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Old 3rd December 2012, 10:49 AM   #1
kronckew
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Default Why Ancient Archers...

carried a few arrows in their hands:

Forgotten archery

lest we forget.

makes legolas look like a slowpoke.

also applies to swords (and other 'obsolete' weapons) where we have forgotten the techniques they actually used, and only remember the formalised 'modern' stylised techniques as used in olympic fencing.

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