Shooting a 100lb MEDIEVAL LONGBOW the WRONG WAY, but still a historical way.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 2024
- There's actually more than one optimal way to draw a medieval Longbow / Warbow, some considered unconventional or wrong, in this video I show you what they are.
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I don't know anything about shooting bows but I am lifter and do a number of strength sports. The inward cant, pulling downward is going to typically be the strongest and safest way to pull accross the body like this. It gets the most benefits of your natural leverage and gets the most lat activation, taking a lot of strain off your joints and your smaller back muscles.
So dont know crap about bows but I know a fair bit about how the body works and I don't immediately see the argument on how this method is supposed to be the dangerous one.
Only thing I can think of is your back is much stronger than your shoulder, so if you go to heavy or dont get the right leverage with your front shoulder, thats the part that will give in first. But its no more dangerous than trying to pull a bow thats to heavy incorrectly in any other method. Joe pulled that way on the 200 pounder for a reason.
I spent nearly a decade in power lifting, boxing and martial arts and while I am possibly the worlds -worst- shot with a bow (i hunt with a crossbow I am so bad at conventional archery lol) I have played often with my friends 100 pound war bow. You are utterly correct sir, bio mechanically I have tried both styles and the "wrong" way not only feels easier, it also is safer from a lifting/strain point of view, it works with your power angles and muscle groups and I can't see how they believe this is unsafe to do.
Also Shad, I have spent just as long shooting competition rifle and three gun and you are 100 percent correct with the shooting thing. If what you do works for you, is fast and you hit targets then it isn't stupid, it works. In fact most of the more modern shooting styles have evolved out of someone doing "the wrong thing" but it proving to be faster so everyone else adopts it. In my time shooting I have learned, relearned and relearned AGAIN how to "properly shoot a pistol" and there will ALWAYS be some jackass saying "thats wrong" but the seconds off the shot clock speak the loudest.
@@mortenjacobsen5673 I really love this! This is hilarious! You're seeing video proof that this method works and does not cause injuries. You're listening to Shad reference experts who do it the same way. And you're still insisting "it doesn't work, it doesn't work, it causes injuries, nope nope nope who are you going to believe, my expertise or those nonsensical facts?"
I'm certain you didn't mention it because it's low hanging fruit, but their spelling and overall thought process is a gargantuan load of shit.
@@mortenjacobsen5673 Well I have had shads way explained as one of the original ways. The main reason you do not pull from above today is for safety of others.
If your shooting at an enemy and accidentally let go to early and go to far and hit someone its most likely still an enemy ;)
But in modern days you often have a safety barrier behind the targets and aiming high risks the arrow going over and you might end up hurting someone, which today is illegal.
But claiming that it can cause injury to your self might just be a very easy way to get people to respect the rules ;)
@@davidmartensson273 Right, your points make sense... Just like gun safety, where you always point your gun down before you shoot in shooting range.
"Nooooo you can't just shoot a bow in a way that you're comfortable with that also produces accurate results!"
"haha string go twang"
IKR. I wonder if those people would go to Usain Bolt after he won gold medal in Beijing and tell him that he is running wrong, because he had an unusuall technique.
Worst part is most never get exposed to all this because most public archery ranges only allow you to you the down and up draw and fire from inside of the bow, because anything else is "dangerous". They claim not only does it increase risk of injury, any other draw causes you have arrow pointed in "unsafe" directions as you are drawing the arrow in the bow.
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@ put the arrow in backward, solves unsafe directions, try reading Wilfred Toadwrestlers accounts of the French hamster wars, the Spanish armadillo campaigns or his chronicles of the 29th holy crusades. or as its titled "Jerry ross alan and back on a midget ferret, an arture, a boe man, killing the riotchus my way" in its original writted on a pigs back inglisch available from moronic publications.
@ wtf lmao
If I were told such bullshit I would just come with Instant Legolas or a full auto crossbow next time lol
you're wrong, chad, the only historic way to shoot a medieval warbow is to have everything dirty brown/grey and depressed with leather armor and outside fires during the day.
Also, you should be shooting up, to make the arrows rain into the screaming out of formation enemy army.
and you have to light regular arrows with fire so well that they will 100% of the time set fire to whatever they hit
I've heard a lot of sources say the archers probably shot up at Agincourt, for example. Volley fire was definitely a thing.
I don't think they were saying it wasn't?
They were shooting up to hit unprotected targets, like horses.
Obviously... did you expect him to shoot directly at the enemy and risk hitting someone?
Whit that beard and armour Shad looks like an RPG character
InfinityCookies h he is, he is just trying to show us his skills without giving it away
If you go to Shad's community page, and scroll a post or two, you'll find a post with this theme.
You mean RPG Characters look like Shad heathen ^^
@@Guderian2 ooh, good point. Good point.
The bigger the beard, the more wisdom he bestows on us.
People in the 21st century: making lots of discussions about how to shoot a bow, how to position the arrow, how to aim, tilt the bow, draw weight, fast-shooting vs accuracy, and other shenanigans
Medieval commander: "hey lad, you know how to use this big bow?"
Medieval archer: "yes sir"
Commander: "nice, can you hit those frenchmen over there?"
