Slicing an Arrow in Half Mid-Air in Slow Motion - The Slow Mo Guys
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- Can Dan slice an arrow in half mid air and deflect it away from the target? Can Gav shoot the arrow at Dan without accidentally impaling him? Will they film it in Slow Mo? Definitely yes on that last question. Broken Monitor 2nd channel video - • Accidentally breaking ...
Corridor vid: • Can You Slice an Arrow...
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Filmed at 1000fps with a Phantom Flex 4K
Slicing an Arrow in Half Mid-Air in Slow Motion - The Slow Mo Guys
For those confused - the regular camera is filming at 50fps and edited in a 50fps timeline. The phantom is filming at 1000fps placed in the timeline at a playback speed of 25fps so each frame is doubled in the 50fps timeline. This means that all normal footage is much smoother looking and all the phantom footage is still played as slow as possible at 25fps. Why 50 instead of 60? 25 doesn’t fit into 60 very easily. Why 25 instead of 30? It means our phantom footage doesn’t get sped up. -Gav
First one
Interesting, thanks Gavin!
@@notosamay congrats you get literally nothing
-1 hd monitor
But you still fudged the shutter speed on the 50fps footage... tsk tsk tsk!
Dang, you guys made chopping an arrow look easy (and very pretty with the slow motion). Thanks for the shout out!
make a video on trying to curve an arrow.
When I heard him say corridor digital I was shocked
@@something1793 they already sort of did in their guillotine channel xD
Wooo! One of my fav channels shouting out another of my fav channels.
Vxf artist shows the speed of light
this just reminds me, once again, of that one interview where Gav said, that Dans biggest strength is to be really good at really odd things. I guess we found another one of those.
He has a very specific set of skills
Can we appreciate the fact that Dan is really good at this?
yeah, he didn't hit himself with that katana making this a splatter movie (scnr)
And tbh scary
Total time of an arrow is about 0.02 seconds, thats absolutely incredible
Hear, hear! A true natural :)
Yes we can
it is really really weird how good dan is at all these impressive physical feats
He was in the army
@@AimForMyHead81 as far as i know they dont use katanas in the us military
@@kirisai yeah but he was in the British one
@@joejoeington6899 pretty sure they dont use katanas in the british one as well
The probably use rapiers or broadsword
I dont care enough to google but katanas are very special in their handling
@@kirisai I know they don’t use katanas. I don’t think sword training is part of most militaries anymore outside of ceremonial circumstances
Dan: “This’ll probably take me around 30 tries”
*immediately slices the arrow on the first try*
'probably'
Dan's an absolute unit.
After that...
Dan: OMG I got it! On the first try!!!
*Nails the next two as well*
@@adamsoppong2789 *nails the next two too
I'm getting champagne saber flashbacks.
I love how he perfectly cut of the tip of the arrow, making it into a lethal arrow
Coming from what is a relatively low power bow, and the fact the arrow is probably rather light weight, it wouldn’t do much apart from maybe puncture skin slightly, certainty not lethal.
@Captain Insano Shows no mercy good point....
@@Spottedleaf-yf4lk if you get that in the eye or the throat it could be lethal I think
I love how you are trying to sound like a genius expert
@@Spottedleaf-yf4lk relatively low power *breaks a small hd monitor*
"This will not go INTO Dan"
*next shot shows arrow flying into target*
"flippin heck don't hit me with that"
@Dustin Reid My bad
Mythbusters: the chances of a trained samurai slicing a arrow mid air is so small its basically impossible let alone some one whos never trained.
Dan: hold my destroyed lab coat
I mean some simple TH-cam searches can really show they were wrong lol
Very late but first of all the samurai wouldnt be a few feet away from the archer unless they were able to get close enough to the archer and second of all, the samurai would have been aimed at rather than a target over his shoulder and with the samurai trying to decrease the distance between himself and the archer, the arrows would be harder to slice and dodge
@@unauthenthic1585 so to be clear you're saying they would be further away which would mean they would have more time to react, and at the target would be of their centre mass which would be closer to their sword.
Saying this untrained person who's never used a samurai sword was able to hit an arrow in mid air but the target was near him there for a master samurai can't makes no sense
@@MCSoutbreak a real archer probably wouldn’t count down either 😂
@@boucer_boy true but it's not like it a samurai seeing a archer pull a bow knowing his about to fire wouldn't happen
3:21 did he just look at the camera and say “Mark Nutt” in slow motion?
