"Them?" The PD shouldn't have been able to see HIM, let alone the stars!
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"Them?" The PD shouldn't have been able to see HIM, let alone the stars!
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JR 137
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Beat me to it.
Flying Crane
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No to the pjs. That would be excessive.
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Xue Sheng
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Well that is true...if I were Ninja... I was a simple TKD guy back then who just happened to have a ninja star...which I actually got when I was a simple Jujutsu guy...in the early 70s.....parents got their kids things like that back then......little did I know I lacked the ninja invisibility skills to hide it. And in my defense the first place I saw them was on Kung Fu the series.... the original one...yeah I know...they were thrown by a Ninja...but it was Kung Fu...... might be what lead me to CMA years later
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Awh, i have wanted one of them for a while. but i think they are banned in the U.K, like the weaponized chains. 
going back to the 80's when they were legal and subsequently banned.
(in the spirit of the discussion and to see if i am right or not) From what i have been told they are featured in samurai fighting styles and not in Ninjitsu ones and they are used to cut with not throw. The primary source cited was some samurai treatise.
going back to the 80's when they were legal and subsequently banned. (in the spirit of the discussion and to see if i am right or not) From what i have been told they are featured in samurai fighting styles and not in Ninjitsu ones and they are used to cut with not throw. The primary source cited was some samurai treatise.
Yes, banned in UK. Specifically told by my bujinkan instructor. Also, they can be thrown (in fact, I believe mostly thrown)Awh, i have wanted one of them for a while. but i think they are banned in the U.K, like the weaponized chains.
(in the spirit of the discussion and to see if i am right or not) From what i have been told they are featured in samurai fighting styles and not in Ninjitsu ones and they are used to cut with not throw. The primary source cited was some samurai treatise.
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Look at shuriken not just the "stars" as that might give you a better idea
I remember reading that real ninjas (as in, the old shadow warriors of Japan) had used them primarily as distractions and not necessarily to harm with the stars.
Xue Sheng
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I can throw a chop stick though a thick cardboard box at close range and although Shuriken may have been more of an annoyance, when I was a preteen, at 12 feet I could stick them in a log, so they are capable of doing damage.
It depends on how you define "harm" I would say. Yes, they can cut you. They might even stick into you. But (speaking specifically about the stars) they're not going to penetrate deep enough (again, except in a few rare cases) to cause a debilitating injury. In other words, they wouldn't stop you from continuing the fight.
Just to be clear, I'm talking about stars. A spike could be a different story entirely, depending on factors like weight and shape.
They can do damage, but not serious damage.
Xue Sheng
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You could put and EYE out with that thing
JR 137
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Ralphie’s mom got to you too?
Xue Sheng
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Actually I was thinking the late Kevin Meaney...but Ralphie's mom with suffice
That's not what happened to my eye...
And you'll recall I said there were a few unlikely exceptions to the 'trivial damage' limitation.
Yeah, but you're clearly a wimp. Actually, I'd bet money that if you trod on that thorn while in a real fight (as in, kill or be killed, the sort of thing where weapons are involved) you'd not even notice that torn till later.
No no, I'm clearly a wimp - nearly spilled my tea and everything
In actuality, the amount of cuts and stuff I get while working and simply not notice until later is silly so it needn't be kill or be killed to ignore "little" things, just already occupied with something. I was clearing some hawthorn last week and my legs look like I'm some sort of emo teen...
The sort of scene in a film where a throwing star sticks a quarter inch in someone and they collapse in pain - yeah, not happening.
