"This is my longbow, there are many like it, but this one is mine!"

@the_hooded_man_

9 ай бұрын

excellent reference work, my friend

@agorman1341

8 ай бұрын

"WHO TOUCHED MY LONGBOW?"

@rachdarastrix5251

8 ай бұрын

I will name it George. And I will feed it and love it and take care of it.

@bryxd6822

8 ай бұрын

iykyk

@stefantsarev4442

8 ай бұрын

My longbow is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life.

The bow is not the only jacked thing in this video.

@the_hooded_man_

9 ай бұрын

ahh cheers brother 😎🏹

@danielparker9718

8 ай бұрын

Mans proving you need that Strength stat for a good bow draw, Dexterity only going to go so far 💪

@EdwardBrown

8 ай бұрын

He's from Leeds! His farts scream "big issue!"

@garymurt9112

8 ай бұрын

Back in the day when they fought wars with long bows, the war bow had a 200 to 300 pound pull, those dudes was the real jacked ones.

@cuthwulf

8 ай бұрын

@@garymurt9112 It was even more than that. When they began to unearth skeletal remains from many English battlegrounds, they could literally tell who the English longbowmen were bc their right arm bones were thicker and denser due to constant loads being applied. It literally made one arm bigger than the other.

I really do love these armament channels that throw in a bit of history alongside a great sense of humor.

@futuristicbus61

6 ай бұрын

Same dude. They make YT Shorts so interesting

Its fitting to hear someone with a proper English accent talk about the English longbow

@boola69

2 ай бұрын

T'Yorksher accent, best there is.

@punygreenman5956

2 ай бұрын

@@boola69 Yorkshire? Sorry I'm not English myself lol did travel through Heathrow in London once though hahaha

@MrJalasKelm

24 күн бұрын

​@@punygreenman5956 There are a little under 40 dialects of English in the UK

@-NemoMeImpuneLacessit

6 күн бұрын

Yorkshire? This lad is about as Nottingham as it gets

I’m bringing back Sunday archery practice. Who’s with me?

@astra8538

6 ай бұрын

Me

@blakesadler8398

6 ай бұрын

I..........

@Corncob_Jones

6 ай бұрын

I believe there are still some groups who do it.

@inedibleham2581

6 ай бұрын

This would give everyone insane back muscles

@oliviadoyle3623

6 ай бұрын

If I could afford a bow :(

bro came straight from 1256 just to tell us that his bow is quite literally jacked up.

@46FreddieMercury91

7 ай бұрын

Get himself a tetanus shot whilst here

@the_hooded_man_

7 ай бұрын

I’m actually from the 1320s, my brother 😎🏹

@fisolfas

7 ай бұрын

​@@the_hooded_man_😂 ok

@Mohawkmarcje

6 ай бұрын

​@@the_hooded_man_ Then dress as if you're from the 1320's, ffs.

"With a bit of help from the Welsh" we finally got some recognition CMON CYMRU

@loi_cy

6 ай бұрын

YMA O HYD

@mansendwish

6 ай бұрын

cardIFf I'm being Rhyl, you don't Dyserth it.

@Whelshdemon

5 ай бұрын

O ba ran ti ond

@T13GUY

5 ай бұрын

Ello Welsh people, I wish you a good day from England ❤ :>

@benbrampton8196

4 ай бұрын

I LOVE wales and everything about it! The language is beautiful and the people, buildings and scenery are always so amazing ❤😊

I need that longbow. And those arrows. And those clothes. And that accent.

@jeffmartinson691

7 ай бұрын

And those boots, and that motorcycle.

@the_picsopedia

6 ай бұрын

Then get off your phone already.

@user-hs3vo2kv6m

5 ай бұрын

@@the_picsopedia I think the accents a bit out of his control 😂

@erickchba2

4 ай бұрын

Is that midlands accent by any means?

@tyroplaysYT

4 ай бұрын

​@@erickchba2 he's from leeds

I entered for curiosity for the bow, stayed for the accent.