Archer: "well i can twang some arrows on them"
Commander: "nice! grab your stuff and prepare for war, we need everyone who can shoot"
@@mortenjacobsen5673 except when scientists discover tbat they have been wrong for decades, which has happened several times just in my lifetime.
Exactly. I'll use a modern comparison- a LOT of gunstore cowboys and former operators who should bloody well know better push the C-clamp grip for assault rifles all over TH-cam and in their training courses. Now, there is most definitely a place for that grip- it stabilizes longer rifles for more accurate shots at distance, and is a damned good way to stabilize a full-length M-16 or similar while on the move or without anything to rest or brace on- but it is neither the only grip one should use nor is it necessarily the best one. C-clamp is utter shyte for CQB, and a lot of us who damned near got our heads blown off doing sweeps with longer (and thus bulkier and more awkward) weapons quickly learned to use shorter PSD model 7" or 9" M-4 variants (glories of SF and contractors- we get to buy our own gear instead of using the junk issued to us :D ) and use variants of high-CAR for close quarters. You use the grip that works for the situation, not what some doctrine tries to tell you, because its literally your life depending on it. Same with pistols- modified Weaver is good for some circumstances, CAR and high CAR for extremely close-quarters or room clearing, and so on. Never seen anyone use isosceles in a firefight, but some people still teach it, so I guess somewhere somehow there is a use for that, too. Warriors always have, do, and always will use whatever works best for the situation, not what doctrine or "conventional wisdom" tell them to. "Veterans Will Vary", as our CQC instructor put it, meaning you will adopt the tools and techniques that work best for you for any given situation. Period. That has been the truth of warfare since Olag first cracked Urg across the skull with a mammoth bone tens of thousands of years ago.
I mean they didn’t even need the pinpoint target archery, just be able to handle a bow and send the arrow towards the enemy
@@BreandanOCiarrai thats a big comment, might get me a cup of coffee later and read it
@@BreandanOCiarrai Yeah, but Olag's technique was rubbish.
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This chest piece looks sooo much better than that gamebeson which almost looks a few sizes too big these days.
Both look good. Better, the gambeson underneath.
Gambersons do add about 10 pounds
His Gambeson is a little big on him now. He's lost weight. And its noticeable.
I am just blown away by how quickly Shad's strength has increased, in the first vid he had to use so much effort but now he's drawing it like it's nothing. In a few months he'll be ruling the world!
It's more muscle memory, than strength. Ofcourse, you have to be strong to begin with, but the more you do it, the more your muscles will remember.
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The level of research and analysis people have done throughout history in figuring out better ways to kill each other never ceases to amaze me. 🤔
I know! It's absolutely amazing. You should read up on how tank ammunition changed from simple AP to HVAP/APCR to HEAT/SC to modern stuff like APFSDS. It's so strange and fascinating how much effort has been put forward on the whole killing front.
@@Maddog3060 I can't tell who likes making things go boom more, at this point, Orks or Humans? We can both bond over more Dakka and Pew Pew. If only we cared as much about education and training competent adults in a peaceful society *shrug*
When your life, the lives of your family and friends, everything you own, and your way of life are only protected by making the other person die faster than you do... yes... people will indeed put a lot of research into killing each other as safely and efficiently as possible.
"No one ever won a war by dying for their country. They won by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his." -Paxton
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He lookin good in that new armour and with the beard. Does he look thinner to you? Also he’s gone from a good guy to a bad guy, dude be looking like my old knight toys ha ha the bad guys wore black and red 👀😵 ha ha
Just guessing, but I think that medieval people shoot their bow in a way the found most comfortable/accurate/useful. By that I mean that in the same way people prefer writing with one hand or the other or we have preferred legs, etc. Each one also has a predisposition to a different shooting style. Medieval people had a lot of time to practice so they could find the style that better suit them. Moreover, they probably did not learn from a book, but from a person, therefore I imagine the styles would a lot less structured.
There's one fly in the ointment: You can only experiment with different styles of well anything to figure out what works best for you personally if you're exposed to different styles of doing it. Which - depending on the context in which they're taught - isn't necessarily the case.
Also: "People had a lot of time to practice" is a massive generalization. For starters: Not all people had that time; peasants had enough on their hands just working the land for their local nobles. And even those with plenty of spare-time wouldn't necessarily be using that to practice shooting. There are a lot of other activities people might find more enjoyable. Even in England, where people were mandated to practice shooting by law, there would have been people that hated archery and would have practiced as little as they could get away with. And with that attitude usually don't progress to a degree of skill that enables them to come up with an individual style that works best for them.
@@MrAranton That's not even remotely true. Anyone who spends a significant amount of time practicing a discipline has experimented with things they were not taught. I developed elements of my own technique while competing in rifle marksmanship, directly contrary to certain things that were taught to me. Musicians play with different modes, intervals, and rhythms before they've learned about them in theory, to the point where the uninstructed have even created such groundbreaking genres as blues and flamenco. It is an entirely natural human tendency to learn by experimentation; learning by instruction is actually quite unnatural and thus why it can sometimes be so difficult to nail it down exactly. Someone has to experiment to develop the instruction in the first place, after all.
