Star Wars - Lightsaber Demo for 100 Cub Scouts!

[tails228]

ah cub scouts. they always talked about hiking and doing stuff like that. it was total bull. these young scouts look like they are wolf level. lucky little kids.

[mphooker]

I'd love to find someone local that could do this for our Cub Scouts. Know anyone in Charlotte area of NC?

[greytale]

@mphooker I'm afraid I don't... :( Sorry about that. You might try posting/asking on the forums/boards at places like FX-Sabers, thecustomsabershop or elsewhere though.

[Yamibakeru]

Oh. my God. it's a great video and all, but 2 minutes in, I suddenly realise something:

Your BGM is from Chrono Trigger!! Hot damn!!

[greytale]

@Yamibakeru ...yup, quite right! :)

I like to mix it up with my music, and you'll find everything from Queen, Stan Bush and 80's stuff... to Chronotrigger re-mixes and even stuff from an old series of games called "Ys"... :)

--Novastar

[Lifehost]

That's so great, those kids look they are enjoying the hell out of the whole experience. Awesome!

[XShadowHunterX85]

Nice work!!! congratulations

[greytale]

@BJane... in my eyes, ALL styles of martial arts are to be respected.

That being said--you may also not be aware that your question begs the questions: What is the difference between "fighting" and "staged combat"? (and also:) Is "fighting" different from "sport combat"?

What is being shown in this video is about staged combat--not about moves made for fighting and/or sport combat/fencing...

Further... there is an ADDITIONAL difference between "fighting" and sport combat.

[BJanesek]

Is lightsaber fighting considered a respectable style now? Kind of like mixed martial arts?

[mtekin13]

Are you using ultra sabers?

[greytale]

No and yes.

The saber I use (guy in black) was made by myself, and is running Crystal Focus (by Plecterlabs).

The saber "Yoda" uses here (guy in off-white) was made by Yoda, and is running Ultrasound (by Ultrasabers).

More specific information is shown in the annotations.

--Novastar

[eojcollectors]

I enjoyed this video very much. Thanks.

[greytale]

You're welcome. Ironically, I *JUST* returned from Sacramento again... exact same place, as I did another demo for these guys!

Footage to come soon...

[Daddyezee]

hey nova you look like ray parks in the video when hes in training as darth maul

[tacoonadio]

the first part of this vid reminded me of sayoc kali that i trained in. Good stuff

[Liquidspaceman]

Novastar, Thank you for coming out to our event. Everybody had a real blast. I think the dads had a better time than the Scouts! You put on a great show and made me look good at the same time!

Thanks, again!

Liquidspaceman, over and out!

[greytale]

You're welcome... glad to do it.

Ironically, I *just* spoke with Mark Newitt, wondering about this year. Sounds like there is a different theme going on though, so... don't know.

Unless of course... you ARE Mark--I have no idea.  :) I mean... how did I make you "look good"?

--Nova

[Lukinsonsssr]

I need it :-)

[greytale]

Hehehhe, I'm down B!! :) Although... oh damn, long travel time to UK, heheh.

Don't forget: this is *staged* combat. You might want to check out my fencing basics (sabre) video for something where the idea is actually to truly hit your opponent. And even THAT is a *basic* video. :)

--Nova

[glassjaw252]

Holy cow these kids must have loved this! You're getting a applause from NC for brightening these kids' youths with such a unique experience. Well done!

[greytale]

Thanks, glassjaw252... I appreciate that quite a bit!

Doing what little we can for other people (especially children) makes things all worth it!

[Kylemanyey]

haha this prity cool! I wish i was a kid again so i could do this :)

[FourTwenny]

You still can. If it makes you smile just do it.

[SLiDEnl]

Hehe, Chronotrigger music.

[greytale]

Correct.  :)

[SLiDEnl]

Amazed I managed to remember that tune for all those years 0o. Anyway cool vid 5*

[isaevg]

oh sorry didn't read the description ...

hey man that's awesome ..

you sound's like a great person !

those saber are so coool !@$!@$!

[isaevg]

hey is that you whit the green saber?

[umeshalaka]

you may not be the coolest kid on the block but at least your having a great time

[greytale]

?????

[kadajjWJM]

i think your pretty cool ^^

[SpankyOleary]

It's so cool that you do stuff like this Novastar. Keep it up!

[KhmerIshMe]

Make more "Balance of Power." =/

[greytale]

I'd like to, but right now I do not have a team assembled. We'll see if soon enough I can make it happen.

[BlackGatchaman]

Awesome job Greytale! Great sound fx on your sabers! Would have been nice if this was in my childhood. Keep using the Force for good!

[thekurtis]

Aww that's so sweet lol

I wish we had a lightsaber demo at our school, that would be live

All of the asians know how to use swords ROFL

[Cloud23]

wow those kids were pretty lucky nova

[greytale]

I believe it is just at fx-sabers.

[GalaxySoldier]

What is it for kind of lightsaber? plz replay and 999/5

[coolpersonus19]

That was awesome that you did that for those young boys Nova I wish that happen for us girl scouts.Well when i was one lol but everything was great wish you luck on more sabers.

Darth Shivilow

[ravenshield56]

sweet

[ImperialSith]

Fantastic! Good to see some younger kids lerning to wield a saber!

[irvinplecter]

Guys, I understand now how busy you are. I'm so happy I'm able to provide so-called technology to serve that purpose so that kids can enjoy interaction, SW-fencing and understand of mutual respect in martial arts, all that in a ludic spirit ! congrats for the time you input in that, both of you. Yoda : glad to see you costumed this time !

On another note, I think it's GREAT that "kids are allowed to touch n' play". A saber is a beautiful object but it's not a relic you only display on a shelf !

[greytale]

YOU GOT IT, MON AMI!

Thanks to you... these kinds of things are possible. Now... imagine when Novastar and Yoda can have TWENTY sabers with CF and so forth... so that ALL can enjoy the gorgeous sound & light "immersive" experience... :)

[tycrye]

isn't that song from Crono trigger? nice vid looks like fun!

[greytale]

Great ear my friend. :)

ChronoTrigger has got to be one of the best video games ever made. The music was also unparalled... much like some of the gorgeous music from games like "Ys" and "Castlevania".

This song was a re-mix I did by combining a GORGEOUS piano piece someone created (based on the music)... + a guitar version. Great stuff.

[15443215112]

I heard that too lol. Are those sabers for sale?

[GutteralRetch]

Awesome video! Two questions, where can I download your ChronoTrigger re-mix? It sounds so awesome And do you have any other re-mixes? I'm impressed.

[loopkicks]

this is great matt!

[greytale]

Thanks Chris! (That is you, right Deezy???)

Maybe in the future (with enough sabers) we can do this kind of thing for MA folks... whether from the L-Kicks camp, kids classes or otherwise!

[Resta01]

Lovin the Ratatat. Sweet video man.

[greytale]

I heard a clip from that song from a Steve Terada video and I was like... whoa, that's a COOL beat, heheh.

Reminds me of Phantasy Star II music in some ways... weird as it may sound.

[simpsonfan272]

the sabers look great nova =)

[soflabob]

wow. That was great. Looks like you had fun and may have gained a padawan!!

Keep up the amazing work!!

[rfgggg]

i think thats awsome that you did that for those kids thye probable loved that!!

[machiznima]

Cool, looks fun. I have a friend that I know is in scouts. Maybe he might have been there [lucky -_-]. Hope you and the Cubs had a lot of fun today.