Golden Gate Knights

When I told my friends and coworkers that I was taking a lightsaber class, I got mixed reactions. About 50% were amused/​interested and the other 50% were confused as to why someone would ever want to take such a class. My reaction to when I heard of such a class was of course, the former. I actually found out about it through Groupon but after some research on the website, found that I could take just one class for $ 10 (the Groupon was for a series of classes). What a steal!
The class is every Sunday (or…at least, most Sundays) from 12 – 3, so that’s a full 3 hours for only $ 10! Everyone gets their own lightsaber and the colors range from green to red to purple. I really wanted a pretty purple/​pink one but I got to class late so all those were taken.
The class is broken up into four parts:
Stretching and Warm-​up: Jogging around the room, leg and arm stretches, etc.
Flourishes: Basic moves like forward spins, figure eights, etc. with your lightsaber.
Choreography: THE best part of the class! This is where you get to learn some fight sequences and practice attacking/​blocking with your partner. Soooo fun! It made me want to buy my own lightsaber but they are $ 100+…
Meditation: This part is pretty cool too because the room is completely dark except for everyone’s glowing lightsabers.
Overall, I had a great time and would come back if I we could just do the choreography section. I’m impatient like that. The only downside was that the instructor had just come back from Comic Con so he apologized for not being in costume (whatttt that would’ve been so awesome!!!) and for the lightsabers not being fully charged. That was the real bummer… because my lightsaber started to flicker during the first part of the class and my coworker’s completely died.