Shuriken are commonly, and mistakenly, known in the West as " throwing stars " or " ninja stars " though they took many different shapes and designs during the time they were used.

Shuriken are small and easily concealed, yet they have the versatility of being used as a stabbing weapon at close range ( called shoken if used in this manner ), as well as a longer range thrown weapon ).

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Shuriken were mainly a supplemental weapon to the more commonly used sword or other various weapons in a samurai warrior's arsenal, though they often played a pivotal tactical role in battle.

* Shuriken, a traditional Japanese concealed weapon that was used for throwing, and sometimes stabbing

Shuriken, especially hira-shuriken, were also used in other novel ways — they might be embedded in the ground, injuring those who stepped on them ( similar to a caltrop or tetsubishi ), wrapped in fuse to be lit and thrown to cause fire, or wrapped in a cloth soaked in poison and lit to cover an area with a cloud of poisonous smoke.

Shuriken were primarily used to cause either nuisance or distraction.

* Hammond, Billy ( 1985 ) Shuriken jutsu: The Japanese Art of Projectile Throwing A. E. L. S

* The " Science Patrol Shuriken.

* Hammond, Billy ( 1985 ) Shuriken jutsu: The Japanese art of projectile throwing A. E. L. S, Japan ASIN B0007B60TC

* Shirakami, Eizo ( 1985 ) Shuriken-do: My study of the way of Shuriken, Paul H. Crompton, London

The Chapter was run by Ian ' Mach One ' McMahon, and then Steven ' Shuriken ' Smith who took over as chapter leader until its closure.

Okamura inked Reggie Byers's Shuriken for Victory Comics, and introduced Dairck to the use of Bristol Board, ink pens, and zip-a-tone.

As a voice actress, DiCicco had lead roles on The Emperor's New School, The Buzz on Maggie, Loonatics Unleashed, and Shuriken School.

The is a modern school of Shuriken Jutsu.

Its massive contours are rooted in the simple need of man, since he is always incomplete, to complete himself.

Thoroughly modern in treatment, they are at the same time, full of simple sincerity which invariably characterizes genuine Negro folk-music and are by no means to be confused with the average ' Broadway Spirituals ' which depend for their racial flavor upon sundry allusions to the ' Amen Corner ', ' judgement Day, ' Gabriel's Horn, and a frustrated devil -- with a few random hallelujahs thrown in for good measure.

To those of my readers who find many of my opinions morally, or politically, or sociologically antiquated ( and I have reason to know that there are some such ), I would like to say what I have already hinted, namely, that some of my opinions may indeed be subject to some discount on the simple ground that I am no longer young and therefore incapable of being youthful of mind.

Reading, writing and simple arithmetic are taught along with such crafts as working in brass.

It is a simple task to haul a boat fifty or one hundred miles to a lake or reservoir on the new, light, strong, easy-to-operate trailers which are built to accommodate almost any kind of small boat and retail from $100 to $2,000.

They involve only simple mathematics that are taught in grammar school arithmetic classes.

Outputs of the two systems are measured by a pulse-timing circuit and a resistance bridge, followed by a simple analogue computer which feeds a multichannel recorder.

But in a new development where everything starts from scratch the solutions are simple.

We are reporting these investigations here briefly because of their relevancy to problems of the study of apparently simple exchange reactions of chlorine and because the results furnish some information on the activation energy for abstraction of chlorine atoms from carbon tetrachloride.

These are defined by a simple involutorial transformation of the points in which a general line meets a nonsingular quadric surface bearing a curve of symbol Af.

A general line L meets Q in two points, Af and Af, through each of which passes a unique generator of the regulus, Af, whose lines are simple secants of Aj.

If **ya is the multiple secant of **zg which passes through Af and **yb is the simple secant of **zg which passes through Af, and if Af are the points in which **ya meets **zg, and if Af is the image of Af on the generator **yb, it follows that the image of the line Af is Af.

But the symbols he is asked to learn are simple.

In considering roleplaying for analysis we enter a more complex area, since we are now no longer dealing with a simple over-all decision but rather with the examination and evaluation of many elements seen in dynamic functioning.

