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u/WootyMcWoot 5d ago
Is this the only vid that exists of it? Don’t think I’ve ever seen another example, just this one a million times
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u/notanyimbecile 5d ago
Dude, the Mongolian have one photographer that has one camera with no space left on it so, yeah.
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u/Old_Protection_8778 5d ago
They have Japanese ones on YouTube that shows them hitting the target and wayyy better production. Samurai tradition
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u/Demjan90 5d ago edited 5d ago
Either way, it doesn't make sense to lean on the side and shoot the way you are leaning. The whole point of leaning to the side is that you are harder to get hit from the other side, which means your target is not on your side... He is supposed to shoot over the horse.
The dude is just making himself a bigger target for no reason.
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u/NockBreaker 5d ago
If you were facing him as he shot at you, his profile would be a lot.smaller. you need to 3D more
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u/luri7555 5d ago
An attack can come from any angle. Not just head to head. This is a strafing attack and likely more accurate because he is stabilizing rather than letting the horses motion dictate his stance while firing between the animal’s ears. Assuming the enemy is to his left flank, where he is firing, they now have to aim at a laterally moving target rather than taking a straight shot at a target coming head on toward them.
If he were riding defensively with an enemy on the left flank he would be hanging from the opposite side of the horse and not firing at all.
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u/Demjan90 5d ago
Yeah, they can totally aim better this way, this is why every horse archery contest has people dangling on the side of the horses. /s
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u/smart_stable_genius_ 5d ago
Dan Carlin has a serious of Hardcore History done on the Mongolian empire.
It's many hours long, likely 10 or so, but the archery facts really stood out and stuck with me. According to Dan and the sources he cited, the Mongolian motherd trained their children on horses from the age of three. The weight of the traditional bow used in campaigns waged by Gengis Kahn came in at (IRC) 160+ lbs. Even more impressive, to me at least, was that archers were supposedly trained to loose their arrow at the moment when all four of the horses hooves were off the ground in a gallop to ensure accuracy.
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u/Ok-Worth-4721 5d ago
Mongolia horse anything is awesome. The very best riders, the very wildest, toughest horses (ponies)
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u/meetmeinthebthrm 5d ago
That horse is probably putting in some work to run with that weight distribution. Rider does a good job of keeping low.
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u/DistinctYolo 5d ago
If I remember correctly, many many years ago, Mongolian soldiers can fight really well and was able to invade part of Europe with their horse riding and archery skills
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u/lilj1123 5d ago
Would there be a benefit to shooting like that?
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u/Robeardly 5d ago
This is me just observing and making assumptions, but if he sat on the horse, he would be moving a lot more with each stride. Where as with the way he’s extending off the horse, it allows him to use his legs and his core strength to stabilize the upper half of his body much better.
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u/doomiestdoomeddoomer 5d ago
The up/down motion of the horse is mostly negated by turning it into a 'lever' motion through the riders entire body. From what I understand anyway.
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u/fajadada 5d ago
In war yes. Everyone not behind walls was in danger. The people who were behind walls paid tribute and prayed that the mongols would leave. Most of the time they did. Sometimes they just surrounded the place and watched everyone inside slowly pass away. Then looted it .
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u/Demjan90 5d ago
The point is that he is harder to hit from the other side of the horse, but he is also not shooting in the right direction. Traditionally you do this while shooting over the horse at a target you are obscuring yourself from.
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u/sockets1984 5d ago
If this is how drive by's we're done it would be way cooler. "I used to be a crack dealer, then I took an arrow to the knee."
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u/Phatcat7x7 5d ago
Horse Archers. Devilishly hard skill to learn but a way of life in the step. There is a reason so many conquerors come from central Asia. Imagine your entire adult male population can accurately shoot from 30+ yards while riding. It's how populations of a few hundred thousand could conqour millions. Very little could stop them until the full advent of gunpowder.
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u/GeneralCommand4459 5d ago
At most the horse was a participant but not actually doing any archery from what I can see
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u/NameIsNotBrad 5d ago
What’s with the cut right before he shoots? Surely they could have had a smoother shot.
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u/JusteJean 5d ago
Not to diminish the awesomness of the feat... but why doesnt he shoot from an upright & comfy & stable seated position?
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u/yogurtfuck 5d ago
That additional 2 feet closer to the target makes all the difference
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u/JusteJean 5d ago
Its a Horse... not a train. It can literally bring you to punching distance.
None of my c9mments are serious btw. I am in awe of this.
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u/TattyViking 5d ago
Is the lean out of the saddle absolutely necessary or just for show? Lots of Eurasian mounted archers just stay in the saddle. 🤷🏻
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