Sagittarii Holmiae’s Dave Brasgalla teaches you medieval military archery using the English longbow, according to the rules provided by the ILAA (International Longbow Archers Association). Animation: André Holmgren Hopkins Produced by: Henrik Arnstad Music and video ”I shot a Frenchman at Agincourt” used by kind permission of Chance & The Lucky Aces and 5ylac Films….
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The videos on our youtube-channel
Subscribe to our youtube-channel and watch videos from our events, watch splendid longbow archery and get knowledge about the longbow’s history. You will find it at: https://www.youtube.com/c/SagittariiHolmiae Here are some of our recent videos:
Erikspilen 2020: Results and video
The Sagittarii Holmiae’s annual longbow competition ”Erikspilen” (”Erik’s Arrow”). Qualifications were shot at 20 meters and the final shot at 30 meters. Results: Gold: Dave Brasgalla. Silver: Massood Shabani. Bronze: Henrik Arnstad. Qualifications: Henrik Arnstad, 32 points. Massood Shabani, 24 points. Dave Brasgalla, 19 points. Claes Lilliesköld, 16 points. Petter Alm / André Hopkins, 7…
The English longbow (warbow) vs plate armour: Are the tests on Youtube asking the wrong questions?
The Sagittarii Holmiae enters the debate! Two of our historians discuss the popular Youtube videos, testing the English longbow (warbow) vs plate armour, worn by knights and men-at-arms during the late medieval period. While often well made, these test-videos often miss the most important factors, considering the competition between longbowmen and knights. What more can…
Fascist Longbow Archery in Spain: Campeonatos Nacionales de Tiro con Arco 1951
Visiting a Spanish tapas restaurant in Stockholm, I notised a poster on the wall, advertising the National archery championship in Spain 1951. Two things interested me, being both an archer and a scholar studying international fascism. First, the bow depicted on the poster is an English longbow, seemingly a self-yew bow, held and angled in…
A Bronze Age Agincourt: Archers at the battle of Tollense 1200 B.C.
It has been called ”Europe’s first battlefield” and attracted attention since its discovery. But the battle of Tollense around 1200 B.C. is also interesting from an archery perspective. The tactics used by the victorious archer army reminds of the battle of Agincourt, some 2,600 years later. During the Bronze age, Tollense valley — situated in…
”Saint Erik at the Marks” Open Championship 2017
On Saturday June 17th the Sagittarii Holmiae will arrange the open championship Saint Erik at the Marks at Stockholm University, Sweden.
John shows how to shoot a warbow
How do you handle a warbow (an English longbow above 70 pounds draw weight)? Master archer John Turton, shooting a 100 pound self yew bow, is kind enough to show us his technique! Filmed by Henrik Arnstad at Yattendon, England.
The decline and fall of the English longbow
This episode of the podcast ”…and the sky went black!”, tales and history of the English longbow is a bit sad. It deals with the decline and eventual disappearance of the English longbow, from the battlefield. A gradual process which occurred during the 16th and 17th century. As late as 1776, the famous American inventor and politician Benjamin Franklin wrote…
”…and the sky went black!” A podcast about the English longbow.
May the English forgive us Swedes, but this is the premiere episode (a total of five episodes are planned) of the brand new podcast ”…and the sky went black!”, tales and history of the English longbow. This first episode is called ”The English longbow in medieval warfare”, and is sort of an introduction. Later episodes…
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