Centuries ago master archers were able to perform incredible feats of archery. These skills have long been forgotten probably due to the invention of gun powder. Danish archer Lars Anderson has studied and practiced these long forgotten archery skills. If you have smallest interest in archery this is a must see video.
While watching take notice of smooth speed of shooting while moving with No Quiver – Lars holds all arrows in one hand while shooting. He is right handed but shoots the arrow from the right side of the bow rather than the left.
Perhaps your interest in real traditional archery has be been peaked. For more reading visit The Archery Library Book List to begin your own journey of archery discovery.
Old archery books still contain a lot of useful information. They are hard to find and often very expensive. This site is dedicated to preserving them by creating an online repository for the benefit of all archers and as a record of passed times of archery.
The library started when the maintainer thought it could be interesting to put some books from his collection online of which the copyright had expired.
The Library is a non-profit site. The proceedings from advertisement go towards purchase of new books and hosting costs.
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Snopes addresses this question “While most viewers were simply amazed by Lars Andersen’s archery skills, others were skeptical. Was this “New Level Archery” created by digital manipulation?”
Snopes concludes-
“Lars Andersen may have used some tricks in his “A New Level of Archery” video, but it does not appear the result has been digitally manipulated.”
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