enemies, each trying to make the other obsolete.
@@burnsson it could be a race. Man vs technology to see who can shoot faster
Lars vs. Instant Legolas
The debunking videos that came out were self serving. I lost respect for several archery TH-cam professionals. I've been engineering a release device ring because I love instinctive archery and rapid firing, but I also like the added precision of a quality release device. I like to believe that my personal progression using both practice and technological improvements is the same approach taken historically.
Nathan Common some of them seemed to be yeah.
Ashame really, that people kinda just jump on the hype train. I mean, it really only takes one person. From there it goes to people who heard that person say it, they believed it, and then formed a passionate opinion about it. Which is sad really. Happens alot more than you'd think.
Thank you so much for making this. I saw that video and could tell there was some translation issues but always respected it and appreciated you showing a lot of that is actually possible. That’s what I took it as, and now I shall show everyone who discredited it when I showed them this video 😁
I found that video right after I got introduced to archery. I've always been interested in archery, but seeing what is possible, I wasn't interested, but addicted. Everything else aside, thank you, Lars
I should have been asleep 1.5 hours ago but i accidentally clicked your video and its now 3:30am...you sir are not only incredibly talented you seem quite intelligent and top it of with a damn good portion of humility. Also you sound like jeremy irons and thats awesome!!!
26:00 you know, shits gone real when an attacking swordsman looses his smartphone... :D
On the subject of power with the hand pushing forward: I think that it has more to do with the fact that you release it immediately rather than holding it.
I know that with rubber bands and steel strings, when you put them in tension (or a spring, in compression too) you create heat. If you immediately release the spring, the heat energy is burnt off and returns as kinetic energy. If, however you hold your spring, it will still return to the same place, but less forcefully.
I think that holding your bow back longer allows that heat to cool, and that is why you were experiencing the 10-30% drop in speed.
That is what I thought as well. I bet the draw weight of a bow will reflect this and the weighing mechanism will show a higher number while you draw it back quickly vs while the draw is stationary... Something to test...
22:19 That's a fifty pound bow? That's still pretty impressive/heavy, good job man
interesting. Draw weight was the first question I had when these trick shot videos started circulating
Saw a forum the guys though he was using a 15# lol
@@overkilldyl6841 to be honest I did too until now lol. Doing what he does with a 50 pound bow is seriously impressive
@@imugi-16 I recommend not arm wrestling, or shaking hands with Lars.
It's not a 50lb bow unless it's fully drawn, which often doesn't seem to happen
I honestly wouldn't even say that his English is bad. His pronunciation is, but that is just a small part of learning a language. As far as I (a German) can tell, his vocabulary and much of the grammar is quite good.
As an American his pronunciation isn't good. His grammar and vocabulary isn't perfect but luckily you can tell what he is trying to say. All together id say he is doing good.
@@billymaze1229 He is doing 'well'.... :)
doing 'good' is like volunteering at the soup kitchen. Doing 'well' is performing a task at an optimum level.
(my dad was a stickler for proper use of the English language. Don't even get me started on 'can I?' versus 'may I?"
Nice to see Shad and Lars making a vid together
Right? As soon as he came up this video got so much credibility
Yes it does help but like many others I did not doubt what Lars could do.
At first, I was worried Shad had posted a video against Lars conclusions, but I made sure I watched it in its entirety.
There seems to be a lot of close minded haters in the archery community, which I don’t get at all. Lars is so genuine and open and honest. His videos speak for themselves and the proof is for anyone to see. I’ve watched his critics videos over the years and it’s obvious they don’t have a clue what Lars is about. They find Lars an affront to modern archery and a charlatan when they can’t see their own bias and constricted views on archery. Lars is amazing and continues to push and rediscover limits and standards that modern archery has forgotten.
There are two reasons for that reaction.
1. Lars did state things a bit clumsily. Thats why I love this video. Here all my problems with him are gone (I'm no archer and I didn't spend much time with either him nor archery in general).
2. Humans are hirarchical creatures. If you attack authority most fight back. It doesn't matter if it is the pope in church, muhamed in islam, gays in the progressive movement or evolution in science. Try going out to drink with friends and stop after two beers with no explanation. Most people have some kind of authority figure or tradition that can't be touched. I'm glad there is no inquisition anymore. The humans aren't any better, but the law is more fair.
toxic gatekeeping is everywhere, sadly
@@philippbrogli779 The law is more fair? Dude. Where HAVE you been hiding in the past few months???
