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I first got out a stopwatch and found that if you press it fast enough you can use it to test your reflexes, my average start-stop press was 1/200th of second, we blink at 1/300th. So I thought it could be possible to catch an arrow. After working out the stance and the hand technique, training
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could render somebody unconscious. While Kelly is able to catch arrows, he could not do so under full-combat conditions, so the MythBusters declared that myth "busted". Kelly was able to deflect an arrow with a sword and "kill"
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before he could reload, thereby confirming that myth. Given the amount of force Kelly could generate with his one-inch punch, the MythBusters team declared it is plausible that someone could be knocked out with the punch.
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caught in 2 minutes whilst blindfolded which he obtained in 2003, catching 11. In 2010, Kelly broke the world record for the most tennis balls caught in one minute live on the
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in 1978, and states he has black belts in 21 different styles. Kelly started catching arrows at his annual martial arts night in 2000, getting the idea from watching the feat performed in the film
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