It's a difficult method of throwing to learn, but if you can master it it has the advantage that you don't have to worry as much about distance to the target. W

It's a difficult method of throwing to learn, but if you can master it it has the advantage that you don't have to worry as much about distance to the target. With the traditional spinning throw, you need to make sure the knife will reach the target at a point in the turn where the blade is pointed toward it. I think it's probably a much more appropriate throw for use during hand-to-hand combat. My understanding is that the shuriken was primarily intended as a weapon swordsmen could use to gain an advantage by distracting their opponents.