You also overestimate the time a farmer spends working the land. Crops have their seedtime and harvest, and the rest is waiting for the next season. "Some people wouldn't have enjoyed archery" is a pretty useless argument against the idea that people would have experimented with techniques. Some people would have loved it, especially in a world where you can't scroll through memes and swipe on Tinder all day. Those people would have spent good time with it and thus experimented. Those who got proficient would undoubtedly help coach the others around them. See how simple that is?
@@SepticFuddy What you say is true for enthusiasts. Which doesn't even relate to my point that not everyone in medieval was an enthusiast.
You also operate on the assumption that people in medieval times operated pretty much on the same mind-set we do. Which they didn't. People in the medieval believed some pretty stupid and easy to debunk nonsense about the world because they didn't dare question the authorities that told them that's how things were. Scolastic disputes were not won based on arguments, but based who was able bring in the most renowned authority to bear.
Human beings learn primarily through imitation - not experimentation. The idea to use experimentation as an educational tool wasn't around in medieval times yet. It is based on the notion that the instructed should think for themselves and question those who teach them, that teachers should not believed because of their authority but convince through evidence and reason. Which is antithetical to how medieval society was structured. In medieval times original thought was strongly discouraged - if things went poorly, people who thought for themselves ended up getting burnt alive. Now: Starting to experiment means to challenge the authority that instructed you. And keep in mind: archery is a military pursuit. Maybe you heard the line: "There's correct way to do things, there's the wrong way and there's the army way to do things". If that attitude persists in a society that generally encourages people to challenge authorities and to experiment, how strong do you think it was in a society in which thinking for yourself was strongly discouraged?
And finally: You underestimate the work medieval peasants had to do. It's just seed and harvest, they had to tend animals on a daily basis, they had to tend to their fields (getting rid of weeds and pests, making sure water could drain if the field got to wet or making sure what little during a drought can be absorbed into the soil instead of running off. They had to maintain/make the tools they needed for their work, and so on and so forth. I'm barely scratching the surface. With very, very few exceptions, whatever peasants needed or wanted, they made themselves from scratch. That's way more work than the avarage nine-to-five people work these days.
Morten Jacobsen they had to shoot at least once a week by law.
I don't think generals cared as much about what technique someone used as how accurate and how powerful a bow someone could shoot. Especially in war people tend to become less sceptic about the means the more it becomes certain those means will achieve the goal intended.
With the beard, the noticable weightloss and the garments he is wearing, it's starting to become clear that Shad is the protagonist.
He certainly paid for a skin upgrade in whatever free-to-play he is in.
Not gonna lie, he do be looking hot
@@mathiasandersen3762 I want to strip that brigandine of him and eat the man alive
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As a extremely qualified personal trainer I can absolutely agree pulling down maximizes your use of back muscles which would be the strongest set of upper body muscles. Particular you run through the range of the trapezius ending in the lower trap which is the absolute most stable part of your back. Almost all your rotators and posterity delt.
Shad is shaping up... Guys, it's time to get some workout done ourselves if we don't want to get left behind.
Shad before: talks about weapons and medieval history
Shad then: shows weapons and talks about them
Shad now: wears armor uses weapons and is now a warrior
Shad in the future: sees him in a medieval movie/reanactment
Shad way in the future: makes a portal and appears in Agincourt
This is ridiculous and irresponsible of you Shad.
We both know the *ONLY* way to shoot a bow is to draw back with the string between one's buttocks and feet holding the actual bow! I saw it drawn on medieval toilet paper!
I was playing diablo 3 with my fiance for the first time and noticed you can carry flags, but given the way they look like they are holding them it looks like they are holding the flag with their butt
@@kaiceecrane3884 Oh God you're right
That is what is known as a crack shot.
@@poilboiler this comment is godlike
lol
Man I never actually looked into Yumi archery so I never understood why they drew the bows the way they do. Didn't expect to learn the secrets of Yumi archery on Shadiversity.
A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.
I can already imagine someone in Japan drawing their bow from down up and putting the arrow on the left side and people telling them how they are doing it wrong 😂
@@VoresD that doesn't happen because Japanese Archery (we call it Kyudo in Japan) and Modern or Medieval Archery (we call it Archery in Japan) are fundamentally different. Kyudo archers (or Kyudoka in Japanese) don't compete with modern archers in modern archery contest
It's like Indoor Volleyball players don't compete in Beach Volleyball matches
@@chie970 Volleyball isn't a good example. A better example would be cricket and baseball. Same fundamental skills, totally different execution, unlike the different types of volleyball where the only thing that changes is the surface.
@@weirdofromhalo yeah, not really. You need wide arrays of different skills while playing 2 vs 2 in Beach Volleyball. There's no different libero, setter, blocker, middle blocker, and spiker in Beach Volleyball. The 2 players in each sides are their own libero, each other's setter and spiker, and the blockers of their own. The execution is different either, there is a lot of different rules, there is a lot of different factors in the field, etc. But indeed indoor volleyball players and beach volleyball players have the same fundamentall skills, but the game is executed differently.
You think that beach volleyball is the same as indoor volleyball because you think that they're the same sport. Bad news for you, they're not the same.
It's funny how you say "the difference is only the surface" while not knowing that beach volleyball and indoor volleyball is executed differently, like how you said "Cricket and Baseball are executed differently."
