Leo Bennett Mounted Archery Aug 2010 at Thunderbird Show Park

[iluvnaz]

what a legend to sit tight! I WANT A GO! that looks so fun- jumping with no hands while shooting a target ....sounds like my kinda thing :P dangerous, adrenalin, excitement..........yep, defo my kinda thing :)

apart from the fact that my 6 year old 16hh tb cross, probably wouldn't canter in a striaght line let alone jump a fence in CANTER!

[TheDaki75]

I would love to try this..

[liuntika]

Plus, there are other (also hungarian and turkish (can be inner-asian turkish also)) methods, which it seems you don't know of, so you don't have to invent the spanish wax once again.... :D

[liuntika]

Congratulations to the kid, he's really good at his age. :)

Btw, I would like to clarify a thing. On the steppe there are no real obstacles, not at this height, and they are not artificial. Steppean warfare went into hand-to-hand combat really scarcely under and after the hun period, usually only at the ends of the combat, when the other party started to run. Please do not misinterpret things.

We used bows from a safe distance. :)

[PSYCHEDELIChorses]

Oops... I see the targets now!

[PSYCHEDELIChorses]

R they just randomly shooting or do they have targets

[bballg123]

I Absolutely love these kids!!! Everytime I watch theses videos they get alot better! I think they are such cuties too!!:) Archery alone is really hard(Ive had my share of it) and horse jumping is too! But the can do both and make it look easy!! Cheers to them!!

[erihama]

@bballg123 The boys say thanks ;-)

[SushiMaster82]

Why is the second kid dressed like that? I mean, no offense. I think it's pretty cool.

[Bajutsuka]

Great video. This kid is going to be awesome. Although his speed may come close to Kassais, I really don't think they can be compared. Kassai starts further away from his target and I wonder if this technique/style is also accurate over greater distance. But I can see it is very effective in this type of training. I'm going to give it a shot myself! :)

[erihama]

Kassia's System

Always shoots to the right and in a strait line

The attacks he says are always a sweeping arch to the left

This is a predicable restrictive attack method

and no obstacles on the battle field . The Reality is there where rocks trees ditches dead horses and worriers to jump and yet he only trains his students straight track free of obstacles I believe the battle field reality was much harsher and required jumping obstacles , much maneuvering and a 220 degree shooting arch.

[Bajutsuka]

@erihama: I'm not saying one or the other is better, I'm just saying they can't be compared. I'm convinced you must train for every possibility. And this is certainly a great training if the enemy is close. I noticed you write Kassia, but it is Kassai. No biggie, but because it was consistantly wrong, I wanted to point it out.

Cannot find anything on Samaria, except for being once the capital of Israel. Too bad, liked to have found some reference to it.

Once again: I like this, great riders!

[daryush55]

@Bajutsuka I would assume he'd be using the Sassanian release to stop arrow paradox: two fingers underneath the arrow, and one finger along the side of the arrow to stabilise it.

This is just my guess though ....

[erihama]

@daryush55 dont think so you can see his hand in HI res full screen

just his thumb

[Quenyandur]

Nice speed and fluent motion, certainly worth trying.

I agree with soldatna on this however, from an archery aspect it might lack accuracy, especially with a stronger bow because he has to squeeze his arrows and his bow together in one hand. As I have no info on "Samarian/Samaritan style, I don't know if they shot from horseback, their closeness to Assyrian would suggest different bows. Or do you mean "Sarmathian" style?

[erihama]

@Quenyandur The squeeze of the arrows with stronger bow will not happen if you don't squeeze them instead let the pull anchor the bow in the palm of you hand also the closest to Samaria style left side shooting is the magic art of Kyudo

The Samaria where know for simple but deadly techniques no unnecessary movements no wasted energy and no unnecessary exposed attack surfaces

My 2 cents worth

[larsandersen23]

Really good

and nice to see other archers who shoot "right side"

I do not think there is a "Hun" style

to shoot left and the double draw as Lajos Kassai uses

is to my knowledge not based on anything historical.

[erihama]

@larsandersen23 I have studied Japanese and a little of King Aurthers Nights There was a ship wreck discovered a few years back and they found some very unique horse bows and engravings of his nights shooting as Leo is, also if they put poison on there broad heads it would be very risky to load and fire the way Kassia is doing it. I think we should make it clear that this is Kassia's style (the double draw) and not necessarily the official Hun style

[Quenyandur]

@erihama: The Mary Rose only had longbows on board, you are mixing two things here.

What you studied is completely irrelevant here. It should spell "King Arthur's Knights" by the way.

[erihama]

@Quenyandur The article I read and the pictures the bows where defiantly semi recurves similar to what the boys are using in the video but smaller and more beefier.

[Trophybow1]

Hats off!! Congratulations to you all. Great video and very interesting style to load arrows. (Fingers and right side?!?) Never seen this before. Greetings. (5/5 +Favourite)

[erihama]

@Trophybow1 Loe says thanks the boys are making a there first CHI enabled horse bow it is a very old and secret way of using materials to help channel you energy into the arrow There are old Japanese stories of arrows going 6 inches in to solid rock they should have there made in the next 2 months.

[Trophybow1]

@erihama Very interesting indeed. Good luck to your bow making broject. I hope i can see the bow soon in action. If you have time, let me know how it goes. Greetings to you all.

[soldatna]

The only one I have seen shoot close to that fast is a Native American. I am putting a video together to promote the sport may I use this clip.

[erihama]

@soldatna I am trying to promote the boys 1st and then the sport 2dn I would have to see what you have in mind also what is your thinking on right side or left side shooting

Thanks

Proud Dad

[soldatna]

@erihama Taking a closer look I unable to see the accuracy of his shots. It also looks like he has a very brused face. Look forward to seeing more.

[erihama]

@soldatna The brused face was the make up artist idea

Leo thinks its cool

[CombatArchery]

I had to come back a watch Leo again...I am so happy for him and you also....

[radekrad]

Wow, This movie is amazing :)

[AngieGirl814]

they inspire me greatly!!

[jbdezoveelste]

WOW he's jumping with no hands and the pony bucks and the only thing he say is WOOHOOOOO XD love it

[Hope4Height]

holy.....CRAP! omg that has got to be the best thing ever. i didnt even know that was a sport?! where do i sign up??!

[gothicrocker17]

this is amazing!

[horsequeen4life]

OMG thats INCREDIBLE!!!! great job!!

[horsebackarchers]

Congratulations to Leo Bennett from Greek Horseback Archers!

Leo, our best wishes for a great world-success, follow you !

Aristotle

[Budorama94]

Jeeze! i wanna try!

[PonyPerson62]

this is amazing! OMG! incredible! I could totally never do that! and they were JUMPING too? how high?? :) :) well done

[erihama]

@PonyPerson62 3 foot 3 with no hands and shoot at the apex of the jump

[eventerkatie84]

Wow well done!!! Love ur pony, definitely some fire in the belly :) x

[str8shooter308]

She gets a little fire in her some times. That is some good stuff. Keep up the hard work...