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carried a few arrows in their hands:
Forgotten archery lest we forget. makes legolas look like a slowpoke. also applies to swords (and other 'obsolete' weapons) where we have forgotten the techniques they actually used, and only remember the formalised 'modern' stylised techniques as used in olympic fencing. ![]() |
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Impressive!
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Amazing skills
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Yup, and often used even today. Check out various pictures of Papuan archers.
I believe old musketeers used a similar trick, keeping a couple of bullets in their mouth during the open salvos of the battle. F |
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Kronkcew - great points.
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The difference with this video is that the arrows are held in the drawing hand rather than the bow hand.
Holding in the bow hand is common enough - South America, Africa, China, Japan, Oceania, Europe, at least. I've only seen holding in the drawing hand from Japan (before this). This particular version requires thumb draw. I want to play with it a bit and see how it works (in slow motion). My first thought is that the usual lock might not work; this might need the Japanese lock used in kyudo or the Mamluk "pillion lock" (where the middle finger is over the thumbnail, rather than the index finger). Must try! |
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