MAAAAAARRRKKKKK NUUUUUUTTTT
There is a reason why gav is my favourit achievementhunter
Oh my gosh 🤭 that’s hilarious 😃❗️❣️
Yes! That’s correct! I think the reason why he did that, was because it was a good reference point to the moment where Mark Nutt was shooting arrows back in the London Olympic game of 2012 with Achievement Hunter. I still love the fact how Ray was obliterating Gavin and everyone else at AH at that game. And just in general every game! Hahaha
Playback at 2x speed and it's slightly more obvious
Is Dan training to split bullets?
He already did that if I remember correctly
MIF stfu bro stop advertising
Nope, he's training to split pants. If he swings katana any harder he would bend over further and split his pants ;o))))
@MIF stop advertising yourself .
@MIF what does that have to do with this?
If Phineas and ferb had a yt channel
True...
except ferb would hit the arrow every time
“Ferb, I know what we’re doing today”
The Wanted Videos *cough* mark rober and backyard scientist *cough* (btw ik this is a joke and i know they dont have a channel together)
THERE ARE 104 DAYS OF SUMMER-
Dan has come a long way in his slow motion abilitys over the years
abilities*
Yes he has!!
A B I L I T I E S
Oh relax on the misspelling. We all understand.. and probably agree of we're usuals to the channel.
Gavin: *Quietly* "Mark Nutt"
Michael from the other side of the world: "... Why do I have a sudden urge to shove?"
3:20
Dan: nails every single shot
Corridor crew: *surprised* *Pikachu* *face*
Gavin: Get it on your first try, save us some time
Dan: *Gets it on his first try*
Gavin: Wait, that’s illegal!
Should’ve left it there. During a reshoot they broke the camera monitor
They’re in the parallel universe where they did it first try lol
You should have said
Gavin: you weren't supposed to do that
@@jacksonphillips7651 6 months ago ,,wait that’s illegal!” Was more relevant
Hello algorithm, please help Gav pay for a new monitor, thanks.
Like he needs it. dude has a net worth of 5 Million Dollars
@@solaireofastora7178 Please don't insult Mr. Free, his net worth is 10 million dollars.
@@solaireofastora7178 its better than youtube wasting it on awful rewinds
Algorithm listened and sent me here
And maybe a new lab coat for Dan?
Why is nobody mentioning the fact that the close up Phantom is magically hidden in the other view?
Good job on that editing!
I was wondering about that! Clever angles I guessed...
Because CGI and... CGI!!
Clockwork Kirlia nah... it's probably made with content aware fill in after effects. Or maybe a clean plate so they could masked the phantom out.
@@Upmacher I understood the last bit but the first bit sounds just... very very cool!
Or its from a different shot where Dan get the arrow.
"zero point bugger all"
Is that the scientific method of measuring the length of an arrow shaft? xD
No one is watching your video knucklehead
Of course, it's in the Internation System of measurements.
no, its the specific method of measuring the length of my pe-
I want this on a t-shirt.
2:05 My teachers and parents talking about getting my university diploma.
2:19 Me, ten years later...
2:26 Parents' reaction..
Vincent Donders Good one
😂🤣
Vincent Donders lol
A
UNDERRATED
Lmao
"point bugger-all" - Dan invents a new number system for small quantities
Even in slo-mo I can hear Gavin say "MARK NUT"
@@99Etien oh dear that went straight over your head
I came here just to say MARK NUT,
@@99Etien woooooooosh
@MIF stop
That was my favorite part of the video 😂😂 so unexpected it had me dying
"It seems like I'm miles off but I'm actually point bugger-all away."
Point ought ought bugger away.
I understood some of those words.
Gav: Shoots Arrow
Arrow: Hits The Phantom
Phantom: Dies
Dan: Now It’s A Phantom
"look for the person who's smoking"
@@ImperfectGaming That would be me smoking, if this had to with fire, it would have been Dan on fire lol
200th like
danny phantom
@GardenasFinestSGGC ok simp
Anyone else notice how good the lighting and camera quality has suddenly become??
