In this week's edition of SMAFcast, Your Main Man Fode and Sifu Alan discuss the nuance of traditionalism vs. evolution in martial arts; different scoring methods at tournaments; a quote from an Arnis Master sets the tone for a chat about our philosophies on gear and rulesets for saberfighting; finally, we give a big danke shön to our Deutschlandian listeners. Don't forget to Subscribe and Share The Saber Martial Arts Podcast, and thank you for listening! Follow SMAF on Instagram The Official Site for Saber Martial Arts Register for Strategicon and Saber May-hem ..read more

In this continuation of the third Captain's Sparchives, Fode and Alan provide classic sports radio commentary for the Rise of Phoenix 2023 tournament! Find the video footage using the link below and watch right along with us, or turn on just the audio for an old-school experience like the great boxing radio of yesteryear while you get other life done. Thank you as always for listening, subscribing, and sharing SMAFcast! WATCH THE FIGHTS HERE: Rise of Phoenix: Kessel Run Supercut Find the whole tournament here: Rise of Phoenix 2023 Playlist Phoenix Saber Academy on SMAF website: PHXSA Official ..read more

Just as the title suggests, this episode is either full of insight, or full of the senile musings of three old dojo rats. Featuring fan-favorite guest, Sensei Kay Sakaue. Thank you for listening, and please Subscribe and Share! Apply for SMAF Affiliation: Being Part of SMAF Contact one of our Affiliate Instructors, including this week's guest: SMAF Affiliate Schools Order a custom engraved wooden saber display for the holidays or just for a special hilt in your life: Living Force Customs on Etsy Need a new combat-grade saber, prop replica, or accessory? Ki Sabers Official Site ..read more

This week's featured guest is Matt Maughan, aka Maestro, from Bendu Saber Combat! The BSC YouTube channel has been a standard of quality for Forms-based SMA over the last decade, taking a highly academic approach to the phenomenon of online lightsaber instruction and making martial arts digestible to lay-geeks everywhere. And somehow, we figured he's always doing Juyo/Vaapad, especially when he's doing Soresu (chew on that for a minute). As always, we appreciate your listenership! Please Subscribe, and Share this with someone who could use a little more saber illumination in their life. Get so ..read more

The second installment of our intro to the SMAF Board of Directors! We're roasting the duels from Genndy Tartakovsky & Paul Rudish's "Star Wars: The Clone Wars Microseries", and the martial arts talk gets a little weird after Sifu Venable brings up the "horse knife" and "tiger fork". Thank you for Subscribing to The Saber Martial Arts Podcast! Want to apply for SMAF Affiliation? https://sabermartialarts.life/being-part-of-smaf/ Check out the link to watch along with us: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA-lVwKrNQo Participate in the Saber Light Knights Summer Open Tournament: https://www.ev ..read more

The SMAF Board of Directors roasts the lightsaber duels from Dave Filoni's "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" and discusses the influences of real-world martial arts on saber combat in the series, in the inaugural episode of The Saber Martial Arts Podcast! Thank you for listening! Want to apply for SMAF Affiliation? https://sabermartialarts.life/being-part-of-smaf/ Check out the link to watch along with us: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crZF2uMxanE Participate in the Saber Light Knights Summer Open Tournament: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/saber-light-summer-open-registration-133764748965?fbclid=IwA ..read more