Mythbusters

PjSingh · Post by **PjSingh** » Fri May 15, 2009 1:01 pm

The show was definately interesting,good riding on your part.

Katie Stearns · Post by **Katie Stearns** » Sat May 16, 2009 4:38 am

Thanks! Dana told me, the faster my horse got, the bigger my smile got hahaha... I love the horse im riding. She is over 20 years old, and iv had her since I was 11.

daryush · Post by **daryush** » Sat May 16, 2009 8:17 pm

Anyone know where I can watch it online? I'm a poor student without a TV

Russ Mitchell · Post by **Russ Mitchell** » Sun May 17, 2009 12:27 am

fwiw, javelins were reported as having been widely used in the Hungarian/Byzantine battle on the Sajo river in the 12th century. Given the course of said battle, they were almost certainly referring to use from horseback.

lancelot · Post by **lancelot** » Mon May 18, 2009 10:31 am

daryush wrote:Anyone know where I can watch it online? I'm a poor student without a TV

I have got it, just send me an email.

Alan Flashing · Post by **Alan Flashing** » Mon May 18, 2009 7:31 pm

Hi Katie,
Just home from Texas, have not had a chance to view the Mythbusters video yet but will tonight. Hope that all is well with you.
Hope to see you before too long.
All the best,
Alan

daryush · Post by **daryush** » Mon May 18, 2009 8:11 pm

lancelot wrote:
daryush wrote:Anyone know where I can watch it online? I'm a poor student without a TV
I have got it, just send me an email.

Sent. Thanks

Katie Stearns · Post by **Katie Stearns** » Tue May 19, 2009 12:22 am

Hey Alan! They are going to mail a copy to me within the next couple weeks, so I will give you a copy after I get it. I am glad you made it home in one piece! That must have been a long drive.

~Katie

quenyandur · Post by **quenyandur** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 9:44 pm

Hi all, I'm a newby here on the site.
Tent pegging is also known by a small group in the Netherlands.
They are almost as big as our bajutsu group.
Somehow I am better with a spear, although I'm not a bad archer.
We use normal sport spears but I am thinking of making my own yari.
I expect they work different than longer spears.

Does anyone know anything about Asian spear throwing technique?

It can be aimed throwing or "accidental" like the Romans did, hurling it at a group in tortoise formation when it turned over, toppled and might find a whole in the formation.

Thanks for any advice.

Frank

Rapsod · Post by **Rapsod** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 2:15 am

Can somebody identify bows that they used in that episode?

lancelot · Post by **lancelot** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 11:09 am

Rapsod wrote:Can somebody identify bows that they used in that episode?

Bows of Saluki-Bow-Company

Duncan · Post by **Duncan** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 2:41 am

When did this air? and damn me for missing it.

mechwar · Post by **mechwar** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 8:31 am

Hello, Katie
That's very interesting video.

I think, you were visit Corea for horseback archery competition, 2008.
I heard that you will come Corea again
Don`t you??

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 5:16 pm

"Is throwing javelins off a horse another myth/Kassai fantasy?"

In his recent book "Byzantine Cavalryman c900-1214", Timothy Dawson has a photo (page 57) from Anatolia in the 1960s showing turks playing a javelin game, standing up in their stirrups and, seemingly, throwing a javelin at their opponent. The photo is copyright National Geographic and thus presumably appeared in one of their magazines within the past 40 years or so.

He also has this to say about Byzantine horse archers equipment (I presume he means regular troops rather than hired mercenaries)

"Their main armament was, of course, the bow, a composite recurve with a smooth profile, rather than the Central Asian style with 'ears', carried strung in a case on the left side. . . .They carried 30 to 40 arrows at a time, contained point outermost in a cylindrical quiver hung from the belt. . .The ubiquitous fletching method for horse archery arrows is four flights framing the nock, allowing the arrow to be nocked either way simply by touch."

Bede · Post by **Bede** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 12:03 am

The game is still played in Turkey and if you look up "cirit" on Google.
http://images.google.com.au/images?clie ... e&resnum=4

It has rules that may date back to Byzantine times or earlier if you compare some of the contests to some of the Roman cavalry exercises. The javelins are a metre or so long. There are sets of two or three in quivers for attachment to the saddle surviving from the 17th and 18th centuries.

Tim's comments are not supported by the current research though his description of the source painting is likely to be accurate since he is a very precise observer. The problem with Byzantine representations is their strong classical influence, even in the provinces. In regard to the fletching, standard oriental fletching with three feathers can be used either way up and, up to ninety metres, I have noticed no difference in the flight of the arrows. Four feather fletching is good for close range and might be an advantage in horse archery competitions.

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