It definitely helps that they're filming early in the day instead of midday.
think they're shooting on camera with HDR
Well, Gav is a professional videographer
@@thegoldencaulk2742 true true
@GET insaNeD well done bro
Japan:It is a mark of mastery to a able to cut an arrow in flight
2 jackasses in a field: First try
Let's be honest though he was not shooting the arrow with battlefield draw weight. Come on
@@traininggrounds9450 as they said the weight of the rubber will slow it down and these are not going anywhere near the full spped a real arrow would. HOWEVER with that said its still no easy task as they showed. He has about ~.018 seconds to hit the arrow. I know I wouldnt be able to time it that well after multiple tries let alone the first!
@@zazuch Give me a break.
@@traininggrounds9450 i mostly agreed with you haha and I am using the math THEY presented in this video. Or are you going to say those are fake facts?
To be fair he had advanced warning and was not in a confusing and hectic battle.
For those wondering what Gav says at 3:20... Mark Nutt
Best part of the video
MARK NUUUUUTTTT
He said my nuts
He is struggling with his underwear
Mohammed Arqam oh I don’t think this one gets it
@@nicu.1871 nah, he was trying to add to the joke
3:25 Gav actually looks pretty badass holding that bow
Yeah but... Did he say "pizza?"
@@salamander9575 MARK NUTT
@@salamander9575 maaaarrrrrkkkk nuuutttttt
dan was definitely a samurai in his last life.
Usama Saleem no
Maybe he's the last samurai in this life.
@@jackybaby0 That dude doesn't realize "report as spam" is right next to the comments.
Died trying to reflect a arrow coming towards himself.
Dan definitely plays Seikero
Very high production value indeed.
@@m.maxwell They did a bit of a collab a week or two ago didn't they?
FuelPhantom yeah on their fallout video
Between this and the champagne saber I think it's safe to say Dan was some sort of swordmaster in a past life.
I agree..!
He was in the army but I very much doubt he was taught sword-fighting.
Well his name does have a cling for it, Swordmaster Dan
Do we really know what the British army is teaching it's soldiers? For all we know they have a time machine somewhere and sends super soldiers back in time regularly and that's how they built their empire in the first place.
Even in the video where he cut all the plastic bottles together, he was awesome!
Imagine the precision of Dan wielding a heavy katana from behind his shoulder to the front being somewhere around 9 milliseconds... What an amazing guy.
"I used be a TH-camr like you, then I took an arrow to, well, mainly to the shoulder, but also several fragments to my hip and face"
2011 called... they want their meme back
@@tal3783 Nice 90s retort
@@tal3783 I didn't pick my name, you picked your comeback.
@@noaha8915 a battle of 2 titans
@@kurt9364 😆
"So it seems like I'm miles out but I'm point bugger-all away."
I lost it.
Slow mo idea: goosebumps being formed in slow motion
Good idea
Wonder of they made the video..
Yes
3:43 The eye tracking to the arrow on his first swing was caught in slow-mo so nicely. His brain was locked into the arrow, he and the arrow were one in time. He should have just grabbed it with his hand 😂 Strong, is the Force with this one, I sense
The Mark Nutt shout and look of determination is beautiful
I was expecting a "MARK NUUUUTT!"
3:21 I was not disappointed.
I'm sure that's the only reason they did this video.
Who?
@@Vinesauce688 Gavin
?
@@Vinesauce688 who who?
next video :"slicing an atom in slow mo"
yeah, they gon die
Mr. Ye but they need the Atom Smasher
Dan would still get it first time
You mean "splitting" an atom a third time in a country, right?
@@therewillbefire1833 and it should be an enriched uranium or other radioactive material...
Gavin in slow mo saying Mark Nutt was my favorite part
TheMattster5000 Gav saying ‘I got it’ in slow mo was great also!
Dan: it's gonna take 30 tries
Also Dan: Nails it the first time
th-cam.com/channels/fNjEX48WunSCbGBWyEzVqw.html?view_as=subscriber
When I just got a 4K monitor and Slow Mo Guys starts posting 8K
that's one way to flex ur monitor
Y do you need a 4K minister for Minecraft
@@chrisirish3522 why not lol
4K Minecraft
Opsie I said minister no monitor I don’t want to change t tho
There is a guy called Lars anderson on youtube who, among other cool archery things, shoots arrows coming towards him out of the air. Hes done some low quality slo mo but it might be worth asking him if he'd like to collab on a video.
