There had long been methods of escaping danger or hurting an enemy by throwing weapons at them, but the weapons used were tsubute (throwing stones), short swords, uchine (throwing arrows), uchiya (throwing arrows), and needles among other weapons.
敵に武器を投げつけて、傷つけたり、自分の危難を逃れようとする技法は古くからあったが、その際に使う武器は飛礫（つぶて）や短刀、打根、打矢、針などだった。