May I ask where did you learn that throwing technique? I like to throw edged objects every once in a while when I get to the woods. I just use a shoulder swing to throw, gives me good control so I can target pretty good.
I learned it on my own. First I started throwing with the blade flat laying on my palm holding the bottom of the blade. Exactly as I described and show in the video, but the problem becomes power. I tried throwing from the handle, and I learned to get great power handle throwing (or deep penetration) you have to go to a heavy knife.
Hence you'll see many handle throwers knifes are always big. If you see all the eaten up target board thats just a thousandth of the amount of board I have torn up over the years. In simple I self taught the spine style. It came by practice, and then when I noticed I was able to throw it hard as hell I started throwing very hard instead of slow and controlled, and at first your arm and shoulder will get sore for a few days from doing this. The same soreness pitchers get when they first start throwing. THATS where adaptation comes in.
You start throwing harder, faster, and as you adjust at more distance, and accurately! We all have our days where we just cant stick a group and were all over the place..until you warm up. Most days with no warm up I can go outside and "Robin Hood" non-stop. Other days I'm telling myself take a break or slow down it happens.
Throwing behind the back was just me teaching myself how to throw a knife backwards and forwards. I will take a video of me throwing behind the back, and looking away from the target essentially throwing behind the back with my eyes closed you could say. I challenge anyone to try this at my distance of 14ft.
Also to show diversity youll see I just "WALK UP", and throw. I dont video myself already "In Stance" where I have it down.. so this takes that variable out and forces me to throw by feel doing a behind the back throw.
It takes hours and you must surpass frustration to master behind the back throwing, and then all over again to do it while not even looking at your target. A trick shot some would say!
I am very happy to help anyone master my style of power throwing. I suggest you look up Jack Rippers and get you some. You will love them!
I will be forging my own custom jack ripper shaped 5160 leaf spring throwing blades soon enough.
One thing about throwing a 6" blade or small not so heavy thrower at a speed of 50mph+ is not only can you kill someone with a single throw, but it's more practical to carry on your persons.
Lets say you carry your throwing knifes on you like I do. A big heavy thrower is just not practical or concealed enough. A 6" blade is! Handle throwing styles you'll always see a common factor that they go to. They almost always move to heavy knifes because they want more control, and penetration.
They cant get the same penetration from smaller knifes handle throwing. With my style a 30ft fatal throw is more than done and said. On a good day I can group knifes at 30ft all day without a miss. In this video.. it was about 7am. Just put my kids on the bus, and grabbed the camera and took the video. If I had warmed up the outcome would have been different and you would have seen little misses.
The point I make to other knife throwers with this video is many throwing people argue not to throw a knife hard or like a baseball. This is because they learned from someone who just "Target" throws at competitions where most all competitors throw by handle, and some others don't. At competitions I believe the max distance they throw is like 15ft.
The idea behind a knife throw is "IF" you ever had to use it in a dangerous situation would it kill? Up until I took a video I argued with many people you can kill someone with a single throw WITH a small knife!
When you see 3\4" hard plywood get penetrated with the tip sticking out a 1\4" there's no doubt a hit to the skull would have someone permanently down with a single throw. PRACTICE PRACTICE.. under pressure is what discerns how trained you truly are!
