{"id":202,"date":"2021-11-17T13:49:05","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T13:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bujin.fi\/?p=202"},"modified":"2025-10-15T22:19:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T20:19:03","slug":"shuriken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bujin.fi\/en\/shuriken\/","title":{"rendered":"Shuriken"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"translation-block\"><em>Shuriken<\/em> translates to \"a blade hidden in the hand\", but it is more commonly used to refer to japanese throwing weapons. <em>Shuriken<\/em>s are divided into two types, <em>Bo shuriken<\/em> (\u68d2\u624b\u88cf\u5263) are straight, nail-like throwing blades, and <em>hira shuriken<\/em> (\u5e73\u624b\u88cf\u5263) are metallic throwable plates or stars. In the Bujinkan, we practice the use of both by employing chopsticks for the practice of <em>bo shuriken<\/em> and calling cards or similar for the practice of <em>hira shuriken<\/em>, or other similarly safe items. Metallic <em>bo shuriken<\/em> are thrown to a target to further practice their use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\"><em>Bo shuriken<\/em> are thrown in such a way, that the weapon rotates as little as possible and the point is directed at the opponent for most of the duration of the flight. This throwing style is called <em>jiki da-ho<\/em>, whereas the style where the weapon rotates similarly to the western knife throwing technique is called <em>han-ten da-ho<\/em>. Throwing the <em>shuriken<\/em> is challenging in technique and requires much practice, which is why in the Bujinkan the practice of throwing <em>shuriken<\/em> incorporates throwing from various distances and angles. Alongside the <em>bo shuriken<\/em>, Bujinkan employs the flat <em>teppan<\/em> and <em>senban shuriken<\/em>, which belong to the group of <em>hira shuriken<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\">The <em>shuriken<\/em> could also be used in close-quarters-combat as improvised melee weapons if necessary, and they were not only the tools of <em>ninjutsu<\/em>. Many traditional <em>samurai<\/em> styles include the use of <em>shuriken<\/em> as part of their teachings. <em>Shuriken jutsu<\/em> has most likely developed from the practice of throwing stones and sharpened coins.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shuriken tarkoittaa &#8221;k\u00e4teen piilotettua ter\u00e4\u00e4&#8221;, mutta sill\u00e4 yleens\u00e4 viitataan japanilaisiin heittoaseisiin. Shurikenit jakautuvat kahteen tyyppiin: Bo shurikenit (\u68d2\u624b\u88cf\u5263) ovat suoria, naulamaisia heittoteri\u00e4, ja hira shurikenit (\u5e73\u624b\u88cf\u5263) ovat metallisia heitett\u00e4vi\u00e4 levyj\u00e4 tai t\u00e4hti\u00e4. Bujinkanissa harjoitellaan molempien k\u00e4ytt\u00f6\u00e4, bo shurikenien k\u00e4ytt\u00f6\u00e4 harjoitellaan sy\u00f6m\u00e4puikkoja k\u00e4ytt\u00e4m\u00e4ll\u00e4 kun taas hira shurikenien k\u00e4ytt\u00f6\u00e4 harjoitellessa k\u00e4ytet\u00e4\u00e4n tyypillisesti k\u00e4yntikortteja tai muita vastaavia turvallisia [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":265,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[13,11,31,30],"class_list":["post-202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aseet","tag-budo","tag-bujinkan","tag-samurai","tag-shuriken"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bujin.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bujin.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bujin.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bujin.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bujin.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bujin.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1007,"href":"https:\/\/www.bujin.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202\/revisions\/1007"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bujin.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bujin.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bujin.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bujin.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}