Training a Medieval Bowman
In this video, discover what it took to become a bowman of England. Kevin Hicks, longtime professional bowman himself, explores the training young men had to undertake by law and how they kept up their skills.
A big thanks Arjen at Kielstra Holsteins farm for allowing us to shoot on location there.
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Transcript
00:00Hi my name's Kevin Hicks, welcome to my YouTube
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undefined:undefinedand 60. So they're now telling you, you know,
00:26that as young as 15 you should shoot but others
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undefined:undefineddon't export bows and arrows across to France,
00:49they might shoot them back at us and also he made
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undefined:undefinedor common because it was a noble thing to do.
01:22You see they believed that if you learn
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undefined:undefinedthe young lad, he was confronted by hundreds upon
01:52hundreds of fully armed bowmen Wat Tyler's men,
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undefined:undefinedrestrictions on hunting had been lifted, it was
02:19encouraged from the pulpit. Now the nobleman, why
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undefined:undefinedguy who rode across the those ranks of bowmen,
02:40‘now strike’ ‘now strike’. He knew his
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undefined:undefinedopen field like Finsbury where you can have the
03:05mark you could have a target at each end of the
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undefined:undefinedif I can knock the feather off the stick.
03:29I've decided for this practice shoot for myself
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undefined:undefinedthey go they always make a bit of a splash.
03:50You know it was vitally important
04:03that the Bowman trained but not just at the
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undefined:undefinedyou train you know who's the best shot you want
04:29to be as good as him so after church every Sunday,
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undefined:undefinedspend all Sunday morning shooting away.
05:00So copying the uh the Beauchamp
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undefined:undefinedyour arrow and your target just for a
05:43split second, personally I think
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undefined:undefinedbut it really does improve your aim you can get
06:25close to that wand, fast shooting with a heavy bow
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undefined:undefinedyeah I'm all for these jack chains or splints
07:01whatever you want to call them, but now I've
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undefined:undefinedthe link is in the description and before I go
07:33quick shout out to some of our Patreon members
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