What type of lightsaber do you use?

Started by Darth Vious5 pages
Darth Vious Restricted

Originally posted by BlaxicanTroller
would appreciate some links.Um...what stuff do YOU use?

The stuff I use depends on the saber I'm making. If it's a recreation of an existing one, then I try and get it as close as possible, but settle for it being 'recogniseable' rather than 100% accurate, as some parts are just impossible to get hold of easily, and some sabers, were custom machined, and sadly, I don't have access to professional engineering tools anymore, just a hacksaw and handfiles 😄
These are some good sources though...

For rubber grips, LED lenses and circuit boards (as activation plates)

www.blast-tech.com

For other assorted parts (like the red activation knobs)

www.romansempireproductions.com

For Covertec knobs and clips, there are two sources. For flat backed knobs (best for putting near rubber grips) and RotS-style circuit boards:

http://tfxstudios.vstore.ca//

For dished knobs (have a curved back that will fit right against a tube)

www.mpmcostumes.com

As above, it really depends on what you want to create, entirely custom or a recreation (of whatever degree of accuracy) The best place to find cheap pipe is a hardware store, or maybe a Radioshack (as TV aerial poles make good saber bodies) And such places are also good for picking up bits for the rest of the saber as well. Hose adaptors make good 'windvanes' for the neck on Obi-Wan's RotS/ANH saber (If you're not going for 100% accuracy) and small draw handle knobs make good end caps for the base of the saber (just insert the end into the tube, and the part you'd hold sits flat against the end of the tube 🙂 ) If you have any other questions or need more help, just let me know 🙂

Sin Harvest Sonic Speed
Originally posted by TheBalance
i should know i'm actually a sword masterer

So let me get this straight. You are a 17 year old sword master. Yeah I doubt that.

Darth Vious Restricted

Originally posted by Sin Harvest
So let me get this straight. You are a 17 year old sword master. Yeah I doubt that.

It's possible. Do you know how long Balance has been studying Martial arts and fencing for?

Sith Lord Windu Senior Member

If you master using a double bladed seperating saber then how are you going to accidently cut your arms off?

plus they are good for owning an enemy and for blaster fire.

And it is possible to be good at fencing or be self taught at sword fighting but you cant be a master at using a samurai sword or broad sword because you have to train for many more years than 10 or how ever old you are when you started and if you join a martial art then you would have to train for about 15 years if you were gifted. so i doubt it!

Sin Harvest Sonic Speed
Originally posted by Darth Vious
It's possible. Do you know how long Balance has been studying Martial arts and fencing for?

Oh I'm sorry I didn't realize that after a few years whether it be 10 or 14 that you learned everything you needed to know. Fact is Taro, who has studied the arts of both Spanish, British, and Japanese style of fencing and who even served in the military still says he has much to learn and much to improve on.

Darth Vious Restricted

Originally posted by Sith Lord Windu
If you master using a double bladed seperating saber then how are you going to accidently cut your arms off?

plus they are good for owning an enemy and for blaster fire.

And it is possible to be good at fencing or be self taught at sword fighting but you cant be a master at using a samurai sword or broad sword because you have to train for many more years than 10 or how ever old you are when you started and if you join a martial art then you would have to train for about 15 years if you were gifted. so i doubt it!


Sorry, was that directed at me? I was 8 when I started studying fencing properly (and have been 'playing' with swords since I was old enough to pick one up) and I'm 3 months off 28 now, so that's 20 years of experience.

Darth Vious Restricted

Originally posted by Sin Harvest
Oh I'm sorry I didn't realize that after a few years whether it be 10 or 14 that you learned everything you needed to know. Fact is Taro, who has studied the arts of both Spanish, British, and Japanese style of fencing and who even served in the military still says he has much to learn and much to improve on.

I'd say ten years of training could certainly be enough to qualify someone as a Master depending on their aptitude and dedication to training. I trained to a certain degree every day (starting at 8) as my best friend's father was hanshi (Master)) and I am now hanshi myself. I am currently only yodan in bujutsu, because a person has to be over the age of 16 to qualify as shodan (paper equivelent of black belt) regardless of the age they started training. I don't know who Taro is, and I agree, there is always room for improvement and learning something new, however, that does not mean someone cannot achieve the status of Master sooner than others. Just because someone becomes a Master, it does not mean they stop learning.

Sith Lord Windu Senior Member

The styles that they use on star wars are different to what ever you learn. for a start they use a different type of weapon and they duel with them which means that you would have to master that weapon.

Darth Vious Restricted

Originally posted by Sith Lord Windu
The styles that they use on star wars are different to what ever you learn. for a start they use a different type of weapon and they duel with them which means that you would have to master that weapon.

The basic principles and fundementals are the same. I agree, there would be quite a difference between mastering a sword and a lightsaber, but the basics are the same, because Lucas based lightsaber combat from existing swordfighting techniques, and in the PT just got Gillard to expand from what he'd started to show.

darth_dracus post master general

i like double bladed sabers =)

KingDubya Mainstream Indie Rocker

I would most likely fight with two sabers at once. I can use a shorter one in my left hand for defense and the normal-sized one in my right hand for offense.

Originally posted by Sith Lord Windu
...and if you join a martial art then you would have to train for about 15 years if you were gifted. so i doubt it!

I'm sorry, but I seem to remember an 8-year old child in my former karate class who was already a black belt. Completely true.

Darth Vious Restricted

Originally posted by KingDubya
I'm sorry, but I seem to remember an 8-year old child in my former karate class who was already a black belt. Completely true.

Precicely. It only takes about four years of training for someone to achieve dan ranking in karate. The only reason my rank in bujutsu is restricted, is because someone must be 16 before they can achieve shodan (same equivelent grade) (and several other grades are also age-restricted) By the time I was 16, I'd already been studying for 8 years...

Darin Saine Restricted

Double-bladed bitches.

TheBalance The Answer, The Reason
Originally posted by Sin Harvest
Oh I'm sorry I didn't realize that after a few years whether it be 10 or 14 that you learned everything you needed to know. Fact is Taro, who has studied the arts of both Spanish, British, and Japanese style of fencing and who even served in the military still says he has much to learn and much to improve on.

and i still have much to learn and i will never stop learning its an art and i will constantly try to better myself spiritually to help my state of mind during combat.
I started at 9 and have been doing training three times a week since then and was acclaimed a sword masterer three months ago and it was said that "... i could defeat many other combatiers of double my age."
but i have only made sword masterer not staff or projectiles yet i am still training with those give 2 years and i was told i'll be eligible to go for pole mastery. after all that u can go for weapons mastery then combat mastery then resolution mastery then Mentoris Mastery and then a Grand Mastery
so i'll still got 7 levels to go before i'm perfect. i never said i was great but i know that i know a fair bit more than most of you guys
thanks darth vious and keep going with the training for any tips, pm me

Darth Vious Restricted

Originally posted by TheBalance
thanks darth vious and keep going with the training for any tips, pm me

No problem, you're more than welcome. It irritates me no end when people think age is a requisite to skill. As I said before, in bujutsu, a person has to be sixteen before they can even be recognized as shodan, which personally, I think is bullshit, as by the time I was 16, I'd already been studying for 8 years, and in skill alone, way beyond that level, but, age restrictions held me back. The only thing that should matter, is the length of time a person has been studying.
The best tip I could give is to focus on the mental and spiritual aspects of martial arts as well as the physical. When the mind is balanced, the body will follow.
PS Any luck with those pic links I posted on your sig thread? I'm keen to see what you can do with them 🙂

TheBalance The Answer, The Reason
Originally posted by Darth Vious
The basic principles and fundementals are the same. I agree, there would be quite a difference between mastering a sword and a lightsaber, but the basics are the same, because Lucas based lightsaber combat from existing swordfighting techniques, and in the PT just got Gillard to expand from what he'd started to show.

i believe tora is a vegetable

vious how old are u?
correct,
one form that is actually very closely based to the real form is the ancient samurai art of soresu used in sw to reflect blaster shots used in real life to cut arrows in half as they flew at u (Very Hard)
Makashi was a very strong form of combat and most commonly known as one hand combat where every fight has a center of your stance the center for makashi is your hand and u move round your hand in a circular fashion.
shii-cho the most basic form of absolutly any form of sword combat made of parry's and attacks.
theres more and more and i cant be f*cked sayin them all so enjoy

Darth Vious Restricted

Originally posted by TheBalance
i believe tora is a vegetable

vious how old are u?


I'm 27, I'll be 28 in October this year (just over 3 months)

Originally posted by TheBalance

one form that is actually very closely based to the real form is the ancient samurai art of soresu used in sw to reflect blaster shots used in real life to cut arrows in half as they flew at u (Very Hard)

Yes. I've been studying traditional Japanese fencing kenjutsu since I started studying martial arts (having a best friend who's dad ran the local dojo helped) That is not quite the same as kendo, because it involves using wooden and blunted metal blades, rather than the bamboo kendo 'swords'. Due to the dangerous nature of that technique, it wasn't one that was taught. I have however, deflected thrown objects with a sword with no touble at all. Wether I could do so with an arrow, I wouldn't like to say for certain (or try 😄)

TheBalance The Answer, The Reason

go on try it its fun
plus where do you live what time is it

Darth Vious Restricted

Originally posted by TheBalance
go on try it its fun
plus where do you live what time is it

Well, maybe one day when the bills get too much to pay, I'll think about it 😄
I live near a city called Norwich, it's about 2 hours north of London, quite near the east coast but I moved here 18 months ago. I used to live near Gatwick Airport, which is halfway between London and the South Coast. The time is 4:30 PM, and the temperatur's about 25 C (about 75 F)

TheBalance The Answer, The Reason

i'm an aussie but i lived in liverpool and bristol for 3 years