Shurikenjutsu

Shurikenjutsu
(手裏剣術)

Negishi-ryū shuriken (c.1850)
Focus	Weaponry (shuriken)
Hardness	Non-competitive
Country of origin	Japan
Olympic sport	No

Shurikenjutsu (手裏剣術) is a general term describing the traditional Japanese martial arts of throwing shuriken, which are small, hand-held weapons used primarily by the Samurai in feudal Japan, such as metal spikes bō shuriken, circular plates of metal known as hira shuriken, and knives (tantō).^[1]

Shurikenjutsu was usually taught among the sogo-bugei, or comprehensive martial arts systems of Japan, as a supplemental art to those more commonly practiced such as kenjutsu, sojutsu, bōjutsu and battlefield grappling kumi-uchi (old form jujutsu), and is much less prevalent today than it was in the feudal era.^[1]