Since the company under review is supplying what we are here regarding as only one kind of service, we might suppose that the problem of total cost apportionment would be very simple ; ;

`` Purely from the business man's standpoint and without regard to the lawyer's view '', commented a trade journal, `` the matter of patents in the automobile and accessory trade is developing some phases and results that challenge thought as to how far patents are to become weapons of warfare in business, instead of simple beneficient protection devices for encouraging inventive creation ''.

If we have not thought and made a decision entirely in these terms, then we need to submit ourselves to the following `` simple test '': `` Have we decided how we are to kill the other members of our household in the event of our being less injured than they are ''??

Though no longer able to turn out his protoplasmic pen-and-ink sketches ( several old favorites are scattered through the present volume ) Thurber has retained unimpaired his vision of humor as a thing of simple, unaffected humanness.

Algae ( or ; singular alga, Latin for " seaweed ") are a very large and diverse group of simple, typically autotrophic organisms, ranging from unicellular to multicellular forms, such as the giant kelps that grow to 65 meters in length.

Most are photosynthetic like plants, and " simple " because their tissues are not organized into the many distinct organs found in land plants.

Because the levels themselves are random variables, some assumptions and the method of contrasting the treatments ( a multi-variable generalization of simple differences ) differ from the fixed-effects model.

Comparisons, which are most commonly planned, can be either simple or compound.

His later boastings of his skill with the small sword are indicative of much time and practice devoted to the use of that weapon.

For example, if two characters are wrestling the relevant attribute is Strength ; a character could reveal a weapon, changing it to Warfare ; they could try to overcome the other character's mind using a power, changing it to Psyche ; or they could concentrate their strength on defense, changing it to Endurance.

Artillery may also refer to a system of applied scientific research relating to the design, manufacture and employment of artillery weapon systems although, in general, the terms ballistics and ordnance are more commonly employed in this sense.

In a typical case of running amok, a male who has shown no previous sign of anger or any inclination to violence will acquire a weapon, traditionally a sword or dagger, but presently a variety of weapons are used, and in a sudden frenzy, will attempt to kill or seriously injure anyone he encounters.

Ideal characteristics of a biological agent to be used as a weapon against humans are high infectivity, high virulence, non-availability of vaccines, and availability of an effective and efficient delivery system.

Bioterrorism is an attractive weapon because biological agents are relatively easy and inexpensive to obtain, can be easily disseminated, and can cause widespread fear and panic beyond the actual physical damage they can cause.

Sometimes Excalibur and the Sword in the Stone ( the proof of Arthur's lineage ) are said to be the same weapon, but in most versions they are considered separate.

Both are the successors of the musket, diverging from their parent weapon in distinct ways.

Some trigger locks are integrated into the design of the weapon, requiring no external parts besides the key.

Semi automatic long weapon models are required to be verified as civilian-legal before this category applies to them, otherwise they are considered category A.

As with category C, every Austrian citizen at the age of 18 or over can buy and own this type of weapon without further registration or permission, since no background checks are performed also EU / EEA citizens can buy them without problems.

Generally, handguns in the Czech Republic are available to anybody above 21 years of age ( 15, 16 or 18 years under special conditions ) with a clean criminal history who passes tests about gun law and weapon knowledge and a medical inspection ( which may optionally include psychological test ).

The only categories of people who are legally entitled to carry a weapon are magistrates, MPs military forces and certain categories of diplomats.

Minors ( 15 and older ) may also use a weapon, provided that they are under the supervision of someone who has a gun license.

Gun ownership requires license and is regulated by the weapon law ( Vapenlagen 1996: 67 ) further regulations are found in in weapon decree ( Vapenförordningen 1996: 70 ).

Males establish social hierarchies through " necking ", which are combat bouts where the neck is used as a weapon.

Additionally, ICBMs are generally considered to be nuclear only ; although several conceptual designs of conventionally armed missiles have been considered, the launch of such a weapon would be such a threat that it would demand a nuclear response, eliminating any military value of such a weapon.

They are in the sequence of the 1st Thirthankara to the 24th are: bull, elephant, horse, monkey, redgoose, lotus flower, swastika, crescent of moon, crocodile, shade providing tree, rhinoceros, buffalo, pig, porcupine, vajra ( a kind of weapon ), deer, goat, fish, jar, tortoise, lilly flower, conch, snake and lion.

Nodachi were used during war as the longer sword gave a foot soldier a reach advantage, but now nodachi are illegal because of their effectiveness as a killing weapon.