Anthony Kelly Media Man Australia

Reaction Extreme Trainer aka The Arrow Catcher aka The Paintball Catcher

Anthony Kelly began martial arts in 1978 and started teaching self-defense in 1985.

After many years of personal training, competing in tournaments, teaching and undertaking annual professional development courses, he has refined his art to a very effective and comprehensive styles.

This martial arts master has Black Belts in 7 styles of martial arts.

Kelly specializes in reaction techniques. He can punch 10 times in a second and has an average reaction speed of three - hundredths of a second.

Guinness World Records:

Most Arrows Caught By Hand (credit: Guinness World Records)
Australia's Anthony Kelly caught 10 arrows in 2 minutes, standing at a distance of 13 m (42.65 ft) from the archer at the studios of El Show de los Récords, Madrid, Spain on December 5th, 2001.

Most Paintballs Caught In Two Minutes (credit: Guinness World Records)

On June 22, 2002, Australian martial arts expert Anthony Kelly caught by hand 23 paintballs at the Echida Gully paintball field in Armidale, New South Wales, Australia. Each paintball was fired from a distance of 20 m (65.6 ft) at a minimum speed of 61 m (200 ft) per second.

Kelly, who also holds a Guinness World Record for catching 10 arrows by hand in two minutes, claims that paintball-catching is more challenging. "It's a different skill," he says. "They're going a lot faster than the arrows. The trick is to roll with them to be able to catch them without the paintball breaking." And they may not be as sharp as arrows, but paintballs can be just as dangerous. "It's like someone tossing a cricket ball towards you at full strength," explained the Kung Fu guru.

The marksman – Kelly's very trusted friend James Simmons – shot the .68 caliber paintballs from a Tipman SL68 II paintball marker.

Media appearances include: (click on hyperlinks for the website)

Ripley's Believe it or not

IDTV, Rolf's answering machine - Amsterdam, Holland

Guinness Prime Time - Madrid, Spain

Guinness World Records TV - Channel Seven - Australia

Inside Kung fu

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