First Guy I thought about when I read the title
Yeah but...Dan already did that.
@@aluisious When was this I can't seem to find the video.
Never seen someone disappointed about doing something in less time and attempts than expected
really thought they meant slicing it down the middle lol
hsmoscout Lmao me too
Same
Yeah like the bullet thing
Because you were supposed to think that. It’s mild clickbait
hsmoscout yeah lol I think a lot of people thought that too but the thumbnail shows the way they r doing it
The question is;
*Can you cut a paper airplane in half?*
@MIF Er, no!?
@MIF no
@MIF
no
Just report MIF. We don't need him advertising his video about pewdiepie
Report @MIF for unwanted advertisement
Arrow: flies by
Dan: I'm bout to end this arrows career
0:54 Got to love the mismatch between the string vibration and the framerate.
Gav: Shoots Arrow
Arrow: Hits The Phantom
Phantom: Dies
Dan: Now It’s A Phantom
Actually, it's the exact opposite of the mismatch. The string was vibrating at the the same frequency as the frame rate of the camera. If not matching, it was it must be close to a divisible of the frame rate.
Samurai Jack killed Aku, lost his lovely wife, and retired under a name of Dan to become a slow-mo guy
I was expecting him to hit the arrow on like the 100th try and take forever but he hit it the 1st try and 2nd and 3rd 💀
Fr I thought he was kidding at first when he said he got it. Then they showed it up close. Wow. Did not expect that
@@TsubakiOnYT and you must hate everytime
It doesn't look like THE most powerful bow, but then again most people can't fire those- the speed of an arrow tops out somewhere around 200 miles per hour. Baseball players are able to hit a much shorter target travelling around 100 miles per hour, which might be closer to the speeds we're talking about here. It's probably a much less improbable task than it seems, still pretty impressive though Dan!
NyDat CoolGuy the first one was just a test you know.
and then he reproduced that and proved it wasnt luck, hes impressibely good with the katana for a beginer
How has no one mentioned the fact that gav shot an arrow straight up into the sky and was not worried where it was going to land.
You must be new to The SlowMo Guys channel. This is not Crazy Russian Hacker where safety is number one priority
Flu-flu arrows, meant for bird-hunting...they're designed to fly for a bit and come straight down. Slow flyers, no danger to anyone.
Look at the top of the arrow. It isn't sharp.
The tip is rubber
Boi!!!
Im with you Louis, and then they look straight up (without eye protection), a rubber tip isnt gonna stop it from jackin' up your eye if you get hit with it. And notice the first shot they do, the arrow sticks in the target (with the rubber tip)...does anyone remember Lawn Darts.....
Oh! And Dan just leaves his sword plopped on the sand...sure it's in a scabbard, but come on! It's not a rake or shovel.
Just the first slow-mo shot alone was so impressive in terms of Dan's natural human ability lol.
the feathers give the arrow such stability, that even after a hit it still continues to travel fairly well.
*you should have invited Olympic gold medalist Mark Nutt to shoot the arrow*
Nutt
Or Brady Ellison
Mark *NUTT*
@@DanishArBoy r/woooosh
RedDragon r/stoptryingtolinksubredditsoutsideofredditanditdoesntevenworkinthisinstanceyoubumblingidiot
Dan, just admit that in between Video's you're secretly training to be a ninja.
He’s training to become the Hokage of Britain
Notice how the string moves so fast that the camera picks it up like a slow wave 0:53
What?
Rip - Tooth if u dunno, nothing can help u
I think that has to do with the camera's rolling shutter.
@@Leonardo-G it doesnt
Hegemon he prob just missed it
I love how Dan's lab coat is just destroyed from all of the episodes you've made
Plot twist: Dan is secretly a master samurai, but doesn’t want to risk his identity being known
He’s also a master actor, that’s how he was able to convince us all that he wasn’t expecting to hit it
Why does this video feel like a vlogging video when it is 8k50fps wow dynamic range and on point color grading
It's the Slo Mo Guys magic. Much like Taika Waititi, they can make a high-budget production feel charmingly low-budget with none of the drawbacks.