@the_hooded_man_

8 ай бұрын

welcome to medieval England 🤝

@knighthawk3759

8 ай бұрын

Hello Robin

@SvenTviking

8 ай бұрын

He gets up early, to practice being Northern.

@Agent_KD6-3.7

8 ай бұрын

​@@the_hooded_man_ Are you from Mansfield?

@kingjulian4169

8 ай бұрын

YORKSIRE YORKSHIRE !!!!

This guy could have done almost anything in his life and he chose medieval archer, and sharing it with strangers on the internet, and I love It.

I dont even care about the content, his voice is soothing for no apparent reason

This knowledge deserves a role as robin hood.

It's like freaking Jayson Statham talking about longbow. 😂

@the_hooded_man_

8 ай бұрын

but he has a different accent 😅

@paulwilliammonks1

8 ай бұрын

This is a northern accent , possibly Lancashire. Statham has a very southern london accent.

@chrisproost7290

8 ай бұрын

@@paulwilliammonks1 Aye, only some 200-250 miles between the places and accents too. With some half dozen fairly distinct other accents in between, maybe a dozen if you've an ear for dialects. That difference gets even more muddy when locals talk amongst themselves, adding slang etc, especially older folks.

@brianharrison3066

8 ай бұрын

​sounds Yorkshire. Statham is a londoner. Or what we northerners call a soft southerner

@H0n3yMonstah

8 ай бұрын

​@@brianharrison3066think it more Lancashire than Yorkshire.

"My English longbow" There was alot of very appropriate pride in that sentence.

@markhorton3994

7 ай бұрын

True archers made their own.

English long bow, play an important role at Agincourt battle! King Henry V

During the war with France the French would cut off our bowmen's two fingers so they couldn't fire their bow. The archers would show the two finger salute to show the enemy they were ready for them

@the_hooded_man_

7 ай бұрын

It’s a great store in my friend, but I’m afraid it’s more myth than truth

As a Welshman I loved that throwaway line "with a bit of help from the Welsh" seeing as the Welsh invented this type of longbow :-)

@harryunderhill5041

7 ай бұрын

Otzi the Iceman had a longbow when he died in 3230 BCE, sometime before Wales became a thing. I think the back story of the longbow may be different to the one you were taught.

@justinprice7484

7 ай бұрын

@@harryunderhill5041 Not a longbow, it was not near the same as the welsh longbows and if it was, legit every history book needs to be changed. It was just a bow, not a longbow, longbows are specially made with certaint types of wood. Welsh Longbows are not just made from any type of wood.

@harryunderhill5041

7 ай бұрын

@@justinprice7484 Welsh longbows are just another self bow with a D cross section. This design has been around for thousands of years before the medieval period. The Nydam bows dated from the 4th century CE for example, Otzi's bow was unfinished but the same design. The impact Welsh archers had on archery wasn't the design of the bow, it was the demonstration of massed archery at a time when the mounted knight on horseback was king of the battle field. This tactic was later adopted by English kings in their armies leading to victories against the French at Crecy, Poitiers and Agincourt.

@maxs.3238

7 ай бұрын

​@@justinprice7484 ötzis "bow" was an unfinished piece of yew that was roughly as long as ötzi himself. I'd say that sounds an awfully lot like he had something like a Welsh longbow in mind

@TheTwoFingeredBulldog

7 ай бұрын

Well it's widely debatable who "invented" the longbow.

This dude is so f*cking cool. No joke.

This whole video is pure gold! The delivery, the history lesson, the demo at the end...10/10. Liked and subbed!

Bro really said, "Back in my days-"

Thats why I use a short bow you dont have to jack it up as often 😂

@zzace00

8 ай бұрын

Well, I'm sure your bow has a great personality at least

@andrewbclinton

8 ай бұрын

I use a wide bow

@tchanthaphaeng

8 ай бұрын

Crossbow user here 😈

@scienceMicroguy77

8 ай бұрын

We're still talking about archery right?

