{"id":70162,"date":"2013-03-24T00:49:52","date_gmt":"2013-03-24T05:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=70162"},"modified":"2013-03-24T00:49:52","modified_gmt":"2013-03-24T05:49:52","slug":"a-real-life-archer-faster-than-legolas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2013\/03\/24\/70162-a-real-life-archer-faster-than-legolas\/","title":{"rendered":"A real-life archer faster than Legolas?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Legolas-in-vlog-8-courtesy-of-DarkJackal-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Legolas in vlog #8 courtesy of DarkJackal\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-60126 no-lazyload\" \/> We all know that Legolas Greenleaf is pretty speedy with that Lothlorien bow of his. But that&#8217;s in Movieland. Surely it&#8217;s impossible to replicate in real life. <\/p>\n<p>Danish archer Lars Andersen believes he&#8217;s rediscovered ancient techniques that allow him to shoot as fast &#8212; or faster than &#8212; Legolas does in the movie of The Lord of the Rings. <\/p>\n<p>The trick?  He holds not just the one arrow in his hand, but every single arrow he intends to shoot &#8212; so each arrow is ready to be fired immediately. There&#8217;s a good view of it at around 3 min 15 secs in the video below, and some interesting and insightful discussion of the technique <a href=\"https:\/\/pay.reddit.com\/r\/videos\/comments\/13xlf6\/worlds_fastest_archer_reinventing_the_fastest\/\" target=\"_blank\">in this old post<\/a> over on Reddit.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2zGnxeSbb3g\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Russian archer SeregedelReal is pretty fast on the draw too!<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1o9RGnujlkI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all know that Legolas Greenleaf is pretty speedy with that Lothlorien bow of his. 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