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NEW!: 2007 Greenwich Village Halloween Parade
- Celebrating the Birthday of NY Jedi! Once again, the New York Jedi will be hitting the 2008 Greenwich Village Halloween Parade!
This is where it all began. It was where we launched the now famous New York Jedi Light Saber Enthusaist Collective! This is by far our favorite NY Jedi holiday, because, this is where it all started, with a bunch of friends just getting together for a show in the 2005 Halloween Parade!

Happy Anniversary, and many huge THANK YOUs to all the press and fan mail we've gotten over the years! We are now into our 4th year!

Videographer / Editors: Ethan Jones / Flynn

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FEATURE!: "Enter the "Jedi Gym"
Now this was totally unexpected. Master Flynn and several members from the New York Chapter of new saber clubs have just spoofed in a mockumentary in a hilarious new parody of what the New York Jedi do! The video had over 100,000 hits in 4 days, and aired on July 3rd! WOW! HUGE THANKS TO Van Roble FOR MAKING FUN OF US!!! AWESOME!

Performers: Alfie Supan and Chris Bush (beard).

Videographer / Editor: VanRoble

Check out more videos by Van Roble!!!

"A Tribute to the Kai Kan."
We give you the TRAILER to NY Jedi's Tribute to the Classic Duel between Obi wan and Anakin in Ep3, done NYC STYLE!

Performers: Alfie Supan and Chris Bush (beard).

Videographer / Editor, Ethan jones. See more videos from Ethan on YouTube.

Lightsaber effects, Thomas in UK, one of our NY Jedi INTERNATIONAL MEMBERS!

"Taste of Scin"
NY Jedi is all about illuminated weaponry, stage combat, and creating a character you can show off in a variety of dramatic ways. This guy to the right is filmmaker David Scin, and we call him the Dark Lord Scin! He is! No, really, he is! Just look at him!

Performers: DScin.

Videographer / Editor: Dscin.

"The Gauntlet - NYCC 2007"
NY Comic Con is such a fun time. And the Jedi are about to show you what stage combat is all about. And filmmaker Ethan Jones will be your eyes, He rocks.

Performers: NY Jedi.

Videographer / Editor: Ethan Jones
Choreography: Omar Holmes

DOCUMENTORIES

"A Short Film about Jedi."
We met film maker Will Clegg in Washington Square Park and he was intrigued with our little band of saber wielding fan-boys and girls. So he decided to make a short film about it. Below you will find the short pieces of his doc that are now availalble. The entire fim will be available soon.

(See more videos from Will Clegg at his website.)

A Short Film About Jedi from Will Clegg on Vimeo.

Special Appearance at Alex Grey's CoSM!!!

- FRIDAY, MARCH 21st, 2008
FULL MOON MEDITATION - Meditation is a core method of not only Jedi, but any Warrior wanting to understand self and overcoming fear, understanding the energies of life, and how we relate to them. Alex Grey, a World Reknown artist whose studio is located on the West Side of New York, invited the New York Jedi to come in during a Full Moon Meditation this month to present how we understand and introduce the Jedi warrior mind set in today's current metropolitan setting. The Force is really out there! Video coming soon.

LIGHT SABER TRAINING TECHNIQUES

TRAINING VIDEOS - Light Saber Fighting Forms We give a rundown of the forms the New York Jedi teach people during classes and at our events. "These are basic forms that will get anybody going on using form to excercise with, and improve their own style." These videos are not the definitive word on anything either. When you make your own moves and strike styles, you need a basic understanding of the sword. These will simply help people get going!" - Enjoy. (The Latest in the Light Saber Forms According to the 7 Forms of Light Saber Combat - Shii-Cho, by Damon Honeycutt)		Video Part 2 and Part 3.



The Basics : As with all sword forms, it all begins with the basics! This series is largely directed toward getting to know your blade.
Intro Video - Here Flynn explains the scope of the NY Jedi light saber forms and what the next four videos cover. "Even though the sabers are touching when we land a hit, we do not put alot of power behind our strikes. This is meant to be touchsparring, and most of all fun! If you can't control your hits, then you are being unsafe. This is STAGE COMBAT. It's about pretending, looking great, and pulling off really amazing stunts!"		Basic Hits, Form 1 - The three types of hits, all encompassed in one form. The three types of hits are Rebounds, Follow-Throughs, and Locks, directed at strike zones. These are the basics of all the following forms you will find here. Quickly master these and you're on your way to choreographing your first fight!
Form 2 - "The 8's" - The basic strikes set into a more elaborate form, here you will see the main Saber Form that lays out the blue print for the basic style.		Form 3 - "The 6's" - Again, using the basic strike zones set forth in the 8's, the sixes introduce the fighter to large rmovements that make a lightsaber fight look really cool! Flynn said, "the movements should be larger and more exaggerated in a wider shot, but close-ups catch smaller movements better."
Form 4 - "The 5's" - Our good friend Omar Holmes introduced us this sword technique called "The Game," but we call it the 5s. This sequence is especialy designed to help the fighter learn to control the direction of the saber from the back of the hilt. This also gives the duelist two things, better control and stronger strikes.

