Axe and Spear Throwing

Every participant starts with a short briefing from the instructor: how to hold the axe or spear, how to execute the rotation, and how to judge the right distance to the target. Success here comes down to correct rotation, distance perception, wrist motion and a feel for the centre of weight – not raw strength. That is exactly why the activity suits physically strong guests and less athletic ones equally well.

Once the basics click, we like to move into accuracy competitions – a mini-tournament format where participants (or teams) compete for the most precise hit on the target. This format works especially well at corporate events and stag/hen parties, where shared excitement and friendly rivalry matter more than any individual score.

The number of instructors scales with the group: a smaller group needs just one experienced instructor, while a larger one gets several, so every participant receives individual coaching and feedback before each throw, not just a general briefing at the start.

Safety here is not a formality – it is the core condition without which the activity simply does not run. The throwing zone is clearly separated from the spectator area, and only the instructor and the current thrower are ever inside it at any given moment – no one else enters until that throw is complete. This one-thrower-at-a-time rule lets the instructor fully control every action and immediately flag imprecise technique.

This is fundamentally an outdoor activity – it works best on a flat outdoor field with a safe zone roughly 10–15 metres long in front of the targets. That distance keeps both the thrower and onlookers comfortable and safe. We organize it indoors far less often, and only when the space is genuinely large and meets every safety requirement – so when planning your event, an outdoor location is always the first and most reliable choice.

We recommend the activity for adults and older teenagers under parental supervision. For younger children, the weight of the axe or spear and the safety-technique demands can make the activity too demanding – in that case we suggest choosing one of our gentler active-fun options instead.

Accuracy competitions reveal a lot about group dynamics – some participants go quiet and focused after a missed throw, others laugh it off, and the outcome often comes down to who listens best to the instructor rather than who is physically strongest. That is exactly why this activity tends to become one of the most talked-about moments of an event – guests cheer each other on, film the attempts, and remember for a long time who managed to hit dead centre.

We can shape the activity as a short, drop-in format where guests try it between other parts of the event, or as a longer, structured programme with a proper accuracy tournament and a winner's moment. Either way, instructors adapt to the event's pace and guest count so the activity runs smoothly, without queues or dead time.

Over more than twenty years in the events market, we have delivered this activity for well-known Lithuanian companies, municipalities and private clients across the country, from Vilnius to Klaipėda and Kaunas. We often pair axe and spear throwing with other medieval-themed activities – a knights' show, archery and crossbow shooting, or medieval music – to give the whole event a coherent, history-rich feel.