--- title: "Watch a skilled archer hit targets from around corners" description: "Lars Andersen is like the Harlem Globetrotter of archery, performing all sorts of trick shots with arrows. Check a few out here." date: "2022-07-09" modified: "2022-07-09" authors: - name: "Blake Stilwell" job_title: "Editor-In-Chief, Air Force Veteran" link: "https://www.wearethemighty.com/authors/blake/" url: "https://www.wearethemighty.com/popular/arrow-around-corners/" categories: - "Entertainment" --- # Watch a skilled archer hit targets from around corners ![]() What you are about to see is not the stuff of medieval legend... although it should be. If someone were able to do this in the middle ages, they would likely have been set on fire for witchcraft. That's how amazing it is to watch an able archer hit a target from around a corner. For once, the reality of something is way cooler than it could ever be shown in the movies, thanks to archer Lars Andersen. --- ![]() *This would be almost as impressive if it were real. (Brooksfilms)* Andersen is a Danish archer who is kind of like the Mythbuster of the archery world. He shows how amazing feats in archery can still be done in the modern world, without a modern bow and arrow set up. He's proven that ancient Saracen archers could really fire off three arrows in 1.5 seconds, as history recorded. He can catch arrows in mid-flight, just like your Dungeons and Dragons character. He can deflect an incoming arrow with another arrow. He even demonstrates how to catch an arrow the use it to shoot another target. ![]() *Sploosh.* In the 2017 video below, he's demonstrating a technique used by English and Arab bowmen from the days of yore: shooting heavy arrows around corners – he even says it can be a really easy thing to do for any archer, you just lace the arrow on the string in the wrong place, slightly off-center. The off-center firing causes the air resistance to kick the arrow back, making it rotate into a turn. He even demonstrates a "boomerang" shot, where the arrow turns completely around a corner. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc_z4a00cCQ The arrows will not hit the target on a turn with the same force as it would a straight-on target, so it's unlikely to kill someone taking cover from your arrow barrage, but it will make them think twice about the cover they've chosen. ## Author Blake Stilwell is We Are The Mighty's Editor-in-Chief, covering military news, entertainment, and history, along with veteran education, employment and entrepreneurship. He is a former U.S. Air Force combat cameraman with degrees in Graphic Design, Television and Film, International Relations, Public Relations, Business Management and Middle Eastern Affairs. After leaving the military, he began working in film and television production in New York and Los Angeles, work that included ABC News, NBC Olympics, and HBO Sports. He then spent two years in Washington with White House Communications, before joining the Near East Foundation. At NEF he served as an International Development Fellow, then Communications Officer, and finally, Media Officer for the Middle East and Africa. Based in the Palestinian Territory, he coordinated strategic communications between eight country offices, international media, and government and NGO partners. He began a career focused on writing and editing in 2015 with We Are The Mighty. He left in 2019 for Military.com, but returned as Editor-in-Chief in 2025. Blake’s work has been seen on CBS News, Fox News, CBC, The Chicago Tribune, Task & Purpose, Military Times, Recoil, Skillset, American History, and was shockingly even used in a Supreme Court argument. He is an avid traveler and small business owner in Ohio, where he spends most of his energy fixing up a very old house. ### Author social links [Facebook]() [Twitter]() [Instagram]() [LinkedIn]()