Too bad, I played volleyball in high school, and beach volleyball as hobby. I know the difference (๑╹ω╹๑)ノ
The endless slideshow of historical depictions proving your point is hilarious.
Who are you? Why are you lurking in the comments spouting toxic nothings as if they had any meaning?
That is indeed funny. I understand people usually use the argument "it is just art and the artist is not an expert" but if you see it again and again and again through different periods, countries, cultures I think it is safe to assume that some of those are actually based on real things and not just artists drawing/painting whatever comes to their mind.
@@mortenjacobsen5673 The argument about artists not knowing much about archery is a flawed one imho. We do not know anything about their knowledge (so it can go both ways) what we can safely assume is that at least some of these are not just painting from their imagination but painting depictions based on information provided by actual people who were present at battles, sieges etc. (that is something that some artists do to this day when depicting any field/discipline, not just archery, it is called research :D). For example, with Agincourt we have plenty of eye witnesses on both sides.
I think it would be disingenuous to assume that all the artists knew nothing about archery, did not consult any witnesses or actual soldiers. And in order to disqualify all the art shown you have to go into this absurd scenario that all those paintings are rubbish, made up by people with no knowledge or information. That seems highly improbable. Again there are dozens if not hundreds of paintings with these depictions.
@@mortenjacobsen5673 your grammar, spelling is poor, rour arguments are purile, ascerbic renderings of regurgitated inane arguments of others without agerm of personal individual cogitation. as a swordsman, i can state while there is a wrong way to wear, draw and enguard a sword, there is no one correct way and the same is true of fighting a bow. by the way, your utterance that artist knew nothing about archery is false. In England in 1067 William 1st decreed that ALL male Normans below knight must become proficient in sword and bow. later Richard 1st decreed all men should be comfortable with a bow, Henry 6th passed a law requiring ALL men must practice once a month with the bow. Henry 8th decreed soldiers in service must practice war bow weekly, skeletons from mary rose showed most soldiers had over developed arms and upper body, he also made law ALL males from 10 yrs up MUST BY LAW practice archery for 2 hours every Sunday between church service, the only men excused were vicars . this law stood until early 18th century. and means from 1067 to 1700s artists would be well versed in archery.
Trash, Morten, please try to keep it civil.
As for firing from the right side of the bow with a Mediterranean grip, I've been doing that for nearly fourty years hunting with a composite bow (Turkish composite, but not a horsebow, bit bigger, very similar to what the Romans were using in the late Empire) and I am living proof that not only is it possible- which many of Shad's critics claimed it wasn't- but I am actually more accurate and faster with it that way. It's one thing to shoot targets, another entirely to shoot a living, moving target and have to do rapid succession shots if your first one or two only wound rather than drop the prey. No one wants to search for a wounded deer's bleedout point in the wilderness of Southeast Alaska, trust me. So, it CAN and HAS been done by many archers. The only question that should be argued is whether it is historically accurate. Personally, I've seen enough evidence that both methods were used, it just depended on the archer and the instructor.
YES!! He’s wearing a brigandine, this is all I’ve ever wanted. Thank you Shad.
I can't get over how badass and intimidating Shad looks.
I WANT THE CUDDLY OLD SHAD BACK !!!😭
BRING THE SKIRT BACK!
It's still there, he's just wearing armor.
The Chad Shad is coming and resistance is futile.
Nah i like badass shad more
It seems like his extra weight was transferred to Skallagrim :S
I don't want to say the era of sword channels is over but 2020 is definitely the year of the bow. I've been watching nothing but bow videos from Shad, Todd and Joerg for the past few weeks.
Everyone is training up for zombie slaying.
This is such a dumb argument. People are smart and were smart. They would shoot the way it felt best to them. There may have been a “conventional” way that was taught but just like today people would adapt the techniques to best suit them. Whatever that happened to be
Tots agre
Thank you my dude. I've been saying for ages that things were done back in the day the way they were most efficient in. Now that we're "modern" we're not allowed to do things the way we're most efficient in.
Very true. Even in my time doing CMP rifle competition, there were elements of the taught techniques that I used, and some that I deliberately disregarded because I developed something that worked better for me. That doesn't make the technical doctrine wrong, it just means everybody's a bit different and will have to adjust differently to maximize their own performance
I'm more surprised the ART is properly depicting it.
Not really that surprising. People today can draw a house or a car fairly accurately, as it's a common part of modern life they've seen all their lives - but they probably wouldn't be able to accurately imagine the inside of the I.S.S. without referring to a current photo, as that's outside of their experience. I suspect medieval artists were similar - one would expect them to be fairly accurate in what they are familiar with, and less so with the unknown or more fantastical (like depictions of giant serpents or dragons, etc.)
Also in addition to what aussie said I can totally imagine an artist getting flamed for depicting something so common wrong.
Don't try to fool us Shad. We know that you're actually a medieval time traveler... perhaps even Merlin himself. That beard certainly gives you away!
Or is he immortal and mentally stuck in that time period?
He is immortal, his favorite time period was just the medieval time and he is frustrated that his favorite time period is portrayed falsely so he has dedicated himself to show how his favorite time period TRUELY happened.
