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Title: French Fencing Federation officially recognizes saber competion as sport!
Post by: Onli-Won Kanomi on February 24, 2019, 09:55:27 PM

French fencing body recognizes lightsaber dueling as a sport (http://www.espn.com/olympics/fencing/story/_/id/26024152/french-fencing-body-recognizes-lightsaber-dueling-sport)

Wow we've come a lonnnnng way in the last decade and a half...perhaps this is too late for Paris 2024 but someday eh? :)

Title: Re: French Fencing Federation officially recognizes saber competion as sport!
Post by: Obi_1 on February 26, 2019, 06:53:21 AM

I wish we would see sport clubs offering lightsaber fencing in Germany too :)

Title: Re: French Fencing Federation officially recognizes saber competion as sport!
Post by: Yaraell_Ren on February 26, 2019, 09:14:17 AM

I hope the sport limits the number of footsteps allowed to encourage actual blade works, instead of people skipping around trying to poke like most dueling groups today  :cheesy:

Title: Re: French Fencing Federation officially recognizes saber competion as sport!
Post by: Greywolf on February 27, 2019, 01:57:41 AM

Quote from: Obi_1 on February 26, 2019, 06:53:21 AM

I wish we would see sport clubs offering lightsaber fencing in Germany too :)

Well, I know of two clubs in Northern Bavaria:
https://www.jedi-academy.net/ (https://www.jedi-academy.net/)
Sportschule Wales - Kampfkunst, Selbstverteidigung und Fitness (http://www.sportschule-wales.de/jedi-akademie-lichtschwertkampf-showkampf/)