Lee Fugatt, 62, traveled from Redding, California, to compete over the weekend. With every clank of the metal blade hitting the concrete floor, they let out gasps of disappointment and laughed it off. With every thunk of a point sticking to a board, the crowd cheered. Some walked away from the weekend with awards in hand, but Sunday was all about hanging out and trying new games.Ĭompetitors heaved knives at boards that swung freely from a rope attached to the warehouse’s rafters. Velasquez said he started off throwing knives in Cuenca’s backyard four years ago, but moved his training to the warehouse when it opened in 2014 at the 3155 W.
“It’s pretty cool, especially when I beat them,” he said. One of Cuenca’s students, Nick Velasquez, 15, went toe-to-toe with renowned knife throwers from across the country on Sunday. “There’s absolutely very, very little ego, which is what I love the most about it.” “They’re competitive, but they’re more likely to help out each other,” Cuenca said. The competition attracted a small but diverse group of throwing enthusiasts. It raised about $1,000 for the Semper Fi Fund, a charity that assists injured military members and their families, TJ Cuenca said. The Eisenbergs were among 38 knife-throwers competing over the weekend at the Superhero Foundry, a warehouse in southwest Las Vegas that is dedicated to teaching knife throwing, parkour and martial arts.įoundry owners TJ and Melody Cuenca organized the competition, now in its third year. “In our household, when we say, ‘Let’s bury the hatchet,’ it has a whole different meaning,” Eisenberg said. He estimated he’s been to 25 competitions worldwide. “He’s a surgeon, but then he comes here and he’s just a dude,” said world champion knife thrower Todd “Jack Dagger” Abrams, who served as master of ceremonies for the International Knife Throwers Hall of Fame event.Įisenberg said he and his wife, Joyce, have traveled internationally to hurl knives and tomahawks.
The three-day event catered to amateur and professional throwers. Nationals Pro/Am Knife & Tomahawk Championships in Las Vegas. The 64-year-old surgeon was busy slinging knives at targets Sunday, the final day of the U.S.
Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal Ted Eisenberg usually holds a scalpel steady at his day job as a plastic surgeon in Philadelphia, but he wielded a different kind of blade over the weekend. The event is a fundraiser for for injured Marines and their families. Nationals Pro/Am Knife & Tomahawk Championships on Sunday, April 9, 2017, at the Superhero Foundry in Las Vegas. Judah Myers throws knives at targets at the U.S.
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