Anthony Kelly

Anthony Kelly (born 1964) is an Australian martial artist and world record holder. As of 2024, Kelly holds 60 Guinness World Records, the highest number for an Australian.

Martial arts and Guinness World Records Kelly has black belts in 20 different martial arts styles. He first caught an arrow at a martial arts demonstration in 2001, He learned how to catch them within a week. and also called a ninja.

Kelly holds Guinness World Records including the record for the most arrows caught in 2 minutes which he obtained in 2001, catching 10 whilst standing from the archer. Kelly got the idea to also start trying to catch paintballs from one of his martial arts students who owned a Paintball field. By 2009, Kelly was Australia's most successful Guinness World Records holder, with 18 titles. That year he also broke the record for most tennis balls caught in one minute whilst blindfolded, catching 11. On 'Guinness World Records Day' in November 2012 he obtained the record for the most targets hit by a blowgun in 60 seconds, hitting 23, and in 2014, he obtained the record for catching the most spears shot with a speargun underwater, catching 10. In 2018, he achieved the record for the highest arrow shot into the air and then caught. and the tallest stack of hats worn by a person, which he states was done to promote the use of hats to children after he had a skin cancer removed from his face. He appeared in "Ninjas 2", a 2008 episode of the television series MythBusters, He appeared on "Steel Face", a 2013 episode of Stan Lee's Superhumans, to demonstrate his reflexes at catching various objects. Kelly appeared on the episode "Great Obsessions" of the 2019 series Ripley's Believe It or Not!, where he was shown breaking the record for the highest arrow shot into the air and then caught. He has also appeared on an episode of Time Warp. Kelly was the first person to perform live on Guinness World Records television series in both India and China. He attributes his fast reflexes to a combination of genetics and his unusual diet. As of 2014, Kelly was working as a support officer at Armidale High School, and also taught kung fu and reaction training at Duval High School.