By shooting that same arrow in a shorter length, you effectively increased the arrow spine, making it stiffer. If you have any shots from above or behind, you can probably see the tail end whipping further to the right than the normal length arrows. This would have been what made the arrow go further to the left than the point of impact that you got used to. You guys should really consider doing some experiments on the Archer’s Paradox. It would be pretty brilliant with your equipment. Sorry about the small HD, but I think it’s loss was worth this amazing video. Brilliant job!
I'd like to see "Protect a guy by cutting an arrow in half" as an Olympic sport, probably needs a better name though
That's good enough. I think..
Arrow-slicer
It's basically baseball with an arrow. I'd be more interested in protecting one's self from an arrow.
“One wound into two” sport
Pro-flector?
3:22 Mark Nutt in slow mo lol.
I knew what he said even so heavily distorted.
@@Lone_Rocket WHAT IT MEAN
Steve Thea It’s from Rooster Teeth archery olympics videos just look up Mark Nutt on yourube
@@ghost.patrols LINK PLS
@@iain636 timestamp?
I love how this channel is still just two guys messing around and having fun
Dan is weirdly good at physical stuff and Gav seems weirdly good at marksmanship.
video idea...... popping a balloon underwater!!
fill with air, and a contrasting liquid colour
no9scrum they did that before -_-
@@coleneadow9817 link
Nurutomo I cant be bothered to find it sorry, they have done it before though.
@Daver G yeah cuz everyone has a few phantom cameras and dans sitting around
@@Yeen66 I think Daver insinuated that you're too lazy to look up the other video, not necessarily repeat the procedure of recreating the video itself.
No one:
Absolutely no one:
Gavin in slow mo: Mark Nut
Nah any AH fans were saying it too
I will never get enough of Dan exhibiting his bizarre set of immense skill
Also how long has Gav been wanting to slip Mark Nutt into a SMG video lmao
You qualify to be a semi-powerful anime character that is going through intense samurai training
this is someone that should’ve played baseball when they were younger
We don’t play baseball in England
@@qokidoki5629 there are English baseball leagues
Timah cricket mate
@@SOL1Dfps not a single English school does your crappy sport
we don't 'av that round 'ere, sunshine
0:36 Me trying to shoot myself in Minecraft
Now this is hilarious
Instead of using shields imagine a small phalanx of Dans slicing arrows as they came your army's way.
Prophet Ares what is phalanx
@@gkal3b811 a military unit if im not mistaken. I think in Rome?
StudmcMuffin oh ok thanks for the info
StudmcMuffin
Rome used legions, Ancient Greek citys used them.
@@gkal3b811 b8g greek turtle shell of shields basically, but instead of protecting the army from arrows with shields, we have dan arrow-slicers
These fellas are clever. They are clever and great technicians and imaginative and entertaining ….but most of all…they are two fellas just ENJOYING themselves immensely…..and that is the appeal of the SLO Mo Guys. Well done….!!!
Shut up
Very well said 👍
I know it's an old joke but in my mind I said "If he doesn't say Mark Nutt when he is firing then what is the point?" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Ashes2Ashes26 he did at 3:20
I was glad to see Gavin not dry fire that bow, because that's a bad idea.
It's a lot of fun to watch regular guys do this stuff. Successfully chopping arrows in flight over, and over with ease. I'm sure you had plenty of comments about technique, and bow, and arrow setup for slow flight, but those guys missing the beauty as well as the point. You never missed. Perfect. And, of course, the slow motion footage is fantastic.
havent seen any comments about his archery form or technique or literally anything you said, so technically you are the only one who has said anything about it. guess you are missing beauty and the point.
you can tell just by their suits that dan is the only one who does things lol
Who else hoped the arrow would be sliced straight down the middle like Genji?
PŁiñKØ
MADA MADA
Check out lars anderson, he does exactly that using another arrow
I need healing
PŁiñKØ me
Genji vs Hanzo
Medieval Archers: Yo guy wtf?
Call me for your next video. You can film me deflecting a laser bolt in slow motion.
I can
The laser bolts move at about 60mph, the same speed as a penalty shootout in soccer. Add to that the bright color, sound que, and edge alignment not really being a thing with lightsabers and it should be a lot easier.
Jacob Staten r/woosh
@@carolineconroy5667 I get the joke. I was just sharing some nerd trivia I thought the OP would appreciate given his screen name and profile pic. 🤔
@@carolineconroy5667 people like you are what's wrong with TH-cam comments
“Point bugger all”. That’s a technical term.
