OMG, this is such an unbelievable experience -- you have to try it! I attended a lightsaber/Shii-Cho training event that was amazeballs. To think you'll learn how to wield a lightsaber makes you chuckle, until you try it. The Lightsaber OKC instructor has almost two decades in the game with Aikido, and definitely uses "the force" to master a lightsaber.
The group I was with met on a Tuesday evening at the Myriad Botanical Gardens for an hour training. I must say, I learned quite a bit, and wish Lightsaber OKC had a permanent facility to keep doing this. It was so much fun, and allowed me to channel my inner geek.
This is an extremely unique and once-in-a-lifetime thing go try. read more