Combat Knife Throwing: A New Approach to Knife Throwing and Knife Fighting (Illustrations) Paperback – January 1, 2008

Because I tend to research my purchases beforehand, I rarely get caught with my pants down. Not the case this time. This book provides a wealth of background information on Thorn's method development and knife throwing safety (hence 2 stars instead of 1), but essentially NOTHING on actual instruction. The line drawing on the cover is an example of the kind of illustration that is inside. NO photos of grip(s) and no photos showing arm positions or releases during a throw. He makes the comment that you need to just go out and just throw to learn by throwing. That was even a lamer statement because he indicated you should make your own knives by buying old bayonets and using duct tape for handles. [No buy list recommendations at all]Until the book is redone using photos from Thorn's many videos to provide actual instruction, I'd call it an utter waste of time and money.

The book is useful but would be fairly incomplete without the video. I find much of the first chapters to be less than helpful since quality bayonet blades are no longer available at any sort of reasonable price. I also found modern electric tape to be too light for much weighting. I beat out some lead into thin sheets, cut it into strips and used the tape to secure it onto the knives for balance.

Great book. Easy to understand. Author Mr. Thorn knows what he is talking about. I learnt the basic 4 throws in matter of days, not even a week. I had never thrown knives before and started to watch YouTube for information.I am glad to pick up this book and the DVDS of Combat Knives Thowing by the same author. Highly recommend the Thorn Style to anyone who is interested to throw knives as hobby.

I shredded the book and used it for litter in my rat's cage. To the author, Sorry, dude, but you spent way too many pages beating a dead horse (circus knife tossers) and gave me far too little useable information. I'm sure you have skills but I didn't learn any of them. Rewrite when you have a method to teach the skill.

This is a very informative book with illustrations. I'm not sure if I like his style but the book will walk you through all the steps to throw no spin throws.

This is not what I expected. The reality is that this book is knife specific, meaning only a certain style of knife will work, mostly a knife that has been modified to fly straight.

Good book to follow, wish it was longer. A lot of basics that will help you learn step by step to put the blade in the target.

good beginner book from the master.

Feel like there is a lot of filler and not much useful info to actually start learning

Ein sehr gutes Buch für alle die wirklich Messerwerfen als Combat oder Jagd Kunst erlernen wollen und nicht reizvolles Showwerfen erlernen wollen wo man für jeden Wurf Abstand, Drehungen usw. variieren muß. Es räumt einige Mythen aus zeigt aber auch dass man Messerwerfen bei richtigem Angehen der Sache durchaus als Kampfkunst - Kampfsport erlernen und ausführen kann. Auch das dazu erhältliche Video ist sein Geld wert wenn man die Sache mit etwas Ernst betreiben will.