@UmbilicalNightmare

7 ай бұрын

@@tchanthaphaeng use a gun at that point

So glad you mentioned the Welch, wouldn't have forgiven you otherwise

@user-uv1kr3lo5h

7 ай бұрын

As a Welsh decendent I agree with all the family history I've done and all the history that I learned along the way..

@alexanderhay7358

7 ай бұрын

@@user-uv1kr3lo5h as a scot, i hope you remember the cornish

@user-uv1kr3lo5h

7 ай бұрын

@alexanderhay7358 you referring to language brythonic or the meat pie Cornish 😆.. I'm just joking with you lol

@alexanderhay7358

7 ай бұрын

@@user-uv1kr3lo5h lol i was going for national Britania, but I'm all there for the meat pie...

he looks like if logan paul was in assasin's creed

I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A FAN OF THE ENGLISH LONG BOW, IT'S CRAFTSMANSHIP & HISTORY; ¡¡WITH THAT TOOL OF WAR, YOU WILL NEVER GO HUNGRY & YOU'LL ALSO BE SAFE!!! YOU'RE FUNNY!! THANK YOU FOR THE HISTORY LESSON!!! A GENTLE MAN'S BET: ¡¡I BET, NO ONE EVER THOUGHT, THAT WHEN YOU MADE THAT VIDEO, IT WOULD BE SO SUCCESSFUL!! ¡¡¡THE FORMULA THAT YOU USED FOR THIS VIDEO, IS REALLY THE SECRET, FOR ALL FUTURE IDEAS YOU COULD HAVE, TO MAKE A PROJECT!!! ¡¡¡WHEN YOU GET ANY IDEA, WORK ON IT, AND IN THE FACE, OF EVEN FRIENDLY RESISTANCE & DOUBT, GET IT DONE!! ¡¡THE MUSIC & THE FOREST SCENERY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM IS EXCEPTIONALLY BEAUTYFULL!!! GOD BLESS & SHOW AND TEACH US MORE

Archer giving us all the cool gestures that I wouldn't be surprised if they invented the shocker.

@drehendesMausrad

7 ай бұрын

Dabbing originated in archers drawing a high poundage bow /s

@hellcat9985

7 ай бұрын

No, but they made the act of giving someone the bird.

@Hiagain69

7 ай бұрын

@@hellcat9985 "We can still pluck you!"

@wavydavy9816

7 ай бұрын

@@hellcat9985 I thought it was the V sign, coz they use to cut their draw fingers off.

@skygorider

7 ай бұрын

@@wavydavy9816 V sign is a myth apparently not connected with the time of oust Agincourt but it’s a great story!

日本とイギリスの文化、習慣、武器って不思議なことに似てるものが多いなぁ…

@-Blackberry

7 ай бұрын

Both island nations with powerful states just across the sea which we were suspicious and concerned about, with enough influence from them while developing our own distinct isolated culture.

@RyanSmith-on1hq

7 ай бұрын

私はいつもこれを言っています。私たちは遠く離れているのにとても似ています。

I like how both the middle finger and thumbs up came from English archers

Liking videos with a thumbs up is clearly medieval.

Great presentation, thank you. That 'thumbs up' mighr originate with the longbow makes a nice pair with the "two finger salute" which is also said to originate from the longbow. Early forms of digital communication.

@verybigears

7 ай бұрын

Roman emperors giving thumbs up or down for gladiators is an earlier contender.

@Corvus_Clemmons

6 ай бұрын

Also one of the supposed origins of the middle finger is said to come from archers.

@theunloadedrpg1376

6 ай бұрын

​@@verybigearsfun fact: the meaning of the thumbs up and thumbs down in this case was probably swapped as we know it, and in gladiator fights a thumbs down was used to signify a sword being put into its scabbard while a thumbs up symbolized a sword raised to strike.

@TM-tx9ct

6 ай бұрын

The 2 fingered victory sign came from archery. If archers were caught, their 2 fingers that pulled the bowstring were cut off. Therefore, those who were victorious were able to stick up their 2 fingers at the enemy.

