00:00 I'm definitely the person with the weirdest job out of all of my friends.
00:03 My name is Arissa Kelly and I'm a professional foot archer.
00:14 My very unusual career began in this cricket field.
00:23 I started back in 2015 and I had no archery experience.
00:28 I literally bought a bow and arrow from a local hunting shop
00:32 and I came to this cricket field and I taught myself.
00:36 I practiced every single day, six hours a day, for six months
00:40 until I could shoot the bow with my feet.
00:43 And shortly after that I went on Britain's Got Talent
00:47 and my act got picked up and now I travel the world full time
00:52 performing for events and on TV and I love my job.
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01:25 I knew I was happy to do different things, be different
01:29 and I thought one day, why be the best in the world
01:33 when you could be the only one doing something?
01:35 Be so different that no one else even compares to you.
01:38 So I came up with this crazy idea
01:40 and I didn't even know if it was possible actually when I started.
01:43 I didn't have a teacher or a video to learn from.
01:46 I just came up with this crazy trick and thought
01:50 let me see how far I can push the boundaries of what's possible.
01:53 And so it's really amazing to see that
01:56 one trick could turn into a whole career
01:59 and now I do other archery trick shots I do with my leg.
02:03 I can shoot with my teeth.
02:04 I can shoot backwards and spinning.
02:06 It's just become this whole show now
02:09 which is never what I thought it would be.
02:11 So I do tricks with fire.
02:18 Fortunately, I haven't had any crazy accidents
02:21 but my gosh, I've burnt my toes so many times
02:25 that I actually, this is crazy,
02:26 but I can't feel the heat of the fire anymore.
02:30 So I don't always know if the fire is on my toes
02:33 and I'll come down and my toes will be pretty crispy.
02:38 But amazingly, I still have all ten toes.
02:41 During my career, I've been really lucky
02:48 to work with some amazing people.
02:50 I've performed for the Queen of England twice,
02:52 which was an honour.
02:53 I've performed in Wonder Woman, the Hollywood blockbuster.
02:57 Of course, I was on Britain's Got Talent
02:59 and now I work for some of the world's super wealthy.
03:02 Since doing this, actually since about 2020,
03:09 I put more effort into my social media
03:11 and I grew over two million followers
03:15 of people that really somehow enjoy my content
03:19 and I get to show them all the places I go
03:21 and all these different trick shots that I create.
03:24 And I've been very blessed actually online.
03:26 People are really nice, but obviously,
03:28 you always get one or two comments
03:30 that aren't super pleasant.
03:31 But I would say for the most part, I'm really lucky.
03:34 I've got amazing followers that are really, really kind.
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