Woman Travels the World Performing as a FOOT Archer

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Credit: SWNS   Meet the woman who is travelling the world performing as an archer - shooting a flaming bow and arrow with her FEET.  Orissa Kelly, 28, began learning gymnastics at the age of three - advancing to performing circus acts and stunts in her teenage years.  She honed her skills on aerial hoops hanging from ceilings, but still wanted to push herself further.  So she kept trying new things - until she discovered a bow and arrow.

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00:00 I'm definitely the person with the weirdest job out of all of my friends.

00:03 My name is Arissa Kelly and I'm a professional foot archer.

00:14 My very unusual career began in this cricket field.

00:23 I started back in 2015 and I had no archery experience.

00:28 I literally bought a bow and arrow from a local hunting shop

00:32 and I came to this cricket field and I taught myself.

00:36 I practiced every single day, six hours a day, for six months

00:40 until I could shoot the bow with my feet.

00:43 And shortly after that I went on Britain's Got Talent

00:47 and my act got picked up and now I travel the world full time

00:52 performing for events and on TV and I love my job.

00:57 I'm a professional foot archer.

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01:25 I knew I was happy to do different things, be different

01:29 and I thought one day, why be the best in the world

01:33 when you could be the only one doing something?

01:35 Be so different that no one else even compares to you.

01:38 So I came up with this crazy idea

01:40 and I didn't even know if it was possible actually when I started.

01:43 I didn't have a teacher or a video to learn from.

01:46 I just came up with this crazy trick and thought

01:50 let me see how far I can push the boundaries of what's possible.

01:53 And so it's really amazing to see that

01:56 one trick could turn into a whole career

01:59 and now I do other archery trick shots I do with my leg.

02:03 I can shoot with my teeth.

02:04 I can shoot backwards and spinning.

02:06 It's just become this whole show now

02:09 which is never what I thought it would be.

02:11 So I do tricks with fire.

02:18 Fortunately, I haven't had any crazy accidents

02:21 but my gosh, I've burnt my toes so many times

02:25 that I actually, this is crazy,

02:26 but I can't feel the heat of the fire anymore.

02:30 So I don't always know if the fire is on my toes

02:33 and I'll come down and my toes will be pretty crispy.

02:38 But amazingly, I still have all ten toes.

02:41 During my career, I've been really lucky

02:48 to work with some amazing people.

02:50 I've performed for the Queen of England twice,

02:52 which was an honour.

02:53 I've performed in Wonder Woman, the Hollywood blockbuster.

02:57 Of course, I was on Britain's Got Talent

02:59 and now I work for some of the world's super wealthy.

03:02 Since doing this, actually since about 2020,

03:09 I put more effort into my social media

03:11 and I grew over two million followers

03:15 of people that really somehow enjoy my content

03:19 and I get to show them all the places I go

03:21 and all these different trick shots that I create.

03:24 And I've been very blessed actually online.

03:26 People are really nice, but obviously,

03:28 you always get one or two comments

03:30 that aren't super pleasant.

03:31 But I would say for the most part, I'm really lucky.

03:34 I've got amazing followers that are really, really kind.

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