A new view of archery

[JoanDrake]

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2015/01/30/382739446/an-archer-goes-old-school-and-wows-the-internet

watch on YouTube, because there you will see several other videos that criticize this quite extensively. I am skeptical but including something like this in our archery scenes might add to our stories

 

[Ursa major]

I think this has -- or, at least, some other of Lars Anderson's archery videos have -- been linked to before.

While I look for the relevant thread, here's a link to Elizabeth Bear's guest** blog post on her reactions to Mr Anderson's exploits.



** - The post is on author Charles Stross's blog; he's currently in the US, but likes his blog to remain active. (Note that Thread Bear insists that I point out that they are not related.)

 

[JoanDrake]

Sorry, We Americans are always a little behind things

 

[Brian G Turner]

I think it's a great video, and underlines a clear point that there would have been different ways to use bows - which makes sense when different styles of bow existed in different cultures, and were clearly utilised in different contexts.