He can’t be Merlin since Merlin lives backwards through time. He only remembers the future.
I give this video a like.
Not for the interesting footage and info.
It is for the beard.
I subbed because Shad grew a beard.
I'm lying, I'd subbed anyway, but if I could double-sub I would, except that's not a thing because it makes no sense. I should really post TH-cam comments before drinking cider and not after.
wow, that operations did miracles didn't it Shad!? You look so much more vibrant!
when someone tells you you are firing a bow the wrong way,.. they are often usually a tit, or they mean that you aren't firing THEIR way,.. if you are hitting targets and not hurting yourself or compromising the structure of your bow (no one wants a limb to the face from a 70#+ bow lol) then you are doing it right. in fact, there is a time for all draws or stances to be used, it really depends on where you are firing from (the woods, a parapet, target range etc) and what you are firing at (moving targets, closing targets, fleeing targets etc) being able to fluidly go between stances and draws is the only "Right" way of firing a bow,.. meaning you can't really do it wrong unless you are hurting yourself or not hitting inner circle at least lol
archers also used arrows as daggers,.. one of the most accurate ways to use an arrow :D lol
bruh your profile picture is disturbing lol
It reminded me of the quote 'just as water retains no constant shape, so in warfare there are no constant conditions'. I imagine the same applies to archery.
When I was a kid I made my own bows and shot them one way. As I got older my father bought me commercial bows and taught me differently. When I took archery class in college, things were different again. I researched aboriginal American shooting, and it was very similar how I started out as a kid. Then I started watching TV on how other cultures shoot like the Japanese...
We finally see level 15 archer Shad in action.
You can see how far you've come from your first time being barley able to draw the 100lb to being able to match your speed on a lighter bow without obvious stress multiple times, with health issues, you're amazing Shad!
I hate when people try to gate keep things because they think it is the only way to do it. Awesome job informing people of what you found that works for you and relaying the info in a way that isnt saying this is how you have to do it. Just like shooting guns there are fundamentals taught but techniques are learned and based off of the shooter or archers preferences. Great work on improving your archery skills as well and keep up with the awesomeness of your videos and skills.
4:09: Anyone else look at this artwork and misinterpret the fletching on the arrow at first as a really creepy, toothy smile because of where it's positioned?
yes
Oh that's what that was!
yeah, had to stop the video and take a better look!
5+4=9, 7+2=9, 1+8=9, 3+6=9 ect. There is more than one way to get the correct results.
Oh god. Why do i suddenly have flashes from Math-Class where my Math-Teacher always went on about proving that that acutally was the case.
Even for the simplest stuff, we needed to prove it mathematically.
*Post Traumatic Match-Class Syndrom intensifies*
pi*i + (9-pi*i) = 9
But 1+1 is the only way to get 2 using addition.
@@kaimagnus5760 0+2
@@greedow and you didn't even get into fractions
I love these archery videos because I think its really wholesome to see how excited Shad gets with his improvement. Its been fun seeing him get better and I look forward to the legendary Shadbow, a 400 pound monster complete with MACHICOLATIOOOOONS
And maybe a dragon
Just from the title of the video I can already hear the cries of “Noooo you are not shooting the bow the way I want everyone to shoot because my master told me that’s the only way to do so”
Hahaha i really get hsppy when stupid traditionalists get shut down
Whoever did the costuming for Netflix Geralt’s studded leather can eat their heart out. Shad’s brigandine looks better as armor.
I like this new Red Shad, it adds variety and shows the customization one truly has with their Shad
So i made this poem that might fit into "The Chrinicles of Everfall"
I call it "Lullaby of Light"
Sleep my child, live in the light of day,
From dark monsters always stay away,
In light you'll find: all the health and every toy,
Away from it there is no life, there is no joy.
Sleep my child, be good and cheerful,
Dont let your parents be fearful,
Even from wrong doings there is still redemtion,
Seek justice and truth, not power's temptation
Sleep my child, one day you'll reach the sky,
Watching us from ships, flying up high,
Honor the true liege and his laws,
And not that of the false emperor's
LOVE IT
@@Trisjack20 thanks
6:50 Complementary legal Disclaimer: Don't try and shoot a gun using your feet; you'll probably kill somebody
Usually yourself, although it's not guaranteed (anyone who's ever looked up "failed shotgun suicide" or was the one being depicted could attest to this).
LordNul1 | You…you look that up?
@@Shiratto All I'm going to say on that is that TV Tropes ruined my life.
@@lordnul1708 mine too
I have a video where a guy with no arms was able to shoot a regular bolt action rifle with his feet and hit 1 moa targets consistently out to 1000 yards. He is an awesome guy with a flawless an unconventional technique. The reality is safe training allows you to learn amazing things.
Personal trainer here, The reverse cant is actually contracting more of your rotator cuff musculature, helping your humerus stay socketed in the shallow glenhumeral joint. So it should actually be safer.
I love how there's a controversy about how to draw a war bow to almost the intensity of US politics in modern day. imagine the amount of controversy surrounding this back in the medieval times
To be fair, in medieval times the losers often ended up with arrows through cranium.
back them there was no twitter, so if you challenged someones views, would have to do it face to face, just this fact already changes the whole dynamic.
another point, during that time, it was not a matter of opinion, but it really had real immediate consequences, like, you dying for not being good enough.
