Comments on: Episode 78: Walking on Water

By: Jon Whyel

Jon Whyel — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:00:22 +0000

Yes, there are many examples on Tv and youtube of “arrow-catchers” but the bows arent fired at full strength, providing the “arrow Catcher” enough time to react

By: Matthew Plunkett

Matthew Plunkett — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:30:56 +0000

I agree with Chris.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:04:05 +0000

they just had a guy on Time Warp that caught arrows fired at close range. So, busting this “myth” was stupid.

By: Maxymhammer

Maxymhammer — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:56:42 +0000

Its very cool!!! Mythbusters busted the myth about
‘Ninjas have the ability to run across water’

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:55:15 +0000

I think that they could’ve done a lot more to prove those myths. :-/ Regarding the catching arrows myth, moving your hand backwards vs. keeping it stationary or moving forward makes a difference as well as the bow and arrow being used. About the
Mizu Gumo, they didn’t use any air bladders. Instead they used wooden pad-like structures. I think these deserve a re-visit to clear things up. Just my thoughts though.

By: OS

OS — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:10:37 +0000

Fact: seen my former martial arts instructor catching arrows (modified tip for safety) shot from 7 lb pull kids bow, shoot from ~12m.

Safety issue with stronger bow…but since he usually caught arrow within first half of shaft, he might catch one at twice the speed…no idea if he could grip it hard enough to hold on though.

By: caleb

caleb — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:13:22 +0000

WHO SAYS RECURVED BOWS ARE MORE POWERFUL THAN LONG BOWS.

By: drs

drs — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:29:35 +0000

Well, I don’t think that Mythbusters accounted for the fact that human reactions aren’t based on current position as much as predicted position. You don’t grab for a baseball where you think it’s at, you grab for where you think it will be, and the same can apply for an arrow.

In order to set up the arrow myth, they’d have start grabbing for the arrow well before the arrow actually gets to them, and yes you would move your hand to reduce relative velocity to catch it. You’d still move your arm after catching it as well because you obviously couldn’t bring something with that much momentum to an instantaneous halt.

By: Robbie

Robbie — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:27:01 +0000

Adam is not a Ninja. When you are busting a myth; don’t just bust it because the majority of the population can’t catch one. It takes allot more training then just shooting the arrow a few times and guessing when to grab it. You guys need to seriously do more research before busting a myth. Eventually people are going to consider you an unreliable source, which I think you are already there for me, not sure about the rest of the folks. I mean come on is this not the Discovery Channel? Wealth of knowledge? Are you guys just making up this crap up as you go? I believe that the “Discovery Channel” is getting tarnished with “Mythbusters”. What was the speed of the arrows? At the time what was the fastest bow, compared to modern day bows? After all this is what the show is about? Right?
Can Adam do a kick flip on a skate board and then rail grind? Probably not without allot of practice, actually “definitely not”. Can you make a machine that does a kick flip on a skate board then a rail grind? I would like to see you try. LOL this show is getting ridiculous. Just because a machine can’t do it, does not mean that someone in this world can. The human body is much more sophisticated the nmachines.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 23 May 2008 07:49:13 +0000

With the arrow catching myth, I watched on guiness world records and this guy from australia caught heaps of arrows! so it has to be possible