Everything is Possible: A Brief History of the Chakram

You might have seen the chakram in the popular TV show Xena: Warrior Princess, the card game Magic: The Gathering, or as a weapon in the Tomb Raider video games. In fantasy, the chakram has amazing powers, bouncing off multiple surfaces to take out bad guys, blocking or destroying arrows, and returning to the owner like a boomerang. While the fantasy versions of chakrams look pretty epic, what exactly can you do with a real chakram?

Xena with her Chakram