The English long bow has been characterized as the machine gun of medieval warfare.

@grenouillesscent

8 ай бұрын

I would be good at this because I goon. Using both hands

@richardwilliams1986

8 ай бұрын

Primitive bow equivalent to when engine power was identified by displacement only, like 318 Cid, 360 Cid, etc.

@LookHereMars

8 ай бұрын

Indeed, each Longbowman could, at the average battle pace, shoot 10 arrows per man per minute in volley fire, and up to 12 a minute at an enhanced pace. At Agincourt, the 5,000 English and Welsh Longbowmen could, at a standard pace, release as many as 50,000 arrows every 60 seconds or at an enhanced pace 60,000, an astonishing rate of fire. To give some perspective, the standard pace is around the per minute cyclic rate of 35 German MG42s shooting at 1,500 rpm. The average and more widely used crossbows of the period could, in comparison, release 5 to 6 bolts a minute at a maximum range of 200 yards. The longbow could wound and kill at 300 yards, a distance at the time unheard of outside of siege weapons. Near anything outside of plate armour could be penetrated, but even when clad in plate, the concussive effects would have been massive, especially at close range. The Longbow truly was a formidable multi-purpose weapon.

@sethhaveron1371

8 ай бұрын

@@LookHereMars nope ... i would recon you look up to Tods Workshop and see the fieldtest of "Bow vs Plate" 160 pound bow with black AP Bottkins vs a 1mm Air hardened fieldcasted armorplate according to historic reference ... not the outcome you would expect

"I'm not going to get rizzed up by fucking Robin Hood, unless..." The Robin Hood in question:

That bit about that law was fascinating!

The last of the merry men ✨️⭐️

I was in Liverpool few years ago and ive been told that the 2 fingers, the reversed victory V, is used as an insult because back then the archers would get their fingers cut off if they ever got caught. As a result, they decided to make this sign a sort of "Come get my fingers motherf*cker!" thing.

@user-dv7xv6eb5c

7 ай бұрын

That's exactly what my history teacher told me a long time ago. I read about some yrs later. Like you say, The French would chop the fingers of englishman to prevent them firing a bow.This was because the longbow would devastate french lines before they were in range to fire their crossbows snd other projectile weapons.It was a beast that could kill at up to 400yrds or more in an experienced archers hands

@user-dv7xv6eb5c

7 ай бұрын

We (Scottish,English,Welsh,irish) still put the 2 fingers up as a wah to say F**k off, Like the way the middle finger is used worldwide.

The jacked up comment/joke was the best part

He's in the right kind of physical condition to be a longbowman (if a little tall). They were renowned as some of the toughest bastards alive. Great stuff.

Love the pride in his voice when he says "My English long bow. lol

Thumbs up is interesting, i know the two finger salute is because when a long bowsman was captured they would cut their two string fingers off.

@the_hooded_man_

8 ай бұрын

it’s a great story but it’s more myth than truth, I’m afraid. Most bowmen in the later medieval period were peasants and if they’d have been captured they’d have most likely just been killed

@Cervando

8 ай бұрын

Myth. No historical evidence whatsoever supports it

@Loewemon25

8 ай бұрын

The thumbs up comes from nuclear war I believe. If the mushroom cloud was bigger than your thumb you're in the blast zone

@bry8636

8 ай бұрын

@@Loewemon25it’s a whole lot older than nuclear bombs Going back at least to the gladiators of Rome

@dwainmorris7854

8 ай бұрын

Wait a minute the thumbs up sign came from the Roman Emperor sparing gladiators

You feel like a character that someone would make up for a D&D session.

Medieval archer uses thumbs up as a gesture. Roman gladiator gives a relief breath

Bro this video is a masterpiece I love the commentary scenery videography and your enthusiasm.

@the_hooded_man_

8 ай бұрын

ah bless you, brother 🙏🏻 thank you so much, really appreciate the positive feedback

A 'bit of help' from the Welsh?! You mean a "bit of thanks' to the Welsh...

