i was reffering to science. you are right that there are tons of books, and so
called experts that involuntarilly tried to convince about the 'x' theme. what i
showed in the video of 160 pounds are guys that have the passion to test and
confirm or reject a certain myth of medieval (and other) themes.
instead of saying the classical among historians, (battle of azincourt, and crecy)
that arrows did penetrate armor. because that would justify the story more
easily, they did an analysis. In which they found that armour could not be penetrated
by arrows (and in a percentage early gun powder guns.) but something else must have happened.
if anyone is actualy interested in what they found happened in agincourt i could write it.
about Lars Anderssen, i have to say he is very, very talented but he is NOT actualy
telling us anything worthy historically. he only put on the table a thing we already knew.
that archery can be used close range. his bow is 20 to 30 max pounds Dr. weight.
bows will be effective in this draw weight only in tavern fights, or street related fights.
not on a battlefield. on a battlefield speed and power matter.
i am not a historian, but i am very interested on history, i've read hundred of books on
ancient-medieval warfare. and i watch all the time historians that now what they are talking, because they
put to the test the theory's they are investigating.
if anyone has time, i friendly suggest some historical youtubers who go as far to test myths.
and are very interesting.
lindybeige, shadiversity, metatron, tods workshop, skallagrim, scholagladiatora, thands (something
)
i'm sure i forgot someone...
EDIT: i don't doubt that a warrior could, if very charismatic and with the purpose being FROM BEFORE
to cut an arrow. but what is the problem is that no-one in history trained to cut arrows as
a battle technique. so no muscle memory. and the other is if you are behind the sword you'd
get hit by splinters going 200 km. and the other is that you'll need to have your sword in a position
to do that. that means if you get hit by a warbow from 20 meters, your sword should be in a position
to react to that. this technique is used in martial arts in deflecting blows, or evading, but that's
another subject.