Nov 5 2007NY Jedi Academy Teaches Light Sabering
The NY Jedi Academy is kind of what it sounds like -- it's a school in New York that teaches nerds how to swing fake light sabers around like idiots. The founder talks about "hero-building", which was weird because I didn't see a single person in the video capable of lifting a truck off an elderly lady. Regardless, how can you call yourself a Jedi school with no classes in mind tricks? Wielding a light saber is easy, I'm trying to trick babes at the bar into sleeping with me.
Thanks to Raul for the tip, a man far too cool for this shit.
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Reader Comments
1. Morono - November 5, 2007 8:10 AM
imperial credits will do fine....
2. Doogie Howser - November 5, 2007 9:06 AM
The mind trick comes in the fact that they've "convinced" these people to pay for the class :)
3. boredom - November 5, 2007 9:56 AM
If you're taking this class then you need more than a mind trick to get laid in a bar. Hell ruphies might not even help you at that point
4. Zee Brat - November 5, 2007 11:00 AM
Heh... That's my buddy Jess. Crazyness.
5. Jedi Holocron - November 5, 2007 11:44 AM
Frack! Just take Kendo or Iaido...you'll do much better.
6. jazzman - November 5, 2007 12:47 PM
I thought i was out there when I was quoting Jacon Solo... Sith Lord... What a bunch of losers... i'm glad the gurl at the end knows she's a dork...
7. RageMarine - November 5, 2007 4:31 PM
not gonna lie but that looks like fun, but ide much rather get with my buddies,get totally shitfaced and then do battle with lightsabers till the death, and i dont care who u are but that would be fun
8. guate6 - November 6, 2007 1:02 PM
>>quote:
"The founder talks about "hero-building", which was weird because I didn't see a single person in the video capable of lifting a truck off an elderly lady."
>>retort: He was clearly referring to building a character, much like in LucasArts games or RPG's, which is why people were wearing costumes, because that's the character they chose to build.
>>quote:
"Regardless, how can you call yourself a Jedi school with no classes in mind tricks?"
>>retort: No one there called themselves a Jedi. They know they're nerds having fun with lightsabers.
Actual quote from www.nyjedi.com (the institute's site)
*******The New York Jedi are a community of people and teachers who share practical Martial Arts-based and Stage Combat oriented Light Saber techniques. But with the exciting option of creating your own character, you can be the Hero or Baddie you've always wanted to be! Check out the details!
We perform at many different types of events: Comic conventions, birthday parties, graduations, corporate events (team building, etc), and even the debut fo the new Star Wars Postal Stamp unveiling at the Empire Post Office, NYC in May 2007! Contact us for your party today!*******
Let dorks/nerds be dorks/nerds I say.
9. Suck My Comment - November 13, 2007 1:48 AM
guate6, you take shit too serriously, there jokes. you don't need to correct them because there just jokes.
also, i wanna see the fight scene from revenge of the sith, the one where general grevious fights obi-wan kenobi. they will have to take human organs and put them in the body of a 4 armed robot but it will be worth it for my entertainment.
10. windex - February 7, 2008 9:55 AM
*******The New York Jedi are a community of people and teachers who share practical Martial Arts-based and Stage Combat oriented Light Saber techniques. But with the exciting option of creating your own character, you can be the Hero or Baddie you've always wanted to be! Check out the details!
That second last sentence... man, thats just creepy... sounds like some sick business that delves in sucking consumers in and providing them with the opportunity to fulfil fantasies that if pursued alone, will see them shunned by the majority of society
Total Recall I say.. except Quaid was awesome, and his lady friend was quite a wild one.
11. Shortround - February 24, 2009 1:45 PM
how do you get in contact with these guys, there's no more website. anyone friends with these awesome kids? I first met them at the new york anime convention.
they said they customize their own swords... call them a dork after they've traveled to the Adega system, Ilum, or Dantooine and entered a crystal cave. Imbued their crystals with the force, while meditating for months in front of a furnace. and built a strong enough hilt to harness this power.
-a dork looking for a double sided blade