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Newsletter: Issue #113 by Scott Gracia sgracia@wi.rr.com http://www.throwzini.com Number of Subscribers: 13, 213+ ================================================= A Few Words from Our Sponsor . . . Throw Like a Pro in 7 Days -- Guaranteed! This is the video everyone is raving about. You'll learn the inside tips and secrets for sticking practically anything with a point on it. Guaranteed to improve your throwing while having a lot of fun. Visit: http://www.throwzini.com/tgt_video.html ================================================= IN THIS ISSUE 1. What's New 2. The Path Of An Interest Is Usually Started and Shared With A Friend - by Tim Hosking 3. This Week's Featured Products 4. Advertise With Us 5. Got a Question or Suggestion? 6. Contact Info/Reprint Guidelines ================================================= 1. What's New Hi Folks! I'd like to thank everyone for the overwhelming response we've had with our latest video, The Fundamentals of Knife, Hawk and Axe Throwing. It's fantastic to see so many people committed to improving their throwing ability. Its also gratifying to already be hearing about success stories that the dvd has helped to create! Guaranteed to improve your throwing while having a lot of fun. To find out how you can improve your throwing, visit: http://www.throwzini.com/tgt_video.html AOL USERS LINK UPCOMING EVENTS 2005 1ST ANNUAL SOUTHERN US KNIFE THROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS Just a reminder to all knife enthusiasts to attend the upcoming event in Fayetteville, GA on the 26th and 27th of February, 2005. This event will follow IKTHOF (International Knife Throwers Hall of Fame) Rules. For more info about this event check out our CLUBS/EVENTS page: http://www.throwzini.com/events.html AOL USERS LINK WILD WEST ARTS CLUB "WILL ROGERS EXPO AND WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WESTERN ARTS" The Wild West Arts Club is dedicated to preserving and promoting the Western Arena Arts & has a dynamic membership of over 700 people from 10 countries around the world. Trick Roping, Whip Cracking, Gun Spinning, Trick Riding, Fast Draw, Knife and Tomahawk Throwing - those and many other heritage arts of the historic American West are being kept alive and given added vitality by the Wild West Arts Club. This event will take place on April 14-17, 2005 in Claremore, Oklahoma. (Prize money totals over $3000 this year.) This will be quite an event for all knife throwing enthusiasts! While in Netcong, NJ, earlier this year at another WWAC event, I was told by Che Che WhiteCloud that he would be performing his knife throwing routine in Oklahoma! For those of you who aren't familiar with Mr. WhiteCloud, he is one of the most famous Impalement Artists that has ever lived! Che Che started throwing publicly at the age of 5, and he came from a long line of performers. His family has been performing/throwing for over 2 centuries! Che Che himself has been performing for over 55 years, and his father, Chief White Cloud, was the Chief of the Seneca Indians in Salamanca NY. This will be one performance nobody should miss! If you want to have the experience of a lifetime, go check out this event. The people you will meet, and the things you will see, will 'stick' in your brain forever! :-) For more info check out: http://www.wwac.com/convention.html AOL USERS LINK Thats all for now. Keep on reading and you'll get to check out an e-mail I received quite some time ago from a thrower living in Botswana, Africa! It doesn't matter where you live. We can all get "Hooked On The THUNK!" :-) Beware of flying metal!!! Scott Gracia http://www.throwzini.com AOL USERS LINK Thanks again to everyone that submitted their info/pics!!! ================================================= 2. GUEST COLUMN THE PATH OF AN INTEREST IS USUALLY STARTED AND SHARED WITH A FRIEND - by Tim Hosking A story to enjoy in the cold while I battle the heat here in Botswana and remember past "New years": Usually the path of an interest is started and shared with a friend. I was introduced to throwing knives by my GP (general practitioner) when we met at an international shoot where we were both officiating in various roles. Lunch time came around and out came my Glock field knife to cut up food on the barbeque. After a quick discussion lunch was soon delegated. We located a large tree near the first aid tent and proceeded to rock and roll. I learned a lot and became the first statistic for his first aid tent. This created both a lasting friendship and a lasting irritation to my wife. At the end of the same year I came to meet and become strong friends