@the_hooded_man_

9 ай бұрын

I simply refer to numbers my friend, not trying to take anything away from the great nation of Wales

@mrkitcatt2119

8 ай бұрын

Yet the longbow was universal everyone had their variants the Welsh one was smaller less powerful good for shorter distances

@madheadlesschicken2066

8 ай бұрын

@@mrkitcatt2119 ... but the longbow was a Welsh invention... lots of countries adopted and, perhaps, in some cases, improved upon the original, but the Welsh are credited with this military advancement... it was later used by the English to subjugate the Welsh, but that's a different story for another time perhaps

@mrkitcatt2119

8 ай бұрын

@madheadlesschicken2066 not true longbows have been found all over Europe, Denmark in bogs, the alps with otzi etc all predating any found in wales. Even the norse and normans were said to have a variant.

@the_hooded_man_

8 ай бұрын

@@madheadlesschicken2066 the Welsh absolutely inspired the English to implement the warbow into warfare but it 100% is not a Welsh invention.. there was a yew bow found in the Ötztal alps dating back to around 3300 BC

The 2 most recognized hand gestures came from archers😂

Not the only hand gesture we got from archers 😂

I’ve learnt something new again. I didn’t know that before. Thank you ❤

@the_hooded_man_

8 ай бұрын

appreciate the positive feedback, my friend 🙏🏻 all the best

Kind of like how English longbowmen would flip there middle fingers to the French. To show they were still a threat on the field

@the_hooded_man_

8 ай бұрын

that story is actually about the 2 finger V sign.. which means the same as the middle finger in England… It’s a great story, but it’s more of a myth I’m afraid

@NinjaPirate239

8 ай бұрын

Also it comes from the Welsh, the myth comes from the surname Davies, which sounds like the Welsh "dau fis" meaning 2 fingers

@Retired8404

8 ай бұрын

Was t there something about F you coming from pluck yew? Something about the archers and their ability to still shoot their bows.

@jasonpurcellau

8 ай бұрын

It came about because if they were captured the French would chop off their fingers so they couldn't fire a bow, so flipping them the bird was a taunt like "come get some"

@the_hooded_man_

8 ай бұрын

@@jasonpurcellau the story isn’t about flipping the bird, my friend.. that’s how the Americans have adapted it. It’s actually about the two finger V gesture (inverted peace sign) which means the same as flipping the bird in England

My guy has the most medival npc voice ever

Unrelated to the topic, but that last part of the flute sounded like the start of "brother Loui"

The first thing I thought of was a Two Rivers long bow. Thank you, Robert Jordan.

@wildfire160

8 ай бұрын

Contrary to what the recent series has put out and despite what others have said the people of the Two Rivers was based on Wales(and Andor England) which is why the Longbow was featured so much with them...

@osonhouston

8 ай бұрын

@wildfire160 The culture may have been from there, but it is stated in the books that Nynaeve and Egwene are dark skinned.

@wildfire160

8 ай бұрын

@@osonhouston The series ran with that to make them both dark skinned but that's not how the books actually describe them Nynaeve isn't described as dark skinned at all and Egwene is described as having dark colouring not dark skin...i make a point of that because Jordan never fudges peoples appearance when they are supposed to be dark/black he tells you like with Tuon ... The series is guilty of changing a lot of characters appearances ...

@osonhouston

8 ай бұрын

@wildfire160 Egwene is said to have dark coloring like Nynaeve. What is dark coloring, if not dark skin. They were not as dark as Tuon or Sea Folk, but they had dark skin. I'm doing a re-listen of Eye of the World.

@user-ug5xr2gb6j

8 ай бұрын

@@osonhouston Look up olive skinned. Think like people all around the Mediterranean, where they are still white or Caucasian but not pale like celts or Teutonic people. I have a friend who all of her grandparents are from Sicily, and when they first got married her husband’s friends kept asking if she was Iranian or something to that effect whenever he’d show them pictures. Her daughter is pale like her husband, and she’s been asked more than once, if she (the daughter) was adopted when they’ve been out in public.

