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00:18Outside, down.
00:20In the battle for peace of mind.
00:22Strike and block into a side lunge.
00:25Sabina Storberg is bringing centuries-old tools to a new crowd.
00:30I'm going to start by having us all hold our swords in our hand.
00:34This is an in-person meetup for what's typically an online workout.
00:38Bring it up. Half flower.
00:40Mixing elements of kung fu, yoga, and dance to create what some call sword yoga, but it's officially weaponed up.
00:47A lot of people want to just do something that doesn't feel like exercise, but wants them to...
00:52They want to feel like they're a main character, or they want to feel like they are, you know, a
00:57bad, you know.
00:59You're not noticing, I'm doing like plenty lunges, I'm doing plenty squats, because you're really focused on that straight sword
01:04movement.
01:05And we're going to strike down, bring the knee down.
01:08The sword does take your mind off the workout, but not that much.
01:12Because my legs are not burning.
01:13For Gillen Gray...
01:15I'm a big yoga girl, Pilates princess.
01:17Fitness was a draw, but adding the sword cut it something deeper.
01:22I'm kind of hoping that it gets me to tap into some, like, maybe primal but feminine power.
01:28Sabina says that was the connection for her, picking up the straight sword over a decade ago,
01:33while training at a Shaolin Kung Fu school in China.
01:36There's a lot of power there, but there's also a lot of grace, there's a lot of wrist movement.
01:40So in my mind, it represented almost female power.
01:44Webin' Up comes as Fantasy Fitness is having a moment,
01:48geared toward women looking for workout inspiration and empowerment,
01:52sparked in some cases by the booming interest in romanticcy novels.
01:56I've always just been really into, like, fantasy romance books.
02:00Skye Murphy says that's what initially got her interested.
02:03I like the challenge of doing two things at the same time.
02:05Building strength, body, mind, and sword.
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