If you throw a knife whirling, how do you know it’s gonna hit the target with the blade, not the handle?
Also I know in the ancient times they used throwing axes like that too, how could they make sure that it hits the target with the blade? Is there a special way to throw it? Or is it just a matter of luck? Logically I’d think that there is only 50% chance that it will hit with the edge of the blade.
Guess what! I am – or, at least, used to be – a knife thrower before I became heavily involved with guns, and bows and arrows.
The, ‘Practice, practice, practice.’ is good advice; so is, ‘Don’t throw an ordinary knife!’ You should only use knives that are specifically designed for throwing. Otherwise you risk ruining the knife; (They usually break at the guard and right in front of the choil.) or else you might end up getting struck, yourself, by flying pieces that come off the knife.
There are a number of variables to knife throwing that you have to learn how to combine together in order to guarantee point-first impact.
(1) One is distance. You need to develop an eye for those several distances at which you can make the blade stick with the particular overall knife length you’re using. This ability to gauge distance only comes with practice – Practice with a specific knife!
(2) Control of the knife’s speed-of-rotation. In addition to throwing at known distances, it’s also possible to plant a blade, point-first, by controlling it’s speed-of-rotation in the air. For instance, with a big knife and a short distance you’ve got one of two choices to make:
(2-A) Either speed up the rotation by more strongly, ‘flipping your wrist’ on release, or
(2-B) Throw the knife, ‘flat’ by using a, ’stiff wrist’ in order to prevent it from spinning in the air. This method is, more correctly, termed as a, ‘flat knife toss’. Instead of, ’snapping your wrist’ on release you simply allow the knife to slide forward across your palm and out of your hand.
(3) Warning: Knife throwing can be VERY DANGEROUS – Especially at a more advanced level of, ‘power throwing’. Most of the time I used to throw into log ends. This worked great and the targets lasted a long time. The only problem was that on the really powerful very hard throws if your timing, grip, or judgment were even slightly off, then, you ran the risk of having the knife fail to plant itself correctly into the hard wooden target and, instead,
COME FLYING BACK AT YOU!
Needless to point out (That is a pun!) a bounce back off a hard target, like this, could easily kill or disfigure you!
So, you see, precise knife throwing is a combination of both gauging distance correctly AND knowing how to control the knife’s spin rate in the air. Are these skill sets easy to learn? Yeah, if you’re got the free time and are willing to give it about an hour, or more, each day for up to two years!
An easier, more practical, (and sensible) alternative? Buy a gun! 
PS: Usually, and in spite of what they’re always showing in the movies, it’s a much better idea to hold onto your blade during any CQB. Anytime you’re reduced to using a blade as an expedient means of self-defense it’s just plain dumb to throw it away.
(The impact is rarely enough to effectively stop a man-sized target, anyway. Conventional thrusting and slashing remain the best and surest way to go!)
Blade throwing
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