There’s a great novel that talks about the English Warbow called archer’s tale I highly recommend it

@mowgli2071

8 ай бұрын

Is it in the Grail series? That's the only "Archer's tale" that I could find

@sgress

8 ай бұрын

Bernard Cornwell writes excellent historical fiction.

@alanwilson4860

8 ай бұрын

​@@sgresscouldn't agree more i absolutely love his books really high quality reading.

@sgress

8 ай бұрын

@mowgli-sz9zu it's the Grail Series. Also, his other books are worth a read. Sharpe's Series, Saxons (Last Kingdom), Arthurian series DON'T watch Winter King!

@mowgli2071

8 ай бұрын

@@sgress the only winter king I've heard of is from Game of Thrones

Its actually legal to own a longbow, which is nuts

I love when archers finish jacking up their bow and holding the long thick wood while pulling the wire to penetrate someone/something

I once heard that the middle finger originated from medieval archers, and now we’re suggesting the thumbs up came from them too. At this point, I’m just waiting to find out that sign language was made by them as well.

@the_hooded_man_

8 ай бұрын

the story about the middle finger is just another version of the two finger V sign story. It’s a great story but it’s more myth than truth

Most of English society is based around sunday (e.g shops being open for shorter hours on a sunday) probably because of the church

Had no idea how much I wanted to hear a Notts/Yorkie say "jacking it up" until now 😂

The middle finger came from threatening archers, saying they'll loose that trigger finger

So kool that at the end, he mentions some History where it became Law for every able bodied man to practice archery. Neat to learn also about the thumbs up gesture...! Love History. Great video and thanks for this @the_hooded_man_ :D

@paulmarkham2197

7 ай бұрын

But when the Sunday law was repealed we started giving a poor show . The ready made army of excellence bowmen were no longer at hand.

@RadioSnivins

7 ай бұрын

It woulda been mayhem. Arrows flying in every direction like a mad woman's shit.

"a bit of help from the Welsh"? I feel like thats the understatement of the century lol

@goodwinter6017

7 ай бұрын

The whaled are just rolling in their graves. Lol

bro must offer the craziest side quests

Funny how both thumbs up and a middle finger came from medieval long bow man

The English longbow was lost to history until some were found when Henry VIII sunken flag ship was raised

@christopherdean1326

8 ай бұрын

We had a few bows, but hardly any arrows (not sure how many, but I think it was single figures) until they brought up the Mary Rose, then we had literally hundreds of them...

@adrianthomas6667

8 ай бұрын

Not the truth I have been told. @@christopherdean1326

I'll take a recurve everytime. Screw the gazillion dollar fancy compounds as well.

@the_hooded_man_

8 ай бұрын

I’m with you on compounds.. not a fan of those soulless modern things

@wambamthankumam

8 ай бұрын

I mean, you can get a pretty decent compound bow for $100-$200. I like 'em. You get the power of a recurve without needing as much upper body strength which is great for a skinny guy like me lol plus they require less skill to shoot accurately.

@kellywalker8407

8 ай бұрын

@@wambamthankumam Tough to argue with what you said. . You're right. But I grew up with Fred Bear as my bow hunting hero.

@dbuck1964

8 ай бұрын

@@wambamthankumam I mean, hey, that’s what I’ve always aspired to be. Weak, skinny, and lacking in necessary skills.

the veins on his right arm look like an underground transit map, lol

There is another very famous hand gesture that originated from medieval archers.

The peace sign also came from archers. Although instead of "peace and love" out meant "ill pop you in the face you French bastard!" (Aproximately) According to welch rumors the French would cut off a bowman's two fingers as an alternative to killing them to pacify them as an enemy combatant.

@the_hooded_man_

8 ай бұрын

it’s a great story, my friend but it’s more myth than truth, I’m afraid

@Arthiem

8 ай бұрын

@@the_hooded_man_ sad. Because that means we will never know where the gesture truly comes from

@user-fz2we1gw8n

7 ай бұрын

That is utter bollocks, medieval saying .

