Out of the many weapons that ninja used, the most famous one would surely be the throwing star, shuriken right? I know you fell in love with them when they appeared as a really cool weapon in Naruto.

However if you are a fan of ninja, you probably know that many people point out that the way they use it in anime and manga were not how they actually did. Some even say they were not used at all. lol

But then, what were they and how were they actually used?

So today, I will explain the theory of shuriken that I believe so far from all the research I’ve done about ninja. Please understand that this is not an absolute answer, but just a sharing of one study. I will first explain the history of shuriken, then the two different categories of shuriken by their shapes, and another two different categories for shuriken “skills” that might make you think,

“That’s counted as shuriken techniques too?!”

At the end of the video, I will also briefly talk about the クナイ kunai, the other throwing weapon that you might imagine a ninja using. By watching this video, you can understand about the tools that the ninja used, and enjoy their content even more.

●All Japan ninja shuriken championship
https://shuriken.ninja-official.com/

[Time codes]
0:00 Let's START!
2:08 The history of shuriken
3:57 Categories of shuriken by shape; “平型 hiragata” and “棒 bō”
6:51 Categories of shuriken by skills; “留 tome” and “責 seme”
11:06 クナイ kunai
12:04 Today’s conclusion
13:56 “Omake” talk

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