South Korean Robin Hood

Most people have seen at least one of the Robin Hood movies, and likely remember the scene where he wins the archery contest by shooting his arrow right down the middle of his opponents arrow.

In most cases you would have thought this to be simply a Hollywood filming trick, and it probably was, but that doesn’t mean it cannot be done in real life.

Below is a video of a South Korean archer who becomes our real life Robin Hood when he does the same arrow trick we all saw in the movies.

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Surprised? Well South Koreans have been dominating archery for some time. If you remember in 2004, a South Korean archer broke 3 world records in archery during a single Olympic event.

By Sun Tzu on 14-05-2008

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Comments (13)

  1. Comment by DARKWING DUCK

    May 14th, 2008 at 9:16 am

    Say goodnight, super-fly!

  2. Comment by Aikyrie

    May 14th, 2008 at 11:39 am

    if that’s real…then i’m really impressed

  3. Comment by Allen

    May 14th, 2008 at 2:09 pm

    that was insane…
    .I mean…hoLy shit that was amazing…

  4. Comment by sultan_azteca

    May 15th, 2008 at 6:57 pm

    It is real, all right! Friggin’ A!

  5. Comment by Nate Nead

    May 16th, 2008 at 4:18 pm

    Woah, weird, but so cool!

  6. Comment by ric

    May 18th, 2008 at 10:34 am

    The guy at 1:40 is so fucking cute! :”>

  7. Comment by ric

    May 18th, 2008 at 10:51 am

    The guy at 1:40 is so cute! :x I’m in love.

  8. Comment by Nick

    May 19th, 2008 at 12:37 pm

    I’m not surprised. I saw some clips that some korean women could do it as well! really amazing!

  9. Comment by Nick

    May 19th, 2008 at 12:44 pm

    His name is Kim kibum. he is one of the super junior (korean boy band) members.

  10. Comment by Heather

    May 19th, 2008 at 3:55 pm

    That was so awesome.

  11. Comment by Belle

    May 26th, 2008 at 6:21 am

    that was awesome but not exactly the same as robin hood used to do. that guy used what looked like a hollow arrow and then a normal one. robin hood always split the first one with the second one. that was still really impressive though. few ppl can shoot a bow properly and hit the bullseye much less do it twice in a row

  12. Comment by sultan_azteca

    May 28th, 2008 at 11:45 am

    Ha! but can he do it while keeping his eyes open?????

  13. Comment by chingkulingkang

    December 10th, 2008 at 5:57 am

    That’s not impressive at all. Use the arrow only without the bow by using your tounge then it will be impressive.

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