Another point is that different cultures usually didn't intermingle so much, so you wouldn't question most of the stuff you've learnt because it has "always been this way"
Medieval people didn't care shit about how you draw your bow. They just care about can or can't your arrow kills the enemy (or their knee.)
@@chie970 I used to be an adventurer like you.....
next to none due to slower spread of information on a large scale but some controversy on local levels.
Shad is really turning into a chad lol must be that war bow workout cuz you look like you've dropped considerable weight since i first started watching you. Keep on with the good content man!
Is that a red brigandine? It fits you very well!
Rocking dem Rad brigandine
It's. *crimson*
Studded Leather Armor is the best. Shad's is particularly nice.
I knew it was a brigandine before he had to clarify it as such. It's one of my favorite pieces of historical armor. Very protective, yet also incredibly fashionable. Get yourself a gambeson under that bad boy, and you've reached peak Medieval fashion.
After what felt like torturous decades of waiting I finally got a copy of Shadow of the Conqueror. It's amazing so far. The comedy is good and clever. The characters are great and work off each other well. The world building and power systems are crazy to the point where new laws of physics are being made but I could still keep up. I'm only half way through and so far every chapter is entertaining and makes me want to thrust a sword through the sun.
I just got a longbow so this is much appreciated :)
Looking so proud on that thumbnail, Man! And super hot in that brigandine btw., just kidding😂 It seems as though your apnoea condition has improved massively, which is great to see. How is it going?
Big improvements ^_^
Reminds me of "Shooters Preference," something I learned in US Special Forces. Basically, technique matters, but there are different techniques and what matters is that you use whatever technique improves your shooting as an individual.
He does quite clearly mention this, and the connection to firearms.
@@mortenjacobsen5673 you have never shot a gun, and it shows my friend. shooting accurately or shooting fast..or doing both in both a war fighting or a competition is a full body experience. it is as complicated as drawing a bow and while engaging less muscle groups has far more physics involved as there is a four stage impulse verses the two with a bow.....please don't talk about things you do not understand....also for your viewing pleasure a gun from history.
www.tapatalk.com/groups/britishmilitariaforums/volley-guns-just-for-johnny-yuma-t19230.html
It had 14 barrels, 16 "holes" two triggers....there are very few drawings of any sort of Noch volly gun though they were issued by many combatant groups and used in their time period. they also had pocket pistols that fired via squeezing your hand through five trigger holes and loaded through a rotary internal mechanism that had three barrels. sorta of funny that the random word salad you tossed together is A) a real thing and B) not even the weirdest gun used.
what Shad is showing is not one guy drawing something once, but dozens of artists across hundreds of years and throughout two dozen nations all drawing things the same way. looking at such drawings is a valid way of understanding the time period and done in many other fields such as anthropology and even sword technique without any criticism. I am by no means a Shad fan boy rushing to his defense and myself have been critical of his assertions on body armor and other topics but when a man is right, he is right.
@@Dies1r4e What did he say about body armor?
@@mortenjacobsen5673 He never said it directly relates, he also never said anything anything about some kind of historical context. He just brought up a principle he was reminded of when watching the video, that's all. I don't know what you're on about, you're either a troll or a plain idiot.
Not only does your beard make you look legendary but your looking way fitter aswell, solid progress
"Duscussion on speed shooting because it's fun" very true words, my friend.
10:25 That's what several longbow archers told you when you were straight-pulling your bow. I'm glad you finally get it.
Shad has a strength and vitality that I find rather unexpected.
He can draw 100lbs bows with ease and I'm confident he could do so over and over without expending too much energy.
It is this vitality that makes his videos appealing - regardless of whether or not one agrees with his opinions overall.
One of the things about this is he has made me feel like he has gone on a journey and didn't just get to here 'for free'. Ive been following Shad for sometime and I can see he has physically and practically practised and worked his body so that he is in a stronger and better condition and it is interesting to see that apply to his hobby and his work. It is great because he is not just a typical sportsman who has been focusing on physical excellencefrom early on. As someone who was something of an armchair historian he has shown his desire to improve his content and his own health has really paid off as a regular guy. That is very motivational!
damn shad lost weight very impressive especially with you particular challenges your really are very inspiring and determined
as an aspiring artist I will be using this as reference
I am a huge fan and you have inspired me to make my own channel that discusses dragons you can see a lot of inspiration taken in my latest video th-cam.com/video/yDZer2qavws/w-d-xo.html thank you for making fun and educational videos and inspiring me so much
Shad's face? Make sure you include the beard.
I really dig the new armor, but only if it were bluuuueeeeeeee... Im not biased...
Sacrilege! You can't just shoot a Bow in any way you like! There is just one correct way to shoot it! And!!!!! The Arrows can only be on the correct side!!!
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You almost got it right, but one little mistake - the arrows must not be on the correct side, but on the right side!
Correct! The only way to shoot a bow is to draw and FIRE!! (Definitely not 'loose!')