Lars rightfully attacked the statis quo and did it the way any good archer would he shot from the heart to the heart. He changed the way the world sees archery with eloquence with humility and with his mastery with the bow and arrow. As with any practice or sport requiring skill there are egos and a crap ton of them got bruised , take Nusensai for example, video after video downing Lars he practically tried making a career out of try to discredit Lars . The thing that really bugs me is all those who call him Nothing more than a trick shooter that what he does has no application in combat ,they just don't get it . The dynamic and flexible army will defeat a static one every time and according to their way of thinking the modern military should be using single shot rifles instead of magazine fed weapons, basically Lars turned his draw hand into a magazine. But if it's tricks they want i have a good one for ya, strap Nusensai face down pants down and fix a big dildo to one of Lars arrows....LOL!!!! LMFAO!!!!!!
It's very similar to how most fencing fans react to HEMA
The historical viewpoint is interesting and adds some value, but the skill is the key. Love watching the skill and unique (nowadays) style
Totally agree. He makes me wonder how far archery can really go, it is incredible.
Thanks guys and everyone involved in making this video.
It's been most informative and revealing. Also done in a very respectful and kind way.
Truly pleasant experience. 🙏🙏🙏
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Darn this is beautiful, and I bloody LOVE Shad for doing this
I have never seen so many "experts" in any subject as you have in Archery, Lars does what archers in history that actually used bows for hunting and war did, he experiments and trains to see what is possible.
Let's be honest here, Lars doesn't do war archery. If it was war, Lars archery wouldn't be needed. His archery to remain fast would need light arrows and those wouldn't be useful in piercing armour. Moreover, what's the point of close range archers, just have close range fighters.
Kleptomania In the original video, he shows him piercing chainmail with speed.
@@stitchowi Not properly made chainmail also without a gambeson underneath.
All the people criticising him are just jealous they can't do what he does!
This guy is the literal definition of thinking outside the box.
Or people that are interested in a historical, military context for arms and armor. The claims that Lars made were a little silly and most of the clips he uses to denigrate other methods of archery are laughably biased.
The guy is an insane trick shot, but he's not in any way representative of historical, military archery.
@@xenophon5354 im not archer nor am i a historian, but I am a combat veteran. In all the time I spent in a warzone I can say the more flexible and adept you are in combat the better chance you have to survive and win. That being said there's a 1000% archery has been employed in every way Lars or shad or whoever thinks or may not think it may have been employed written or not. In other words they have been shot both ways, fast or slow near or far, steady and moving shit probably even in a bar fight. The ways they were probably used in the past are probably beyond our current imagination.
@@xenophon5354 Denigrate? Isn't this just a case of things getting lost in translation? Honestly when his first video came out I found a lot of the criticism videos to be similarly short sighted, but most were made by native speakers. There was a lot of circle jerking, with people nitpicking, taking things out of context and making bad faith arguments. Of course there were also a lot of good arguments against Lars's techniques and thoughts, as pointed out in this video. But the fact that he's made a video like this at least illustrates that he's open to criticism and explaining his thought process.
@@Thedoza That's pretty absurd. Medieval peoples would use what is effective in a cultural and military context. As you say, they will use what best facilitates survival. Lars is trick shooting with an extremely light weight bow. Anyone who does shoot historically weighted bows knows that what Lars does with his bow is not practical with a military bow.
A 20lb bow is simply not going to cut it in a military context. It does not have the power to get through the armors of the day (his examples are terribly made butted mail, which is a type of mail that did not exist). Much in the same way modern militaries do not use .22's. Can someone possibly use a .22 if they are a good enough shot? I mean...yeah. Sure. But the advantages that you get from using a .22 (weight of ammunition, ease of use relative to higher calibers, etc) do not outweigh the problems of lethality. A light weight bow that you can shoot very very fast is not good enough in a military context. We have innumerable sources showing that war bows, bows used for killing people, were weighted anywhere from 80-200lb draw weights. Lars is not using a military bow. He is using a bow that he can easily draw in these interesting positions and speeds.
If Lars or his defenders were really getting into the sources and having debates concerning the historical sources for his claims OR Lars was getting into some serious experimental archaeology instead trick shots coupled with farcical demonstrations then I'd be a fan. But he isn't.
@@svenniepennie4237 Sure, but the first video was absolutely denigrating other forms of archery as silly of anachronistic. Suggesting that he had found the lost, true way of archery. The claims were as absurd then as they are now.
