SIXTH LESSON
LANZAR LA NAVAJA
Among many tiradores, and most common among sailors, is the custom of throwing the navaja at the body of the adversary, which is fastened to the waist by a long cord or wire.*
The great accuracy with which we have seen the navaja be thrown appears amazing to some of our students, leaving it nailed in the chest or belly, and precisely on the point that the diestro has chosen with his eye; but nothing is perfectly certain, and so such astonishing skill can only be compared between those who throw it and those who the navaja is directed at, in many cases missing its target, till the cord that holds it is seized and cut.
We equaly amdire such great agility and destreza, but we advise the tiradores to never use this suerte because of the inherent uncertainty and danger; in spite of there being men who can execute it with certainty, this should only be attributed to the continual practice they have had since childhood.
*the navaja, not the body of the adversary....