Not too long ago I obtained my first saberstaff with a Quick Release coupler. As someone with experience using a bo staff as part of my Taekwondo background, the ability to separate a staff into two sabers is totally new, and is something I've come to be rather interested in, if not particularly adept at.
I have gotten better at separating the two sabers out of a stabbing motion by identifying which side of the staff is forward using black gaffer tape on the two choke points on one side of the staff, helping me to feel which side of the staff is forward, so I know which way to manipulate the coupler.
Putting the two sabers back together quickly, however, has proven to be more challenging, as there's really no movement with momentum that leads into the move, and it's easier to pull the coupler apart quickly to detach them than it is to put them back together which, so far as I am aware, requires me to buy time by spinning the front-hand saber while I manipulate the coupler with the rear hand and hold it ready/down to accept the front saber, and then try to insert them back together properly, which requires the coupler to be held down until they are entirely together, and also for them to be inserted pretty much perfectly in-line (parallel to each other), which is surprisingly difficult while trying to make it part of an exhibition in my experience.
Anyway, here's my most successful attempts at the full routine so far. The first one being in the day time, and probably my smoothest run, and the second one being later at night, which is a bit slower, especially towards the end, as it turns out saberstaff practice can be quite the cardio workout! The moves are crisper and stronger in the first one as well I'd say.
https://i.imgur.com/lTQ3I40.mp4https://i.imgur.com/6PP8Kc0.mp4