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Knife-Throwing as a Sport: Who Would Have Thunk It?

posted by Fnord666 on Monday September 18 2017, @06:20PM   Printer-friendly
from the i-get-the-point dept.

canopic jug writes:

As far as recognized champions in the sport, the Hall of Fame holds a three-day national throw every year to establish the best in various categories. Then again, the Hall isn't the only group of throwers; other champions exist, too. Someday perhaps, there will be a grand merger.

As for the typical knife-thrower, he or she is hard to describe, since anyone can throw.

"There's really no aging out," said Rick Lemberg, an organizer of the online Aim Games, in which people compete by posting their scores. Because there is no physical contact, injuries are rare, he added. Commitment trumps physique.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by hemocyanin on Monday September 18 2017, @07:40PM (3 children)

    by hemocyanin (186) on Monday September 18 2017, @07:40PM (#569877) Journal

    Why wouldn't knife throwing be a sport when you have archery, rock throwing, javelin, skeet/trap, biathalon, wrestling, any number of martial arts, or boxing? Probably I missed more than a few. Anyway, the headline strikes me as extremely stupid. Glad I have the NYTimes in my /etc/hosts file (along with the WAPO).

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 18 2017, @08:18PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 18 2017, @08:18PM (#569901)

    > Anyway, the headline strikes me as extremely stupid.

    It's a pun on the SFX of a knife blade hitting a wooden surface (*THUNK*). Of course, the pun is still stupid, so that doesn't help much :)

  • (Score: 2) by mhajicek on Tuesday September 19 2017, @12:42AM

    by mhajicek (51) on Tuesday September 19 2017, @12:42AM (#569985)

    As a practitioner of armored sword fighting, many of my associates practice thrown weapons regularly. Spears, axes, knives, etc. It's not nearly as uncommon as the headline would have one think.

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