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Lars Andersen: A new level of archery

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What it is

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

Why Hacker News recommends it

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

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2015, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “Lars Andersen taking archery to the next level by using forgotten skills he learned by looking at old art and various texts. Worth a watch!”

    Archery skills revived from old art and texts

    rickdale, 2015-01 · Recommendation · in “Inside the world of longsword fighting”

  2. “this entertaining video argues that archery might be an example”

    Entertaining video on rediscovered archery technique

    xamuel, 2018-03 · Recommendation · in “Million-dollar Strads fall to modern violins in blind ‘sound check’”

  3. “much what we know is either wrong or incomplete about archery. Lars Anderson made a nice series of videos on this”

    Series showing much conventional archery knowledge is wrong or incomplete

    gbtw, 2018-04 · Recommendation · in “What Medieval England Can Teach Us about Software Development”

  4. “He has lots of videos in his YouTube channel showing various feats of archery, this is a pretty good one”

    One of many archery feat videos on his channel

    mikkergp, 2022-10 · Recommendation · in “Archery World Record: Most arrows through a keyhole [video]”

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Topics: archery, lars andersen, forgotten skills, speed shooting, history

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