Hasbro and Saberproject on tour in Germany – 2011

September to November 2011 * Workshops for young Jedi

From September 3 to November 12, the toy departments of many department stores all over Germany turned into a Jedi Academy.

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The reason for this was our workshops, which we offered all across the country in cooperation with toy manufacturer Hasbro. 
Between 11:00 and 18:00 we taught mostly young enthusiasts how to handle the weapon of the Jedi. While we used our own homemade stage sabers, the young Jedi were equipped with Hasbro's new Ultimate FX sabers, which survived many a fall during the workshops without damage.

Since we were often active in two cities on the same day, we split the team into two groups, so that Tim, Max and Andre could cover the north while Jana, Markus and Chris took over the south.
In costumes and our team shirts, armed with lightsabers, we then faced the enormous rush of registered participants.
Since lots of passersby also spontaneously decided to have their little ones instructed in the high art of lightsaber combat, almost every one of our workshops was fully booked.

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Once each of our six participants was equipped with a lightsaber, we first explained the basics of combat, such as the right position of the hands on the saber.
Since lightsaber combat is characterized by many spectacular spins, we also taught the young Jedi a simple basic spin, which more complicated tricks build on.

So as not to keep our sometimes very lively students waiting any longer, we soon got to the fighting. To make sure nobody got hurt, we showed and explained to the youngsters a basic combat system made up of six strikes.
Once the kids had memorized them, they faced each other in pairs, with one always taking the role of attacker and the other the role of defender.
We walked through the rows, corrected a wrong grip here and there or repeated the strikes if a kid couldn't remember them anymore. 

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After 20 minutes, which often passed far too quickly for the kids, the next group was already waiting. We ended the current workshop, handed the kids their very own certificate, which was proudly placed into the trusted hands of their moms and dads, and collected our sabers, though they were often handed back only reluctantly.

So time and again the morning flew by, and we were glad when our first break came.
After a little rest and a quick lunch, it was on again, until at around 18:00 we sent off the last young Jedi with their certificates and started tearing down.

At this point we'd like to sincerely thank Hasbro for the great cooperation and all the participating stores for their friendly service.

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