Before anyone asks, no I won’t tell you how they’re thrown, I was asked specifically to keep this method secret, and as fake ninjer style as that sounds I will follow that request. It was asked of me by a serious shuriken practitioner and if you know me you know who that person is. Continuing, matsubagata, 松葉形手裏剣, pine needle or pine leaf shaped shuriken are also known as enbiken, 燕尾剣, swallow tail sword or even hiengata 飛燕形 flying swallow shape. They were used by Iga ryu and Yoshio ryu, and perhaps another ryu called Gio ryu, though this isn’t clear. The matsubagata has a lot of mystery around it, such as the origin or the peculiar shape. Some historical examples lead us to believe they are made from broken swords ground on both sids and splayed, or of course the shuriken could have been just another of countless variations on hira shuriken. Some say the matsubagata shuriken was actually a utility knife, this may be true based on some examples, it could also be considered a te no uchi weapon, like most shuriken, using various grips, such as putting the thumb in the v shaped opening, or placing the v in the webbing of the fingers. The matsubagata is a very interesting wepaon and can be obtained at Korisuya
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