There is NO paradox from a centre shot (or near centreshot) bow, as the arrow lines up with the target all the way from full draw to brace height if it is let down slowly. With an English Longbow, as the sting is slowly let down the arrow points further and further left until at brace height it is pointing a good bit left. The paradox is that, one would suppose the arrow must pass through it's start point (brace height) when loosed and thus should fly hard left. It doesn't! That is the paradoxical behaviour! The ANSWER to the paradox is that, it flies straight to the target because the arrow flexes. The flexing of the arrow is NOT the paradox... it is the answer to the paradox. The wikipedia article explains it.

This was an informative and very well put together video. Always looking at archery videos, I'm surprised I didn't come across it sooner. I appreciate you taking the time to do make it. Thanks for sharing it.

The earlier paradox video of yours was already a great and now this new is just making these two to be perfect material to every archery to understand the paradox. Thanks for sharing! I wish you all the best my friend.

It never ceases to amaze me just HOW much Arrows flex, at the Bow and at the Target, you'd swear they were made of rubber after seeing this video! Thanks for posting, it's the best one I've seen on this topic.

Best demo ever. Every archer is aware of spline, but few have never seen these results. Thanks.

Fascinating to see so much flexation of the arrow shaft. I had no idea. Didn't care for the music. Thanks for posting this.

Beautiful work, thank you for this piece of art and knowledge. Sometimes you have to break things so others understand how things work and why those things work the way they do. It's amazing how much can be communicated when an arrow wraps around a bow riser and splinters.

One of my all-time favorite videos!

Wow that was the coolest archery video I've seen so far on KZfaq. It isn't easy finding native archers especially not with such a high resolution video, fantastic job! I am happy that I stumbled onto your channel, I hope to see more in the future

Great teaching tool. Thanks for taking the time and the risk to shoot this. I will be showing this to my students.

Great video, I loved it! No matter how many times I watch the slo mo videos of arrows being shot out of a bow it never ceases to amaze me. I also shoot longbow and recurve so this video is of special interest to me, and I have also been known to shoot an arrow spine that is too light for a particular bow. Thank goodness those un-informed years are far behind me now and I simply won't do that anymore, especially with wood shafts carbon is a different story.

Incredible videography showing the archer's paradox! It's amazing how the arrows look like wet noodles when being shot!

That was amazing!!!!! Why this doesn't have more views & likes is shocking

Bloody good video, every beginner and archer alike should see this

superbe démonstration et magnifique métaphore sur les chemins tortueux par lesquels la vie nous dirige pour nous amener au but.l'arc dans tous ses états.Merci ,nice job!!!!

Brilliant! I am recommending this video to my university archery team.

Watching quite late. But still impressive to see the effect of spine to the arrows. Looks like boiled spaghetti. And thanks for breaking the last one. Very informative.

wow that arrow @ 6:05 blew my mind. I imagined a wooden arrow and the amount of flex... I thought of what we think as solid wood acting somewhat like a fluid. Really amazing footage. Demonstrates how our perception can be totally flawed. Very nice imagery. Thanks for putting your time into this.

WOW, that's really very interesting. Great arrangement with hypnotical "shots"!

Not gonna lie. Came for the archery, stayed for that smooth af didgeridoo.

Amazing demonstration, valuable learning tool!!

Really cool video. Nice soundtrack too. 👍🇺🇸

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search Not to be confused with Zeno's arrow paradox. Arrow direction when braced and when at full draw. A = bow riser/grip, B = median plane of the bow, C = arrow aiming line and trajectory Arrow flexing both towards and away from the bow handle. The archer's paradox is the phenomenon of an arrow traveling in the direction it is pointed at full draw, when it seems that the arrow would have to pass through the starting position it was in before being drawn, where it was pointed to the side of the target. The bending of the arrow when released is the explanation for why the paradox occurs and should not be confused with the paradox itself. Flexing of the arrow when shot from a modern 'centre shot' bow is still present and is caused by a variety of factors, mainly the way the string is deflected from the fingers as the arrow is released. The term was first used by E.J. Rendtroff in 1913,[1] but detailed descriptions of the phenomenon appear in archery literature as early as Horace A. Ford's 1859 text "Archery: Its Theory and Practice". As understanding was gained about the arrow flexing around and out of the way of the bow as it is shot (as first filmed by Clarence Hickman)[2][3] and then experiencing oscillating back-and-forth bending as it travels toward the target,[4] this dynamic flexing has incorrectly become a common usage of the term, causing misunderstanding by those only familiar with modern target bows, which often have risers with an eccentrically cutout "arrow window" and being "centre shot" do not actually show any paradoxical behaviour as the arrow is always pointing visually along its line of flight

Brilliant piece of videography - have taken the liberty of sharing on FB

Excellent video!...I love your music too!!!

