Shuriken Site with Danny's pics.

Those little darts ,knives ,spikes and stars are incredibly beautiful in their functionality . And to think some are non-rotationally thrown . That is something I could never accomplish beyond four feet !
 
Yeah, I was looking into how to make homemade shurikens, and in some google search, found this site. Then, I happened to notice the credit to Danny on the photos. Cool stuff!

Nam
 
homemade shuriken:

get some 6mm square stock steel.
cut into 15 cm lengths and sharpen one end.
Voila!
 
namaarie said:
I was looking at shuriken websites, and I found this one that had a bunch of pictures, courtesy of our own DannyinJapan! I think one even features his hand. Cool site, cool pics.

http://www.secrets-of-shuriken.com.au/schools.htm

Enjoy, and thanks to Danny.

Chris
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thank you very good site;

it is interesting to see.....










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Thanks, Danny, for that about the homemade Shuriken. Sounds good. Also, for the more "star"-like shuriken, would grinding down a small skill saw blade be good?

Nam
 
The star shuriken, or senban, needs to be kept relatively thin, say 2 mm or a little thinner.
A skill saw blade might be good, it just depends on if it flies well or not...
 
Danny, are those shuriken turning while in the air? i.e. does the tip always point towards the target after you throw them?

Keno
 
That's the real secret and the key to shurikenjutsu. The shuriken is brushed away by the fingertips. You brush down the back of the shuriken during the release and this retards the rotation of the blade. The shuriken does rotate, but slowly.
The the amount of brushing determines the rate of spin. The rate of spin determines the distance at which the shuriken will stick in the target.
When I throw a shuriken, it is pointing straight up when it leaves my hand and turns 90 degrees in the air.
 
That's what I thought but I wasn't sure. So basically you have to guess the distance and adjust the spins, right? Can you stick them into whatever you're throwing them every time?

I am always having trouble with the rate of spins when throwing knives. Making them stick at a specified and tested distance is easy, for me the hard part is making them stick at *any* distance.

Same thing/problem with those shuriken, if I understood you correctly?

Keno
 
So basically you have to guess the distance and adjust the spins, right? Can you stick them into whatever you're throwing them every time?
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That's a big part of what we do in training. Learning to "feel" the distance and throw accordingly. You get used to it after a while and it's not too difficult...
 
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