How to do Comanche archery Learn in depth practice drills to begin training in this lost and almost forgotten method of Comanche war archery. Comanche archers were the only archers in history who could easily defeat firearms, but how did they do archery? Today Dave Mead tries to explain how Comanche archers practiced fast archery, and what he was taught by Lars Andersen - the world’s Fastest Archer.
I was commissioned to make Comanche style bows and arrows for the master archer Lars Andersen at the beginning of 2020. Making the bows and arrows plus animal hide arrow quiver and bow case took many months, the entire project to date is almost 2 years in the making. During this time under the direction of Lars I began training in the warrior form of archery specific to the Comanche and Plains Indigenous people. This was the most eye opening and exciting experience I have had thus far in all my years of archery. Lars is a great teacher and truly wants to pay homage to the Comanche warriors unparalleled ar