It is very nice to see he's at least walking some of it back.
I do hope the archery community can make peace with Lars' style of archery
Naraya Papilaya what’s wrong with his style? I know nothing about archery, but I still enjoy watching his videos and I really don’t understand what’s wrong and why he receive so much hate
Glymm & Kira Oh! I see... well, I believe that’s effort combined with talent. He’s so good that people start hating him! These people are really pitiful, instead of learning with him, they hate. Thank you for the answer.
@@Camila-mk8ym its not really that, but some people see him as "a fad". Often looking at his impressive trickshotting skill as a joke. They see archery as purely a precision sport and I think most of them miss the point of what Lars is trying to make, which is about how we've forgotten what archery was in the past.
Naraya Papilaya Seeing Lars making so many movements that I didn’t knew it was possible in real archery, made me think that it was really refreshing and inspiring. Of course it’s not everyone that has to do this style, some people like it, some people dislike it, they just have to respect. Lars just gave me a new perception of what is possible when we think that just actors in movies could do it.
Naraya Papilaya but it’s good to know that he based himself in ancient archery.
Thank you for being you!! Your actions and skills talk way louder than any critic.
Lars man, when you curled that arrow and the way you explained it. I was just so amazed how much about historical archery we don't know. I hope i can do something with this knowledge some day.
You're a master that comes up just every hundred years. That makes a lot of people jealous. Being the John Coltrane of archery. I appreciate your devotion. Inspiring!
People are sad bashing on lars because he blows them out of the water with his superior way.
I never even imagined such a video will be released but I'm so happy to watch it now :3
I find it amusing that he pronounces Bias as BS. It works alot of the time
That's basically because that's how it's said in danish, the spelling is exactly the same
the point about images showing details that in written text would be considered too common knowledge to even mention was quite insightful
Really appreciate the time u put into this! Hope u enjoyed it as much as i do.
When you actually enjoy watching Shad and Lars's archery videos that explore and experiment on the subject than the boring, mind numbing borefest certain, specific archery channels on yt.
You should try to hit an arrow from the side like you’re saving someone from getting hit by that arrow
He already did it from the front
Or curve an arrow towards someone and knock it off course with a second arrow
Erik S no shit Sherlock
That's a good idea and probably less dangerous than from the front too
“Your Highness! Get down!
“…actually never mind I just intercepted the arrow with my arrow.”
WHERE ARE THE MACHICOLATIONSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!?
Right there on the top edge of the parapets and gate.
What about the dragon attack on the Wookies?
Cracked me up, thanks, and I immediately knew you meant Shad
I like to pick up one point quickly. I think the reason why the guys in the video hit the tossed coin and not the bigger paper at the wall is because they didn't think while shooting the coin. They just shot without thinking, the hands did it alone. When they tried to hit the paper they started aiming and this adds another control level in their mind. We have many situations where we don't think and this makes it successful especially in critical situations. Swerving to avoid a car accident for example. Also in situations where quick reactions are required, Sport etc. I can say this for playing Computer Games. Let's say I play a 1st person shooter. I can rush into a room and take down my enemys. But from distance with a sniper rifle I fail again and again. Because of the additional control.
Thanks for this video - and all the other videos. I really enjoy what you do!
There is a reason for that
The brain is great at shortcutting calculations and actions done through "instinct" and "feeling" can be very precise
56:09 - Lar's explanation of flat targets and moving targets is quite good. From my experience in MOUT training and combat firearms I would agree. It was easier to teach people to shoot naturally at a 3d target, even if it's moving, than it is to shoot at a flat 2d target.
How about shooting at a stationary target while you are walking slowly? Perpendicularly to the target
Love your videos, bummer there aren't a lot of them!
This changes how roleplay treats archers in things like d&d.. yes, thats my take-away.
So far I haven't seen a guy who can do the things he can do, Lars you are my inspiration to become better at archery, thank you, keep up your amazing work.
I'm glad you made this video Lars. Your dedication not only to a masterful form or archery but also to teaching what you've learned (in going so far as to learn passable English to disseminate the information to a wider audience) has given me a new determination to pick up archery again. I remember as a kid I would hold arrows in my draw hand, and the ridicule I got for that actually made me lose a bit of passion for the art.
Great work! Your approach to learning archery is inspiring. Working the problem from the ground up rather than using preconceived notions cuts out alot of misinformation. Keep it up!