The Saber Martial Arts Podcast

"The Path of Light" ever winds further as Alan chats across 3 time zones with Evan from Saber Arts Club in Missouri, and Vince from The Lightsaber Path. SAC is the first affiliate school of TLP. Both…

After coordinating over three time zones, Fode and Sifu are joined by JKnight Vince, Headmaster and founder of French saber academy The Lightsaber Path. We had an absolutely bromantic conversation ab…

We're back in Fode's Falcon on our way to the Columbus Spaceport from the USA Lightfencing seminar in Ann Arbor. We ruminate on the weekend's activities. Please enjoy this candid episode of SMAFcast,…

Sifu Chad aka "Darth Nonymous" from Terra Prime Light Armory and USA Lightfencing invites Sifu Alan and Fode-san to his actual living room for a pow-wow prior to our final day of training/certificati…

Sifu Alan and Fode-san are joined by SMAF O.G. and one of the Head Instructors of San Diego Sabers, Matthew Dominguez! This is one of our nerdiest shows to date, with a troll's share of great martial…

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"The Way of Cleaning" is back for Round 2! Sakaue Sensei is in the Captain's chair again to help Fode and Alan tackle the nitty and gritty topics within the current climate of both martial arts as we…

SMAFcast is beyond honored to bring you this exclusive conversation with lifetime martial artist, dojo brother of SMA Instuctor Kay Sakaue (who joins the chat), and resident expert on all things rela…

Fode and Alan finish their commentary series for "The Acolyte" with finale episodes 7 and 8. Spoiler alert: we kinda loved it! Lots of martial arts and Force powers displayed in these episodes, as w…

Please excuse the soothing background sonics of Fode's Millennium Falcon (and the occasional adult verbiage) as he and Alan record their conversation while driving to a seminar in Ann Arbor, MI to ge…

Sifu and Fode break down the safety gear from weapons-based systems that we now use in SMA and saberfighting. Please Subscribe, and Share this episode with a needy nerd you know!

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Sifu Alan and Your Main Man "Sensei" Fode are joined by fellow OGs of the mixing-real-martial-arts-with-lightsabers game: Sifu Chad "Darth Nonymous" Ironmonger and Sifu Damon "General Sun" Honeycutt…

Sifu Alan and YMM Fode commentate episodes 5 and 6 of "The Acolyte". After struggling through the previous two episodes, these provide welcome restitution with huge Saber Martial Arts payouts and re-…

Double-bladed saber, crossguard saber, saber whip, saber sai, saber pike, saber tonfa, saber...nunchaku? Saber...scythe? Three-section saber?! If somebody has tried to turn your favorite non-sword we…

During their roast-commentary for episodes 3 and 4 of "The Acolyte", Sifu Alan gives YMM Fode a new "certain point of view" and now Fode doesn't hate these episodes anymore. Please Subscribe and Shar…

From Teras Kasi, to the Echani dueling arts, to Zama-Shiwo and whatever it is that Mace Windu uses to dismantle oodles of B2 Supers on Dantooine with his bare hands in the greatest animated Star War,…

After Fode gushes about his newly refurbished tomahawk, he and Alan settle in to commentate the first two martial-arts-filled episodes of "The Acolyte" in the vein of Fode's original podcasting foray…

Your Main Man Fode and Sifu Alan come at you with a brief (for SMAFcast at least) May wrap-up, including our panel at GameX; getting kids and families involved in SMA and getting SMA involved in a co…

Join Master Venable and Fode-san for the long-anticipated "Saber May-hem: SMA Summit" LIVE from Gamex by Strategicon! Guests include: Kay Sakaue, Tony Negron, Ryan McKenna, Matthew Dominguez, Aureo…

"Sojido: The Way of Cleaning"; Kay Sensei is featured in a new SMAFcast series where we "clean the dojo" of some hot topics from the world of martial arts and the galaxy far away. Junior Black Belts…