Knife Throwing as a Sport is quite unknown in South Africa. At this stage the most Tournaments and most fans seems to be in the USA and then Europe and Eastern Block Countries.
The knife throwing events is often combined with Tomahawk throwing and other typical Western Arts like whip cracking etc. in the States.
Like all other sports there are various Organizations and Authorities ssuch as seen in Boxing and Wrestling and Martial arts.
according wikkipedia i would like to quote the following:
Knife throwing, whether in a martial or sport application, involves the same basic principles of mechanics. The objective in each case is for the point to stick into the target with a sufficient amount of force. For this to be successful accuracy, distance, number of rotations and placement of the body all must be taken into account. Like a baseball, a knife rotates during flight. This means that the thrower, assuming he/she is throwing the same way every time, must either choose a specific distance for each type of throw or - more practically - make slight adjustments to placement of the knife in the hand as well as to angle of release and torque of the wrist. For example, holding the knife farther away from the center of gravity will cause it to spin faster, whereas holding it closer will have the opposite effect. These variations in throw technique can be combined to allow the thrower to stick the knife anywhere from 0 to 60 or more feet from the target. Throwers may additionally make use of these adjustments while throwing from off-center, around corners and while running.
My personal experience of knifethrowing is based on self-taught technique and practise over many years.
Later with Internet I participated on Gentlemans basis with International Throwers and found that we can easily compete on most events with the best in the world.
My favourite approach is the European rules and events.http://www.knifethrowing.info/thrower-meetings.html#bigthrowersmeeting
Tournaments in the USA seems a bit more Circus orientated with a lot of emphasis on Spinning the knife as much as possible-this opposed to hitting the target from various distances.
Myself Hugo Engelbrecht and my son Jannes Engelbrecht will start with Knife throwing Courses and exhibitions soon -Gauteng and Capetown.
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