The thumbs up probably did come from archery but likely from Asiatic archery traditions. In a similar way ✌🏼 (but with the palm facing you) was a way English archers would taunt the French, Mongols would do something similar but with thumb

@ario203ita5

7 ай бұрын

Thumbs up comes from anchent Rome: At the end of a show, the gladiator winner was judged by the emperor. If the emperor went 👍, he liked the show and the gladiator could move on; if the emperor went 👎, he didnt like it and the gladiator would then be killed.

@Petruhafication

7 ай бұрын

@@ario203ita5 that's a Eurocentric opinion

@ario203ita5

7 ай бұрын

@@Petruhafication the thumbs up meaning "nice" is exclusively european and was then exported around. Different cultures had different meanings for it, until imperialism happened.

@Petruhafication

7 ай бұрын

@@ario203ita5 that's not a fact, that's a Eurocentric opinion. The thumbs up gesture has been used throughout history and there is a definite link between Asiatic archery traditions and the thumbs up gesture (as well as the "fig" gesture).

Ahh yes a fellow longbow connoisseur 🥃

@the_hooded_man_

6 ай бұрын

😎🏹🤝

Damn even the middle finger also came from archers

Thumbs up comes from Ancient Rome and it’s called Pollice Verso….

@the_hooded_man_

8 ай бұрын

but in Ancient Rome it wasn’t used as an affirming gesture, it actually meant the opposite

@the_hooded_man_

8 ай бұрын

@@jacekmakes this is how they portray it in films, mate.. in Ancient Rome the thumbs up meant loss whereas the thumb pressed against a closed fist meant win

@the_hooded_man_

8 ай бұрын

@@jacekmakes excellent rebuttal lad.. get history from books instead of the tele

@the_hooded_man_

8 ай бұрын

@@jacekmakes I haven’t cited any movies, daft lad.. you did

@johnboylan3832

8 ай бұрын

@@the_hooded_man_ One thing I have learned from the internet is that there is no point in arguing with fools. As you can see, they rarely admit they were wrong even when it is clear they are.

We need a man like you to join the crusades 😂❤

@the_hooded_man_

9 ай бұрын

I’m afraid I must stay here to run Barnsdale and Sherwood

"The English, with a bit of help from the Welsh..." The most English thing you'll ever hear.

@the_hooded_man_

6 ай бұрын

I’m just going on the numbers, mate

Robin Hood if he was a modern - day Nottingham accent

Encouraging citizens to practice with their weapons of war.. That sounds suspiciously like a second amendment to me.

@r1pbuck

8 ай бұрын

Imagine if today it was mandated that every able-bodied man [person] take their M4 to the range on Sundays for target practice. Hoo-ah!

@garymathison8361

8 ай бұрын

Still is English law. Never repealed.​@@r1pbuck

May the call of the ancestors take the world, the ancient future is upon us ✨️

This is AUTHENTIC SKILLFUL ARCHERY,,,,no gears, sights, stabilizers,,,just 2 sticks, and a string,,,,,the way IT SHOULD BE,,,,GREAT VID😎

I can imagine that archers would indicate that they're ready by using the gesture to say their bow is "jacked up" and the gesture came to mean "good to go" in pretty much any situation. It's plausible.

"If the thumbs up came from medieval archers" You're right, in a way, but not in the way you think. Medieval English Longbowmen would have their thumbs cut off by the French in a show of disrespect to the "cowardly" weapon and culture. In reverse, the Longbowmen would show their thumbs upward and bite their thumb as the French past. This is why in Shakespearean plays they would say "I bite my thumb at you." Showing an Englishman your thumb in that position was to say you are currently winning battles, aka "you are fine" yes. Biting it towards them, meant royally, frick off.

@Orgendorfer

9 ай бұрын

I've heard this story told exactly the same only with the middlefinger.

@ArchonOne

8 ай бұрын

I seem to remember reading that in a Bernard Cornwell novel. Pretty weird how things get started.

