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Professional Ranking System The International Knife Throwers Hall of Fame ranking system has been established. Knife throwers wishing to be ranked by the IKTHOF Association must first be a member of the Association. Click on the link for Membership Forms or request a membership form from the IKTHOF Headquarters. Throwers interested in being ranked by the IKTHOF association can test at the annual Central US Knife Throwing Championships or by an IKTHOF Executive Board Member. The International Knife Throwers Hall of Fame Association ranking system establishes an international standard by which knife throwers may measure their accuracy and versatility, and compare their skill to that of throwers anywhere in the world. A thrower may test a maximum of three times in a 48-hour period. A member of the IKTHOFA Executive Board must conduct each test in person, sign the score sheet containing scores for all three tests (or as many as the thrower completes), have the scorekeeper sign as witness and send it to IKTHOFA headquarters. The top score of the three tests will be considered that thrower’s official score in the ranking system and posted on the IKTHOF website. Throwers may retest after six months. A Certification of Ranking will be sent to the thrower along with the association patches and level attained at the testing. Board members of the IKTHOF may test throwers at any location of a board members choosing. You may also test at the annual Central US Knife Throwing Championships held in Austin, Texas. For more details you can check out the HOF web site here: 
THROWING SEQUENCE Throwers throw five knives at the five targets in a “W” pattern: top left--bottom left--center--bottom right--top right. The first knife thrown only counts if it sticks in the upper left target; the second knife only counts if it sticks in the lower left target, etc. Knives that stick in targets out of this order do not count. Knives cannot be pulled until all five knives are thrown and scored at each distance. KNIVES Knives must be no shorter than 12 inches, no longer than 16 inches, and must have a point on only one end. One set of knives, of uniform shape, material and weight, must be used for each test. Knives may not be exchanged during a test unless the replacement is of the same type. Throwers may use a different set of knives for each separate test. SCORING Throwers may lean in, but the thrower’s feet after follow-through must remain behind the minimum mark for each distance; if any part of a thrower’s foot crosses the line the knife will not count, and may not be re-thrown. Knives will be scored as they stick (they will not be moved or “straightened” for scoring). Only knives sticking point first in the face of a target at the time of scoring are counted; knives that fall out before scoring do not count. Knives sticking in the bulls-eye or cutting its edge score 3 points; knives sticking in or cutting the edge of the 8 inch circle score 2 points; knives sticking in or cutting the edge of the 16 inch circle score 1 point as long as the point is in the face of the round. If the point is not in the face of the target, even if the blade of the knife cleaves the edge of the outer circle, it does not count. The Executive Board member present is the final arbiter of the score of a knife. Instances where the call seems to be a “toss up” should be decided in favor of the thrower. If you are interested in joining this organization, or in testing your knife throwing skills, then go ahead and sign up for the club! To visit the IKTHOFA homepage, Click Here It's free, and there's no obligation. |
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