Hi everyone,
Before I get into the 7 Forms of Lightsaber comments, please allow me to introduce mysef - since I couldn't find any threads on "introductions" on here.
My name is Caine Drathul and I am an active member of Saberwars. I am also associated with the LA Jedi, although I live a bit far from them to be an official member I visit them twice a year and am glad to call them friends.
I am also a forms developer. I have developed the following forms as of now: Ataru and Shien. I am going to work on Juyo and Vaapad next, followed by Jar-Kai. Once the Dooku FX saber comes out, Makashi will soon follow. Niman is a form I consider an "open" form, and since it's a combo of the first 5 forms, I will just leave that one be and figure people will make their own version.
I understand that these forms aren't real...they are purely for show and fun. I do NOT think that my forms are actual combative forms and I completely understand the difference between real and fictional combat.
I hold a 5th degree black belt under Master Ernie Reyes Sr. and have extensive training in Tae Kwon Do, Muay Thai Kickboxing, Eskrima and Brazillian Ju-Jitsu and have studied various other martial arts concepts. I am also an Inayan Martial Arts Instructor and have had extensive training in kobudo weaponry - nunchaku, sai, kama, bo staff, tonfa, etc.
Please view my YouTube Channel:
for these and other saber dueling info.
My focus is to create forms that ANYONE and EVERYONE in the saber community can do, whether they practice martial arts or not. If you want to use my forms and add to them some of your own flare, please be my guest. I am big practitioner of NY Jedi's Soresu and my karate demo team uses it in our saber demos...but I modded it here and there to fit out needs. Since the forms aren't canon, we can do with them as we please...just as any other form...martial or not.
Glad to be on here. :)
Caine Drathul