'Feel like a Jedi': Star Wars fans battle with lightsabers in Mexico City

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Combining passion and exercise, Star Wars fans fight it out in lightsaber battles in Mexico City, an event organised by a local club, the Jedi Knight Academy. "I feel like a Jedi," says Victor Aceves, a 24-year-old student who enjoys the "fantastic touch" of the discipline similar to fencing.

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00:004, 3, 2...

00:06Ready!

00:17The project is about making a fun sport with lightsabers

00:23in a safe and fun way

00:25so we can take it to a sports environment

00:29like tournaments, exhibitions, among other things

00:34Ok, at your own pace and time, he will sing it

00:391, 4, 3, 2...

00:531, 4, 3...

00:57Besides being fun, doing it with a lightsaber makes you feel like a Jedi

01:03and that's why I'm here

01:04but as a sport it's also very interesting

01:07because even though the swords are very striking

01:10doing it with a lightsaber gives it a more fantastic touch

01:17and that's what made me stay

01:19Something very important is that you are seen through...

01:23if you just look for the impact here, you will never reach it

01:26and that's what happened to me

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