Quote Originally Posted by ruskie View Post
Nah they just have their shields on a yoyo problem solved. Throw it and then get it back
There's actually a part on The Dragon's Gae Bolg that it used to pull it back to the Dragoon after it's thrown. Be it with such a mechanism or by pure martial Skill alone, it's safe to say a trained Gladiator learns how to throw the shield in a way that it will return to them. (This why you get the skill at lvl 15 gameplay wise)