String goes twang, arrow goes shwooosh, enemy goes (insert wilhelmscream here)
i think if you read the writings of Wilfred toad wrestler in his papers on the great french hamster wars, it is clearly laid out how to fight a bow......" take you a firm hold of the bow the arc of which isheld to thy chest, the stringy thing away and opposite, place the pointy mini spear with the slot on the stringy stuff and the pointy sharp bit against the wooden bit. push the stringy bit away while pulling the woody bit toward you. let go of the string. ......this is proof positive scholars knew about archery and as records from Wilfreds trial show , it was at this time the phrase friendly fire was coined
Also the arrows must be flaming
As an archer myself I got to say: You‘ve got my respect for drawing such a strong bow with that speed. My bow is a lot lighter and I‘m not much faster than yours. Good job
i must've forgotten how heavy that 100lb warbow is...wait
100lb is more than half my weight and I literally haven't left my room today except to microwave something. It's a lot.
it's about 50kg, right
That's about all my body weight
@@chie970 just under 45kg I think
oo, then I'm less than 45 kg
@@chie970 :o woah that's smol
Shad, your progress and evolution in your videos is astounding! Look at yourself! You've become so good at this and are even more entertaining and informative!
Shad Firebeard
3rd Level Ranger
5th Level Fighter
STR 12
DEX 10
CON 9
CHA 11
WIS 13
INT 40000000000000
Dude wisdom and intelligence goes toe to toe
Besides who said Shad's charisma is low!
His Investigation checks will unveil the real culprit, their plan, their friends, their enemies, their genealogy, their favorite type of pasta, what their ancestors did 30,000 years ago, and how they’d shoot a bow the right way if they ever picked one up.
And don’t even get him started on his History checks...
@Connor Garrett If he had a higher charisma he wouldn't be dealing with so many idiots insisting he's doing it wrong. But his strength should be bumped up a bit, there - he's now pulling a full on 100 lb draw war bow with ease!
I would agree on the low con begore the modern medicine man dispelled the curse the gods layed upon shad to try to keep him on one level with the mortals, but i dont think thats the case anymore.
And his charisma already was pretty high years ago. Now with the mighty beard and muscles it might be close to 16.
Damn shad. Watching you hold that full draw steady for like 5 seconds makes me so happy for you. I hope you are a aware of how much noticeably stronger youve gotten since first getting that bow.
Looking great man!
I have been in some archery classes here in Spain, and every monitor shoot on the outside of the bow. And in every demostration I have even been in, the shoot from the outside.
So I´m not sure that shooting on the inside is in any way "conventional".
Probably "conventional" way is just an old habit when people start doing archery they tend to place an arrow while bow is lowered, imo
I've also been doing some archery in a club in Spain and, to my knowledge, everyone on that club shoots with the arrow on the inside.
I suppose it's just something that depends on how you've been trained, and probably most archery practitioners shoot from the inside, turning it into "conventional".
Now, I'm not sure about it, but I think it may be easier to learn to shoot in this "conventional" way. If you put the arrow on the inside, the natural tendency to hold your hand slightly tilted inwards helps to hold the arrow in place. Also, in that way you can fully see the arrow, and this might also help your aim. If this is the case (and I insist that I'm not sure about it) it might have helped to turn this into the "conventional" way of shooting.
And, just to be clear, I'm not saying that shooting from the outside is wrong in any way, it's obviously viable and it might even have some benefits (like a faster reloading speed), I'm just saying that shooting from the inside seems to be easier or, at least, easier to learn.
it is what instructor teach in the U.S. for reasons that have yet to be named rr understood, possible that it is also in other areas of Europe but I don't know where it comes from.
if its fluid, if it feels good, if it feels natural, you're doing it right. ModernRogue did a few weapons type videos. longsword, rapiers, quarter staff... that seems to be the theme there...
likewise, if it feels uncomfortable or awkward, if its not a fluid part of the dance... you're likely to lose that chess match.
the armour looks good man
really nice to see you doing much better in terms of tiredness, i am guessing you were far from being able to do this much exercise before.
hope your wife is doing better as well.
I hope that more people will realize that way You shoot is not important as long as You are not hurting yourself and You are enjoying it...
the stance you took while speed shooting, is my preferred stance
Hey shad i'm wondering if you have read the books 'rangers apprentice' by John Flanagan. If you have read them could you please make a video on how the rangers corps could be a real historical thing. If you haven't read the books i really advise you to read them their really fun medieval fantasy books.
Those books were so good.
Lukas De Baene yes yes yes! Those were my favorite books as a kid. I have the whole thing in both soft and hard cover lol
I really hope he does this
@@mushroom_gal490 wasn't the sequel like, really bad though?
It was a series to begin with. Though if you mean the after series sequel where they kill off alice then yes. It was worse.
not only putting the arrow on the "wrong" side, you're also drawing it "wrongly"
Shad is looking good
Hey, Shad, wanted to thank you for this series of videos. It actually sparked my interest in archery and now I've started practicing it myself.
"1001 Ways to draw a bow"
By Shad
Wow, Shad, you're melting! Good job on the weight loss. The brigandine looks great.
Looking very fit and slim in this! TELL ME YOUR SECRETS!
thanks for getting me back into archery after a decade. watched your video, bought a cheap ambidextrous bow and been practising in the garden, even though when i was i kid i learned the arrow on the left way i now prefer shooting on the right.
