Lightsaber Dueling is a sport in France

What's up, Skywalker? Lightsaber dueling is now an official sport in France.

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00:00You can imagine, in some years, something like that at the Olympics.

00:10Why not? I think it could be possible.

00:22Get a mask!

00:24We have some very basic ones, which are just on-off buttons with different colors or shapes.

00:37But there is also much, much, much improved weapons, which can have sounds, blade effects.

00:54I practice fencing, so I continue in this sport.

01:00And the second reason, I'm a fan of Star Wars, so it's really great for me to practice this.

01:10For the French Fencing Federation, you need this kind of weapon,

01:14which has no cutting edge, which is corresponding to a certain length and weight.

01:20We wanted it to be safe, we wanted it to be arbitrable,

01:23and above all, we wanted it to look like the movie.

01:27Because that's what people expect.