KORISUYA SHURIKEN BLOG 3

I was going to talk about juji shuriken today but the number of variations on juji shuriken would be a bit much, I will cover them when I have each variety available for sale. Today I will first talk about the Manji shuriken. Manji shuriken 卍手裏剣 or manjiken 卍剣 are of course named after their shape which is the manji 卍 or swastika. I would say the manji shuriken is technically a juji 十字, figure ten, or 　四方 shihou, four directions shuriken because of the basic shape or four points protruding from the center. Manji shuriken are one of the few varieties of hira shuriken in which blade orientation matters. Penetration is only possible with the points facing the target, when the points face the user the shuriken would have a clubbing effect. When used for shoukenjutsu 掌剣術 or tenouchi 手の内 the manji shuriken can be used for severely damaging ripping techniques with the points protruding between the middle and ring finger as well as on both sides of the hands.
Within the classification of manji shuriken there are kakumanji 角卍　meaning angular or cornered manji and nagare manji 流れ卍 meaning flowing manji. Kaku manji as seen here

were a secret weapon of the Kobori ryu. The nagare manji shown here

was used by an unknown ryu, though some sources state this blade was used in Ryusei ryu. Both are available at Korisuya.