IS unit.
"While you were studying SloMo I was studying The Blade" -Dan 2019
Dan confirmed ninja.
Shocked at just how _clean_ that slice was!
Yes, he's got quite a sharp knife!
Turns out, Gav's a master of time and space, but Dan's a Jedi Ninja. The things you learn online.
3:52 "that's delicious"
you know how there are some skills that translate?
for example:
ten-pin bowling and lawn bowls, or base ball and hockey, or sports shooting and pitching.
What on earth has dan been doing to obtain a 100% slice rate on moving arrows?
Skellie Fishsticks british army
cat vision engaged
Skellie Fishsticks baseball and hockey? I don’t think so
Skellie Fishsticks fruit ninja
Dan: I got it! I got it!
*[Everybody liked that]*
he was honestly surprised himself haha.
I like to think this, as a demonstration of a regular soldier with unexpected swordsmanship, vindicates Finn's ability to use a lightsaber for more than twenty seconds.
A lightsaber is just the hilt with superhot plasma blade that weighs nothing
With a lightsaber, there is no edge alignment to worry about and (if you count the "lore," which I don't) a magnetic field. Someone measured the speed of the bolts relative to the hight of the actors as around 60mph, the same as a soccer penalty shoot out. Between that, the warning report, and the bright color, it should be a lot easier for Finn.
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@@jacobstaten2366 I was talking about his couple of duels in Force Awakens, not him blocking shots.
I love slow-mo because it shows us the world we live in. One of my favorite videos was them filming the speed of light. The numbers were incredible. It would take thousands of years to watch some of that footage. I say this on this video because Dan's reaction is a myriad of things that are as close to instant as possible. His eyes focusing takes so many electrical connections , then that being sent to the brain to process what is happening, then that judging the timing necessary to make contact with the arrow, then that being sent to his arms/hands to swing to hit the arrow. And all of that comes together and he does it! All the while our nervous system is sending electrical signals for our heart to beat, to sweat, to digest food, to make urine, to make goosebumps, to grow hair and nails, to smell, to hear, etc.
"Hello internet, I'm gone."
"I'm done."
Gustav Gnöttgen ?
@@mariogonzalez4928 gav and dan, sounds like gone and done
Oh, well it’s a bit vague the way you said it
@@mariogonzalez4928 its litterally the clearest explanation. If it's doesn't clear than here, gav sounds like gone and Dan sounds like done. so there he was making a comment about the first second of the video where both of the slow mo guy says their name, but it sounds like they are saying gone and done
@@knightmare6619 Yes, I know I interpreted it differently when he said the comment
They split arrows, they split bullets, and in a few years they’re probably gonna spit atoms
This video is gorgeously shot. I love the quality and light.
Gaving: "Im gonna shoot past the phantom, try not to shoot it." *FORESHADOWING INTENSIFIES*
The best thing about this channel is that they know where the things go lol
what happen to your camera
It looks like I'm watching a movie
@MIF no
@MIF ffs get out of the comment section we don't need a link to your garbage you degenerate
Hdr camera I think
One of the best parts is y’alls easy rapport and friendship with a similar sense of humor and loads of intellect. It’s obvious that you guys love what you do and get along great and are interested in this quirky hobby. Thanks for being awesome haha. Great video!
That was freaking amazing guys! The humor. The daring, risk of limb and injury. The surreal flip on expectations. And I think the silent champ of the video, that color grading!! Everything popped so gorgeously! 😍
the video is available in 8k
me: oh, let's try that !
my monitor: am i joke to you ?
I did the math. The arrow that Gav shot at the beginning of the video took roughly 5 seconds round trip. Without factoring in wind resistance, the arrow went ~60m (~200ft) in the air
Edit: this is assuming that the arrow went straight up
I could be wrong but it probably took longer to fall than it did going up.
3:47 I love how the arrow started to fly upwards to clear that target!! xD
Why did the tail side always go up?? I thought it might have to do with the the way the arrow was deforming just before or at the time of the hit, but I can't see that in the slo mo. It seems like by forcing the arrow shaft down, the drag from the feathers is providing a moment at the end of the arrow and then stabilizing the shaft very quickly..
I never saw anyone who could be so close from those films of people that can cut arrows in mid-air.