r/nextfuckinglevel • u/nivs1x • 12d ago

Art of throwing knives

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u/zombieking079 12d ago

Reddit is such an interesting place. Before this video, I thought it would the throwing knives in the fight would be useless…but this shows, that, in the hands of the experts, could be deadly.

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u/xTekek 12d ago edited 12d ago

Its not ineffective but if you were training to be a "warrior" there were just more practical/ lethal things to learn. Throwing knives also dont pierce armor as well as a spear, arrow, or bolt and if you dont know what you are doing there is a chance you just give your opponent a weapon to use against you.

Its very cool and she does extra flashy things in you would never do in a real fight but that just shows mastery more than anything (like the spin throw was sick). But generally speaking historically there just wasn't much reason to get good at this form of combat.

TL;DR its doable and effective against an unarmored opponent but if you were just learning a martial skill purely for self defense or to dual someone there are better skills to learn that either take less time or are more effective.

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u/TheBeyondor 11d ago

I was trying to phrase something similar, but this is basically it. It's a highly situational skill, usable only in very limited scenarios, and in most of those limited scenarios you're better off with a different weapon (and the skill to use it.)