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Lars Andersen: A new level of archery

larsandersen23 · 62.6M views · 2015-01-23 · 5:52

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Archer Lars Andersen demonstrates fast, accurate shooting techniques he says he revived from historical art and texts, arguing Hollywood archery is not historical.

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Recommended as an entertaining example of rediscovered lost skills, though some commenters note it is contested.

Recommended by 4 HN people across 4 months · HN mentions 2015–2022

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mikkergp · 2022-10 · Recommendation

He has lots of videos in his YouTube channel showing various feats of archery, this is a pretty good one: [VIDEO] Maybe he faked all the videos and got the Guinness book of world records to put a fake record on their website, but they doesn’t seem like the simplest explanation.

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gbtw · 2018-04 · Recommendation

Not to shit on your nice story :) but much what we know is either wrong or incomplete about archery. Lars Anderson made a nice series of videos on this: [VIDEO]

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xamuel · 2018-03 · Recommendation

Don't know how historically accurate it is, but this entertaining video argues that archery might be an example: [VIDEO]

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