Wow, unbelievable almost! What s great video! 😀

I really love this movie, its shows how important is to choose proper stiffness of the arrow. But please, CHANGE THE NAME! There is no paradox in bending the arrow!

Now I understand how string slap develops.

Wow! Thanks for sharing this.

Great job!!! Great photography Heinz Hoffmann.

I know this is 9 years late but nice video and the music is so soothing

Very intresting, thanks!

They are called Flu-Flu fletchings. They create more drag as they fly and are traditionally used to hunt birds/aerial targets. I know I've seen them for sale on e-bay before made by custom fletchers. However, if you are into making your own, it's quite a fun hobby once you get into it and really doesn't require a lot of tools to get started.

Exelente,muita coragem da parte do arqueiro.

Super vidéo merci !

Another Very Big Thank you. Traditional Archery Supplies based in New Zealand sells Trad. gear throughout Australasia and we have a real thing about gear that is correctly matched and selected to suit the archer. Too many quick buck making suppliers are pedaling stuff that can cause serious injury. Every archer and intending archer should see your videos. Can we support the cause by putting a link or whatever to you?

==))====> this movie again ^^ thanks ~ so great

Very cool video!

dope shots! but the flex of the arrow isn't the paradox, it's the solution

Great footage .

Great video!

Jesus the 25-30 arrow was mind blowing.

you save my hand, thanks for this video... *-*

Great video best thing I have seen on here i

i get it that this is simple physics, but it's more of a beautiful dance with the twist and sway of the arrow. nice camera work, good shooting.

Fantastic!

A must watch for all archers. When the arrow explodes, it can do miracles to your arm.

This video is epic!!!

Amazing slow motion.

Spectacular. Thank you. Best Archer's Paradox video I have ever seen. Did you do a video with a properly spined arrow? Or was that the first shot sequence?

Great Video!

Beautiful video, what camera did you use to film the arrow flights? I am hoping to catch some of my own shots in order to help me match individual arrows better to each bow I make. Thank you for this upload.

I thought the music was 'Outback' until the end and found it was the OP. I really liked the music and want to hear more of it. Please tell us you have composed more?

I just confuse with spine number system in this video, 40-45, 30-35 and 25-30 any one can explain it ?

Brilliant video, great filming caught the point of the video thankyou :-)

Nice video and very instructive. A better title may have been Archers Paradox 'over the limit' :)

1:30 that has got to be the floppiest fletching I have ever seen. I don't call myself an archer, more of a hobbyist, but all of my arrows have had stiff feathers.

Awesome Video ...

Amazing to see the arrow flex as much as it does. I also notice that with properly spined arrows the actual arrowhead does not diverge off course nearly as much as the rest of the arrow...As a non-Archer, I'm assuming the that the objective would be to keep the arrowhead itself on course as regardless of what the rest of the arrow is doing...My guess would be that a completely un-bendable arrow would tend to veer drastically to the left in the case of a right-handed shooter. Correct????

Thanks!

Arco recurvo e composto, 50 libras, puxada 28 polegadas, tamanho da flecha 30 polegadas. Qual o spine da flecha para cada um deles?

wow fantastic video!!! I love how its shot. what kind of camera was used?

Great video, What camera did you use to film this?

i have had an arrow snap on my longbow. it felt like a hammer hitting my hand. i was lucky, the shaft got stuck in my knuckle bone rather than penetrating through my hand, and i was wearing a leather hand guard. may i ask what camera was used to film this ?

Wow great video! Any idea on where I can find plans to make one of those "Rope Targets"?

I find those really shaggy fletchings very unique and interesting @ 1:29 - 1:34. I've never seen those types before? What are they called, and do they serve a different purpose than "regular" fletchings? Where may I find some to purchase? Thanks.

