Catching and Arrow

I am obligated to warn any viewers to never attempt this trick at home or any other place. It is real and legitimate and done by trained professionals. Please do not attempt to replicate in any way, shape, or form.


Recently I watched the movie "Blade: Trinity" and in one part of the movie, a character spins around and catches an arrow...bare-handed. Okay so maybe it didn't count because the character was actually a supervillain vampire and was in his demon-like form, but it was still really cool. Upon seeing this feat, I remembered a clip I once saw of a man really catching an arrow with his bare hand. According to the information I could glean off the clip, the archer was standing 75 feet away and said that the arrow was traveling at a velocity of a little over 100 mph. That means that it took approximately half a second for the arrow to reach the target. More incredible is that fact that Terry (the man catching the arrow) actually did...catch the arrow! Now he says that he uses the sound of the arrow leaving the bow string in order to catch it because he cannot see it. Using the speed of sound in air as being 1130 ft/s that means that he had only .44 seconds to react to the release of the bow string during the part when he catches it blindfolded. By any standards, this is an amazing feat.

I feel that I am obligated to once again warn that this was done by a professional and should not be attempted at home or anywhere else.