The Art of Throwing: The Definitive Guide to Thrown Weapons Techniques [Instruct

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An introduction to the world of thrown weapons. It provides detailed, but easy to follow, instructions for throwing twelve popular weapons from around the world, including Knives, Spears, the Bagakay, the Japanese Shuriken and Shaken, the Chinese Flying Olive, the Western Dart, the Boomerang, and more.

FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description

Concise and informative, The Art of Throwing is the ultimate introduction to the exciting world of throwing weapons.It provides thorough explanation and instruction on everything from grips and stances, targets and trajectories, and even how to construct weapons. The fundamentals of weapon throwing are easy to learn, but mastering aim--let alone mastering aim with a variety of weapons--involves time, effort and practice. Let The Art of Throwing ease your transition from novice to expert with its detailed, but easy to follow instructions from an author who has spent years mastering his technique. With a foreword by knife throwing legend Joe "Brokenfeather" Darrah, this edition includes updated information and an hour-long instructional video (available online to download for free) to better aid newcomers in learning the basics or help experienced throwers perfect their techniques.The Art of Throwing includes:Basic concepts--Grips, Methods, and MechanicsThrowing implements--The Bagakay, the knife, the ax, and the spearJapanese throwing implements--The Shuriken and the ShakenChinese throwing implements--The flying dart, the golden coin dart, the flying steel olive, and the flying stickerOther throwing implements--The western dart and the boomerangSport and defensive throwingWeapon and hand careAll disc content is accessible on tuttlepublishing.com/downloadable-content.

Author Biography

Amante P. Marinas Sr. holds black belts in aikido from the Philippine Aikido Club under Sensei Ambrosio Gavileno and in shorin-ryu from the Commando Karate Club under Sensei Latino Gonzalez and Sensei Anselmo "Pop" Santos. He studied the snake form of kungfu under Sifu Benito Coo before immigrating to the US and has been practicing his family's fighting system, Pananandata, since he was eight years old.He has authored several books on the subject of knife and weapons throwing, as well as on the Filipino martial arts.

Long Description

Concise and informative, The Art of Throwing is the ultimate introduction to the exciting world of throwing weapons. It provides thorough explanation and instruction on everything from grips and stances, targets and trajectories, and even how to construct weapons. The fundamentals of weapon throwing are easy to learn, but mastering aim--let alone mastering aim with a variety of weapons--involves time, effort and practice. Let The Art of Throwing ease your transition from novice to expert with its detailed, but easy to follow instructions from an author who has spent years mastering his technique. With a foreword by knife throwing legend Joe "Brokenfeather" Darrah, this edition includes updated information and an hour-long instructional DVD to better aid newcomers in learning the basics or help experienced throwers perfect their techniques. The Art of Throwing includes: Basic concepts--Grips, Methods, and Mechanics Throwing implements--The Bagakay, the knife, the ax, and the spear Japanese throwing implements--The Shuriken and the Shaken Chinese throwing implements--The flying dart, the golden coin dart, the flying steel olive, and the flying sticker Other throwing implements--The western dart and the boomerang Sport and defensive throwing Weapon and hand care All disc content is alternatively accessible on tuttlepublishing.com/downloadable-content.

Details ISBN0804840938 Publisher Tuttle Publishing Language English ISBN-10 0804840938 ISBN-13 9780804840934 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2010 Short Title ART OF THROWING W/DVD Edition Revised edition Imprint Tuttle Publishing Place of Publication Boston Country of Publication United States Replaces 9780804837873 DEWEY 796.8 Publication Date 2010-06-20 UK Release Date 2010-06-20 NZ Release Date 2010-06-20 US Release Date 2010-06-20 Subtitle The Definitive Guide to Thrown Weapons Techniques [Instructional Video Download Included] Author Joe "Brokenfeather" Darrah Pages 192 Illustrations includes DVD; 100 color photos and illus Audience General AU Release Date 2010-06-21 We've got this

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