Armin Hirmer is great! Especially when it comes to asiatic/thumb draw and all the bow's that fit that draw. ^^
Shad, you look so healthy and vibrant lately. Hoping your recovery and rehab are going well and I love your content!
I have to say, the biggest "Woah" to me is just how big the arrows are. It's never connected in my head that A. Heavier bow means you need heavier arrows, and B. Fancy thin modern arrows are fancy and thin. The fact that the bows are firing these thick wooden dowels is so obvious but my brain just never connected it up!
Great stuff! I hope you are feeling better Shad. It appears you have a nice spring in your step, and I hope it means things are well!
Might as well put a middle finger in that title with how much sass there is here
Great video Shad, well delivered and demonstrated hypothesis with evidence to back it up.
Not to mention you're comfortably shooting a 100lb self bow!!! That's bad ass. I've just moved to a 50lb recurve from a compound bow and I'm still coming to grips with it. Keep it up
YAAAAAASSSS KING!!!!!! Honey, your outfit is giving me, Tudor Longbowman Realness! Slay Hunty!
As someone who does boxing for many years, the technique at the end reminded me of a straight punch in reverse.
Instead of rotating forward with the strike you rotated backward for a draw... Now I wonder about your feet, if the backfoot also rotated.
I was a teenager at a renaissance fair on a school field trip once. I also drew the bow like you do Shad. I was shooting like that and a staff member after 2-3 arrows in told me that I was shooting the "wrong" way. Keeping in mind a couple 1-2 of those 2-3 shots did actually hit the target. Not stick but hit. I was at least shooting strait enough to hit my target or land near it. My 3rd to 4th shot after she told me I was doing it wrong I "corrected" my stance and immediately sent the arrow in the lane on my left and maybe the one past that. If it's anything I learned from that it's there is no "correct" method to shoot a bow. There is no one way to shoot a bow. The correct way is the way the bowman can safely for themselves and other people around them pull and loose an arrow. If it's safe don't correct it. When I shot I felt it was also instinctive. It strongly felt when shooting I was just rusty not so much what am I doing. Shooting a bow is instinctive yes... however I felt more like I had done it before. It was just something I was doing. I think that's what archers need to understand is don't fight what you instinctively do because that IS the correct way over anything else.
Thanks you Shad for giving us back our history. No one should speak anymore of the "wrong" way, this is the only one right way !
Others have already said it, but the brigandine, the beard, and the noticeable weight loss, combined with the heavy bow usage really impresses me. I might have to play a Sharpshooter Fighter named Shad in 5th edition D&D now.
I am so happy to see you seem to be completely fit again. You rock shad, you rock
we live in a very desensitized society, i get the feeling that during the medieval period there was never an absolute way. it was more of "what way works bets for you and comes natually", bc the last thing you want to be doing in a life or death situation is trying to figure out the "right way". this is shown in modern testing in schools that sometime kids get nervous n forget the answer(s). this also seen in normal behavior when someone ask you a question on the spot and normally you would know the answer but you just cant think of it. example: Some ask you "who is that actor?" you know the name of that actor, it's on the tip of your tongue but you just cant get it out. that is the last thing you want have happen in the middle of battle
Shad looking like a god in these recent videos! Good to see you've more than recovered.
I don't shoot but still highly enjoy the journey you're making.
Thanks as always
Archers should look to the styles of golf swings to realize that there are many techniques to accomplish the launch of an arrow. Embracing and insisting on a single method as correct is conceited and wrong.
Thank you for remaining curious and thoughtful on this tempest in a teacup subject. Leave your critics on their soapbox where they stand.
Continue your own journey in archery and share your experience with the rest of us..I enjoy these better without the naysayers getting any screen time!👍
Watching Shad's videos inspire the way I play my D&D characters and how they dress.
I hope you see this Shad - When speed shooting you had another automatic trait that you may not have seen
Look at the arm in which you hold the bow - you don't maintain the position of the bow but draw it towards the body as you pull a new arrow and locate
This means that your draw is still adding a push, just not as substantial, to your bow handling arm as you draw the stringer -The same action as the high draw, simply less exaggerated
It does my heart good to see you looking so well, Shad.
Hey shad, will you or have you ever covered the crossbow?, I know they are difficult to own in Australia and or acquire but an in depth analysis of them would be really cool. Love your content as always.
Burgundy & black, loved the outfit. The different pull styles was super interesting.
Shad! You’ve got the bow on the wrong side again!
i appreciate the armin hirmer shout out, id say hes one of the best archery youtubers
Shad, your method is not only portrayed in medieval artwork, it's also highly prominent in written accounts.
"The Englishman did not keep his left hand steady, and draw his bow with his right; but keeping his right at rest upon the nerve, he pressed the whole weight of his body into the horns of his bow. Hence probably arose the phrase "bending the bow," and the French of "drawing" one."
- W. Gilpin, 1791
Congratulations on discovering the secret of the English longbowman. ;)
A quote from the age of gun powder? About 500 years late my man.
I love that guy and his frickin interisting channel! his work is not only incredible informational but it also revives long forgotten parts of our history
The Shad: A Dark Fantasy Series
This is now an archery channel, and I love it!