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There is hardly any other sport that can provide so much recreational pleasure at such small cost as knife throwing. It can be enjoyed as a "solo" activity or can be expanded to include other throwers for keen competition.

A certain amount of care and several appropriate safety measures are required in practicing the sport, since spectators are drawn "like bees to honey" whenever a serious knife thrower goes out back for a practice session. This should not, however, present any great problem, and suggestions will be offered herein that will enable the thrower to deal with the situation.

The art and science of professional knife throwing will also be fully described and explained, although it is for the sportsmen knife throwers, who may someday outnumber the professionals by more than a million to one, that this book is primarily written.

It's fun to throw a knife because it is a sport in which individual skills can be developed to a very high degree. And remember that anyone who can throw a stick, stone, or baseball can also learn to throw a knife. There is no great "mystery" that has to be revealed. Expert knife throwing, like great proficiency in any other sport, is developed by natural aptitude and instinct combined with that one magic ingredient: