As loyal followers know, I take karate, which includes everything from katas and joint locks to weapons and sport chanbara--
padded swordfighting--that is all things fun! Soon the dojo community will descend upon the local movie theater en masse to see the much-anticipated Star Wars movie and so, logically, everything is coming up light sabers.
One fellow student had this thing to show off--an Ultra Saber--a thing of durable beauty that was not to be believed. To give you an idea, I embedded this video of "light saber training" in Singapore and am just Kermit with envy.
Check it out: