What do you know about archery?

If you answered with some reference to Robin Hood or Xena Warrior Princess, we should be best friends. (Though, having never seen Xena Warrior Princess, I can neither confirm nor deny her usage of bows and arrows. She just seemed like the right kind of gal for such things.)

Up until Saturday, Robin and Xena were my only working knowledge of archery. Oh, and Lord of the Rings. I believe there was some nifty archers in that flick. Popular culture aside though, I had nothing. Splitting an arrow with another arrow, mid-flight, en route to a target to win an archery contest Robin Hood Disney-style, seemed totally plausible.

So when told I would be trusted to try out this age-old style of weaponry for myself, I got a little giddy, a little nervous, and a little stoked to don a pointy hat and join an outlawed band of Merry Men.

My family came along.

And I made a video.

And here it is.
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the friendly archer || weekend roundup from anya semenoff on Vimeo.