Thx. I'm not the greatest knife thrower in the world, but better than embarrassing. I actually started with the no spin method, but hard for me to get any decent force further than about 15 feet myself. But, I do want to try some of the techniques in this video. When spinning, I only get it right about 3 out of 5 throws, but haven't really practiced it in a long time.
Funny story, the only time I even used it in a combat situation, a guy was coming at me (he was drunk, and mistook me for someone else), I threw the knife (it was a small wrist one, so wouldn't have been very lethal), and it missed him instead hitting the wall behind him. It did stick though, and he thought I MEANT to miss him, so it pretty much diffused the argument anyhow! Of course, I played it off like that's exactly what I meant to do.... I went to some wild parties after high school, hehe. (and I was younger and thinner then)
Now, a shuriken, on the other hand, I'm pretty decent, though in a real combat situation, can't imagine one doing more than really ticking someone off (easier to hit in the torso than a moving head target). Still, they are fun though.
I'd much rather shoot an enemy with a pistol, than be in a knife fight, but if I am, I pretty much know enough to take out an average user with a lethal or disabling attack (though I may get a superficial wound in the process).