with another guy by the way of introducing him to amateur knife throwing. My wife and her friends had organized a trip to the mountains in an exquisite lodge that was larger than most people's houses. This trip was something she rued for some time afterwards. Two couples, two single women, two divorcees and four kids were neither the best nor brightest of mixes. The two lovely and very wealthy divorcees were very much on the hunt with very few scruples. This was enjoyed extensively by us happily married guys as it kept our wives on their toes and we were for some reason sent out on errands together. The lodge was sparse in decent cutlery so out from under my driving seat was dragged a roll of my favorite knives. At one breakfast the discussion between husbands turned from 'how we wrecked our backs' to the Glock knife and possible throwing entertainment. So on the last day of the year the bachelor took the kids fishing, we went hunting trees and the women could finally relax. A whole day throwing was a bit much for our backs, something irrelevant until that evening. The New year came in with the ladies, the bachelor and the kids enjoying a late trout dinner, a game of cards and my best port whilst my new found friend and I shared an attic, a bottle of pain killers and a roll of elastoplast. There was a new good will all amongst the ladies as one thing worse for them than competition is a guy with a bad back and an unhealthy interest in toys. The friendship and interest has persevered although we have eased up and use throwing stars. We are now further apart, separated by the Zimbabwean crisis. We get better at throwing but our wives still don't seem to see the humor of a ricochet star in a shin and the chorus of yelps and giggles. PS. I am surprised to see that you have no sponsorship from Band-Aid :-) Article Contributed By: Tim Hosking Botswana, Africa ============================================= 3. This Week's Featured Products! Throw Like a Pro in 7 Days -- Guaranteed! This is the video everyone is raving about. You'll learn the inside tips and secrets for sticking practically anything with a point on it. Guaranteed to improve your throwing while having a lot of fun. Visit: http://www.throwzini.com/tgt_video.html JUST RELEASED The "Throwzini" Throwing Knives! Whether you've been throwing for forty minutes, or forty years, you'll love these knives! Made by a professional thrower with almost 40 years experience! Limited Run of 100 knives. Visit: http://www.throwzini.com/throwzini-throwers.html What the Heck Are Those Things??? These inexpensive SKS Bayonets make excellent throwers. They're awesome for 1/2, 1 1/2, and even 2 1/2 spins! Visit: http://www.throwzini.com/sks_bayonet.html The 13.5" Dragon Knife A truly awesome handle or blade thrower! This knife was designed so you can use the same grip whether you're holding it by the blade for 'half' spins, or the handle for throwing 'full' spins. Check out our special discount offers. Visit: http://www.throwzini.com/13_5dragdesc.html Frontier Throwing Hawk Whether you want to throw at your favorite log round, or chop some firewood, this hawk will work great! It can be thrown in any event and also in the Rendezvous or Mountainman competitions. Visit: http://www.throwzini.com/frontier_hawks.html Firestone SportAxe The design of this axe was inspired by a Viking ship builder's axe found in a grave that dated back to the year 800 BC. Visit: http://www.throwzini.com/firestone_axe.html **Access details for all of our products by visiting the Great Throwzini Web Site Store.** http://www.throwzini.com/store.html ============================================= 4. ADVERTISE WITH US Run an ad in this newsletter and expose your business to over 13, 213+ potential customers! Send an e-mail to sgracia@wi.rr.com with "NEWSLETTER AD" in the Subject line, for more details. You'll also receive a FREE REPORT, 12 Sure-Fire Ways to Get Maximum Response to Your Ads. ================================================= 5. Got a Question or Suggestion? If you have any questions about throwing that you would like answered in one of our upcoming issues, or if you have an article or story about throwing that you would like to share, simply send an e-mail to: sgracia@wi.rr.com with SUBJECT FOR NEWSLETTER in the Subject Line, and your name, state and question in the body. ================================================= 6. Copyright 1999-2004, Scott Gracia, The Great Throwzini. Reprint permission granted in part or whole when the following credit appears in full: Reprinted with permission from Scott Gracia's The Great Throwzini Newsletter. 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