Experience: I am the best lightsaber fighter in Europe

What happened

According to The Guardian’s source item, Experience: I am the best lightsaber fighter in Europe, Some people wear elaborate clothes and spin their sabers like in the movies, but if you fight theatrically you’ll lose I grew up in the suburbs around Paris and started fencing when I was five. I kept it up until I was about 22, but then began looking for something else. I started running marathons instead. The good thing about running is that you can go whenever you want – but that also means you can put it off all the time. I wanted a sport that had more structure. I considered options like the canne de combat , a martial art in which people fight each other with a wooden cane. But then I listened to a podcast that mentioned plans to create a fighting sport using lightsabers. I thought: I’m a geek. I like Star Wars. I’ve done fencing. Let’s try it. Continue reading…

Context

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Source

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