Saber Forum

I just bought an Aeon lightsaber and now looking into
getting some action on duels, but I have no background
on blade weapon usage.

Could anyone help me get started?

Looks like you are in the same boat as myself lol

Do what I do. Duel the Invisible Man.

That's just not as satisfying as feeling your saber clash with another. I do take part in that though lol

You can always use a tree or a punching bag as an opponent. Martial artists do it all the time.  ;D  (well, the punching bag more than trees though, lol)

There are videos online that you can watch to learn the basics. Footwork, your stance, proper grip. Go under expertvillage. These people are usually legit instructors that are used to teach these sort of things to people that dont have the means to learn. Look at swordfighting videos like kendo and aikido and watch how they move and their footwork. Try to learn from them, then try to develop your style. Try to concentrate while practicing and start to feel a comfort level while you are doing different maneuvers.

http://www.rebellegion.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26349

check this out we have put some basics on here

you can practice on a pell or we have an old tire hung from a tree, alot cheaper than buying a punching bag

I had my brother around to beat on. Recruiting a punching bag... err, sparring partner would be a useful thing. I have enough interested people here in Phoenix to have team battles and such.

I think I'll have to invest in a card board cut out of that Fairy, sorry Vampire, from the Twilight movies.

Haha Gecko that's an amazing idea. I'd probably destroy it in less than a minute though.

Thanks for the advices guys, but the rebellion site is under maintenance
when I got there.

So Youtube really is the place huh?

I'm pretty sure mine would only last 30 seconds. lol.

It would last exactly 31,3 seconds. i need 0,5 second to turn the cam on, 3.6 seconds to notify my ex of what i am doing (getting vengeance for letting me watch that stuff), 6.5 seconds to slowly and dramatically take 3 steps back and 20.7 seconds to bash the entire thing to tiny bits. Can you imagine the satisfaction we all would get from destroying a walking disco ball like that?

It would be such a great feeling! I despise those stupid, horribly made movies.

yeah.....but stay away from the expertvillage videos made by tres too (or h/e you spell his name....if tht is indeed his name). ive watched all his videos and the guy cant even preform noto properly.  noto being teh act of returning teh sword to its scabbard.....w/o looking.   heh.....he even talks about using teh scabbard itself as an offhand weapon.  im sorry.....but what is a .5k (1lb) magnolia wood shell going to do against a 1.2k katana?  plainly speaking....this guys an idiot.

If you are new to saberplay Caine's DVD would be a great place to start.

In my case, in France, I'll have to recruit sparring partners, cause there are only a few Ultra Sabers users (I met one last year, but that's all...)
So, the DVD will be in my first pruchase, with 2 sabers (one for me, one for the sparring partner -^)

Also, right in the store, there is my staged combat tutorial #1, which is only $10.

I live in the bush in a place where hardly anyones heard of, its totally irrelevent since you already have a saber but when i wasmaller and i didnt have any swords I used to cut down small trees with various strikes and practise my combos that way

You can perry just fine with a wooden saya, and if need be, you could use it as an offensive weapon. The thought was "I broke the saya, Oh well but I am still alive".  Although there were metal saya they became widely used by the Japanese Offices in WW2

talking about japanese swordsmanship is a tough relative thing, since styles developed fluidly, over decades.  its very interesting to research the various regional ideas and see how the weapon itself changed over time, curvature, length, modes of carry, etc. the lightsaber is interesting in that its lethal with any amount of pressure, and the edge alignment doesn't matter at all really.

If you're gonna get 2 sabers, you might wanna look into a saberstaff.  It's two sabers (you can still get different colors too) for essentially a lower price.

trees are good too, Kinda like a Makiwara board without the flex.  OLD SCHOOL!!! ;D