Interviews and Press...

Members on Letterman & Leno!!:

Letterman's Comic Con Quiz

WWLA - Tonight Show @ Yahoo! Video

PRESS: TELEVISION

MTV's G-Hole Interview - See us teach MTV how it's done!	ABC NEWS ONLINE!!! - The NY JEDI on the ABC NEWS!!	TYRA BANKS - Geek is the New Chic! - She actually called Flynn a hottie. Yes, he is. A Geek Hottie with a Light Saber!
Canadian TV - THE HOUR!!!	Cuatrosfera, Spanish TV - This is the one that crashed our site!	Travel Channel's new Puppet Planet!

RocketBoom.com - Joanne came in for saber lessons.	CheckerBoard Kids TV - NYC Cable Access Show w/Phil!	AMNY - NY Comic Con Coverage One of our first interviews at the first NYCC 2006

Now this is cool. Even the world famous magazine Popular Mechanics has found out about the incredible coolness of the light saber phenomenon. Our very own Darth Mageddon takes on associate editor Erik Sofge in a test battle of sabers, deep in the depths of the publishers basement!

There are so many cool fan sites for film makers and a lot of them are hilarious! Check out the attention they got on CNN (Link at right). Pink 5 is one of the best!

Ryan VS Dorkman. In our opinion, one of the BEST lightsaber fights!
http://www.theforce.net/fanfilms/fxprojects/ryandork/index.asp

Here's one of the most believable. KnightQuest
http://www.theforce.net/fanfilms/shortfilms/knightquest/

Pink 5! This chick ROCKS!
http://www.theforce.net/fanfilms/shortfilms/pinkfive/

Art of the Saber. Grace, excellent work, and good moves.
http://www.theforce.net/fanfilms/fxprojects/artofthesaber/index.asp

Contract of Evil. The double lightsabers in this one are awesome.
http://www.theforce.net/fanfilms/shortfilms/contract/

The Formula. BUT! These guys did it RIGHT!
http://www.theforce.net/fanfilms/shortfilms/theformula/index.asp

More coming soon...

Pink 5 and other fan films on CNN, Excellent!

Past news...

LATEST ISSUE - Video on lietv.com!
Check out Latest Issue Entertainment's article on the NY Jedi! Team members Glenn Devecchis and Flynn get interviewed on the happenings.

SPAR GATHERING - Central Park, April 29th
Thanks to everyone who came to the park that weekend! Our 1st ever Spar Gathering was met by many new faces and seasoned pros! Read the sinny on the day, with pics and all... we also had alot of people show up with several DIFFERENT light saber products from great saber manufacturers show up! Master Replicas, Parks sabers, and Ultrasabers were all duelly represented!

RETURN OF THE NEW YORK JEDI!!!
At Big Apple Con on June 24th and 25th, we found the the guys from Latest Issue Entertainment's and they've been fantastic and always give us a great interview! In their just-released video of the Big Apple Con, they were able to catch some of the performance footage we didn't seem to get. GREAT JOB GABE (Kid Jedi)!!!

Watch the interviews here!!!

March 16th 8th 2006 - We're mentioned on WNYC, briefly on Brian Lehrer's show during open phones!

SABER ACADEMY AT 2nd ANNUAL NEW YORK COMIC CON!!! - February 23rd, 24th and 25th, 2007
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the NY Jedi wil be back to the New york Comic Con to present not only the first regional East Coast Saber Wars Tournament, but the crew will be back to invite the audience to participate in Saber Academy! Our team was on hand at last years Con, with over 35,000 people in attendance! We had over 200 people watching as we presented SABER ACADEMY 2006, light saber training and fight choreography. The daily newspaper amNewYork was there interviewing our guys (video | printed story) while we were showing stage fighting techniques for fun and Fan Film production! More video on YouTube.com!

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