@the_hooded_man_

8 ай бұрын

ahh that old story.. certainly a great story with several different variations. Unfortunately we’ve no definitive proof to verify their historical accuracy so they’re most likely more myth than truth. Plus during the later Medieval period the majority of English longbowmen were from the peasantry and held no value to the French so if any were captured, they’d of probably been offed there and then.

@joebouchard9150

8 ай бұрын

I thought it was their index and middle and that's why the English show the backside of their index and middle as $*@#' off symbol

Cheers 👌🇦🇺 need a few these on the beaches to get them boats to turn around 👊👊🇦🇺

Imagine a farm worker being robbed on his farm and the last words the robber hears is "take aim! make it rain!"

Funny how the much used hansgestures come from medieval archers. First the thumbs up, then the middle finger. Amazing lads

Goddamn you sound and look the part for hooded man with bow

@the_hooded_man_

9 ай бұрын

appreciate the high praise, brother 🙏🏻 thank you

English longbow?? WELSH longbow!! The Saxons would still be throwing rocks at the Romans if it weren't for us Welsh!!

@OwtDaftUK

8 ай бұрын

The English had it first so it's English.

@WoWBowz

8 ай бұрын

​@@OwtDaftUKthey literally didn't, the English used to hire Welsh longbowmen mercenaries because they were that good. The English adopted the weapon and tactics years later

@ryan494

7 ай бұрын

The Welsh didn't invent the bow, The oldest long bows we have ever found were in Somerset and Scandinavia. They just used larger ones than most cultures which was about 4'-5', the English long bow was 6'. If the Welsh think making an existing weapon bigger counts as a new invention then they can't claim the English Long bow as theirs

Finally, something that tells me how tight me bow has to be.

Never knew that english archers were so damn buff💪

"YE DIRTY BAST**D!" best english line of all. Im English, but i spent most of my life in wales.

Supposedly the middle finger came from the English Longbow men. When longbow archers where caught, due to how deadly they were. The enemies would cut off the middle finger, so they could never use the a bow again. So when English Archers would repel an enemy's force. They would hold up their middle fingers so show they still had it.

Every able bodied person to practice at the butts after church on Sunday. 21 years longbow lady archer. 🌹

Bro looks like the starting ranger class in an mmorpg

This is what i live for watching fellow archers role play while we practice our aim

Thanks fellow medival archer who dresses up during the medival times, you've gave me more knowledge on English lowbows

"lets go and shoot something" Yes, yes a thousand times yes

It's nice to see a short that actually gives you some information

Not sure about a thumbs up, but I reckon that the middle finger gesture came from English longbowmen flaunting their lack of mutilation to the French as they would often remove the fingers of captors to hinder their bow-firing abilities. Something I heard once, not sure if it'd true but it's definitely fun, lol.

Huge respect for departed warriors who welded long bows who can shoot arrows in a very long distance and could even be greater than modern snipers.

I don’t think a lot of people appreciate how absolutely massive these bows are and the amount of raw muscle you need to actually draw one.

@gatergates8813

6 ай бұрын

Just stringing it would take a ton of strength

Great content as always! I think if you haven't done it yet, you need a short explaining the origin of the English Longbow in particular, and how the Welsh gave the English the idea for massed professional archers in warfare, but the English Longbow itself was an English development of a concept already thousands of years old that differed from the bows the Welsh were using in many respects. There's a lot of back and forth in the comments!

@the_hooded_man_

7 ай бұрын

Very well summarised, my friend 👌🏻 appreciate your support

I heard a story about the middle finger coming from medieval archers as well. Anyone caught poaching the kings deer would have their middle finger cut off so they couldn't draw a bow anymore. People would see that a tease them by sticking up their middle finger.

lol the thumbs-up story. You can never be to old to learn something new. Also love the accent, costume and bow skills! 👍

Thank you for the history lesson. Well done...

When you suddenly learned the origin of the thumbs up out of nowhere