@SkaiaSkull
Something my archery teacher told me was “as long as you hit your target, you’re not doing it wrong”
@Coconut7795
I love how the guy was just casually explaining why archers in shows/movies aren't perfect, while he himself is hitting a falling apple
@LeanneKrv
Thank you for this! There are many athletes who harshly criticizes movies like this being "inaccurate" when in reality, there's no such thing as "realistic archery" in real combat practice. In combat, you are not expected to always have and do proper form. You just have make do of what you have and what you can do. Apart from flashy movements, most of them are doable and practical.
@andriod090
I like to phrase it this way: They’re not bad, they’re contextual.
@marcelxenondelossantos7403
"Why is archery in films and media bad?" proceeds to do badass trick-shots like a movie character
@justsomeguy1691
Never forget that James Cameron had an Olympic archer on the set of the first Avatar who heard how he was gonna have them shoot the bows and said “you can’t shoot a bow like that” and so James Cameron brought him outside and proceeded to demonstrate that you can indeed shoot a bow like that
@raynegruber5368
It's so perfectly done. He implies each thing is "unrealistic" while simultaneously doing them with apparant ease as if he's been doing that all his life. He makes the common comments about movie archery and then shows that they are very realistic, undercutting them. Amazing job.
@caidalee1994
“This person who learned to use a bow by themselves through trial and error with no guidance doesn’t have correct form!”
@Bohnant
Bro looks literally like an elf who grew up in the woods
@eatdoenut
We need this guy in our group if there ever a zombie apocalypse
@aaronharding2960
I love how he calls out all the things people think Hollywood gets wrong about archery while doing all of those things. Multiple takes or not, it's super impressive. As a lover of fantasy fiction, this type of content is top tier.
@alizium1
My guy was literally amazing
@Edward13420
Bro just casually showed off his godlike archery skills like it was nothing
@theninjakat168
Growing up being taught there’s only one way to do archery properly, and then seeing archery “done wrong” in movies really made me upset when I was younger. It felt really fake to me, especially the rapid firing scenes. This video explains why those methods aren’t necessarily wrong, but a shooting style instead. (That was seriously cool man!)
@synthwolfe8906
FINALLY!!! SO glad to see someone else mention reverse draw!! I've always done it as a reflex after a faulty draw with my very first (non 5lb trainer) skimmed my nose on release. And it's been so long, any other draw just feels... wrong to me now.
@ldalexandrite
First of all, as a character animator thank you so much for teaching these and showing these. And second of all, I really ADORE those “not so cool looking” but historically accurate archery techniques at the end! They look brilliant to me! So natural and effective movements!
@dr_doritotf2305
I keep hallucinating elf ears in this man, no seriously how do you have the physique and skills to be the perfect fictional elf archer???
@atlanderwrites
Same with martial arts. They drilled stances into us in karate, but in a fight you aren’t going to be in full horse stance—just close enough to give you the power you need.
@criauxe
people who think olympic style archery is the only correct way of archery has been lied to their whole lives
@marcusorta714