Well done.

Fantastic video and very instructive. At how many frames per second was this recorded and using what model of camera? Thanks!

P.S. I wonder if they are the regular flu-flu arrows with the feathers barbules unlocked from each other, or if it's a specific bird type.

Awesome slow mo

Daniel, curious what camera you used for this?

is fiberglass arrows suitable for 60 lbs recurve bow?

I love this video...

what is the name of this song? Anyone?

@huyked You can make three fletched flu-flu arrows yourself. Get yourself a fletching tool and feathers from ebay, some fletch-tite and make your own! Saves money too. I'm using a Jo Jan fletcher, it'll do 4 or 3.

If your arrowhead can penetrate that leather shield you used on your bow hand... then a broken arrow can also penetrate it and ruin your bow hand. NEVER intentionally release an arrow that you think might break in your bow.

amazing video buuuutttttttttt, how are your arrow spine measured? Seems backwards to me. 500 spine deflects .5 inches on the spine scale, a 350 spine deflects .35 of an inch, soooooo the lower the number the stiffer the spine, but in your video your numbers go down while the spines get weaker. What are you measuring. I shoot 31 inch 500 spine arrows out of a 40 lb recurve and they are too weak, looking to try 450 or 400 spine.

Yes, that is correct.

The arrow burst made me grimace....always wear bow arm protection...

Gentlemen, the arrows are of orthodox spin,i think it's false i think there are arrows made of PVC too.

What camera did you use? Nice vid!

Where can I find the music?

Wt do you mean spine 25-30? Spine is from 1000 to 150 🤔 (more flexible - stiff) here at least

Oh, those are flu-flu arrows too? I actually have a set with big feathers, and I've seen the spiral type. I just haven't seen that particular type with 3 fletchings that are shaggy. They are really neat looking. I actually bought my flu-flu set from ebay, but have never ran across the style you got. I'll have to look again. If you ever run across it again, may I ask a favor that you send me the name of the seller? Thanks. Lookin' forward to more of your archery videos. Take care.

The "nightmare" is injecting half an arrow shaft into your forearm.

What are the fluffy things on the bowstring?

What I think of this is that cock or index feather are not important, as long as you use feathers it doesn't make a difference right?

What are those numbers you're using to indicate the spine? I thought spine was expressed as 3-digit fractions of an inch and that lower numbers corresponded to stiffer arrows, but for you it's 2 digits and lower numbers correspond to more flexible arrows.

What type of feathers you used ?

how many fps your cam have?

What is Arrow spine 25? Spines are presented in hundreds...

Not a single clip showing the archers paradox in the whole batch.

Any chance you could rename this so that it doesn't mention "Archer's Paradox"? It's bad enough that archers don't know what you're showing is arrows bending, much less non archers. Wikipedia finally makes the distinction and we really need to stop the ignorance.

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That's a longbow; not a recurve

1:55

Excellent photography showing the effect of the force of the string at release on various spined arrows. The reaction of the arrows, of course, is to flex or bend. Unfortunately, the title of your video implies that the flexing is the paradox. It's not. The arrow flexing is a response to archer's paradox. A paradox is a seemingly unexplainable observation contrary to common sense or observable fact. The term archer's paradox was coined back in the late 30s, early 40s when most bows were laminated or self bows of wood, that either didn't have arrow shelves cut into the riser or the shelves were very shallow. Thus, when an arrow was placed on the bow, it pointed way off line. And yet, when shot, it flew true to the target. That was the archer's paradox. How could it fly true to the target when it was pointing off target, and yet observation proved it to be true. We've since learned, of course, that the reason it can/does, is because the arrow (if properly spined) bends around the riser when shot. So, the flexing of the arrow is the explanation of what the arrow does in response to archer''s paradox, it is not the paradox itself. In modern compounds and some traditional bows in which the riser is cut past center, the nocked arrow can be made to align perfectly with the center of the bow, pointing directly at the target. There is no archer's paradox, and yet the arrow does flex when shot.

Most see video if you're an archer!

I'd rather have a wood shaft break on me then a carbon cus of that carbon shaft gets jabbed into your hand it will be a lot more pain the the wood

guess this is why i shoot a compound :)