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Lightspeed Returns with its 3rd annual national competition. The national Lightspeed Saber champion of 2023 will be crowned, AND it will be the premiere of our Lightspeed Saber team championship.

This is an open tournament suitable for competitors of all skill levels, including beginner. Workshops and a variety of other fun events make sure that this is challenging and educational for everyone, no matter who you are.

Signups close June 15, 2023 June 10, 2023 (see news below)

PURCHASE INSTRUCTIONS

All competitors must buy one adult or minor admission ticket and at least one event ticket. Select an admission ticket from the drop-down and click ‘Buy’. Then select an event ticket from the drop-down and click ‘Buy’. Repeat for all the events that you want. Then go to your shopping cart and pay for them.

More events will be added as we get closer. You may return and buy additional events later.

Example: If you are 18 or over and plan to compete individually only, then you should buy one adult ticket and one individual open competition ticket.

Example: If you’re a woman and under 18 and grade D or above, you should buy one minor admission ticket, and then select at least one of the following: the open, the advanced, the women’s, the tag team, or duet team event…. or select all of them!

TEAM REGISTRATION & PURCHASE INSTRUCTIONS

Each competitor in a team must buy a separate team ticket for each team event they plan to compete in. The team captain or representative should use the team registration button to input their team members.

If you need teammates, fill out the registration and indicate as such. You may also add your name to this roster of un-paired teammates to find or be paired with a partner.

WORKSHOPS

Workshops come with the purchase of an admission ticket and any event ticket. Workshop attendance is unlimited, but please attend workshops appropriate to your skill level. Alternatively, you can buy a Workshops Only Event Ticket.

INDIVIDUAL ADVANCED TOURNAMENT

Only the fencers who have fought their way through the system get a chance to fight it out for the top prize and be named national champion.

• All genders

• Grades D and above, membership required

• Pools & elimination bracket

• Standard rules throughout

INDIVIDUAL OPEN TOURNAMENT

In this standard one-on-one event, anyone could possibly come in and take the gold. And if you don’t qualify for the advanced event, you could after this!

• All genders

• All grades or lack thereof, no membership required

• Pools & elimination bracket

• May be additionally split into a youth bracket

• Grades will be awarded, which may allow qualification into the advanced tournament

• Novice rules will apply through pools

INDIVIDUAL OPEN/ADVANCED WOMEN’S TOURNAMENT

This is an open championship event for the women of Lightspeed Saber League. Any woman of any level is welcome to register for a chance to be women’s national champion.

• Women only

• All grades or lack thereof, no membership required

• Pools & elimination bracket

• Standard rules throughout

3v3 TAG TEAM “ANNIHILATION” SKIRMISH

Teams of 3 fight one-on-one but have the opportunity to tag out, change weapons, and huddle to discuss strategy between encounters. Unlike standard Lightspeed Saber, each fencer goes into the fight with a set amount of life points. You can rack up a lot of kills while still being eliminated if you’re not careful. Defense restores life points and revives defeated teammates. It’s a fight of threes on two fronts!

• Mixed gender

• All grades or lack thereof, no membership required

• Elimination bracket

• Teams of 3 (no more, no less)

• Each team must have at least one man and at least one woman on the team

• Modified novice rules

DUET TEAM SKIRMISH

Are you a force dyad? Master and padawan? Either way, you can win our exciting 2v2 sequential team battle. Form your skirmish wing and do battle with other wings to see whose strategy and planning reigns supreme.

Each skirmish is made up of six one-on-one matches. The first four matches are reconnaissance bouts— feel out your opponents and see what they can do. Every member of a team fights every member of the other team.

The final two battles are secret— you won’t know who you’re facing until you step in the ring. Discuss strategy with your teammate, plan ahead, and come up with the best strategy to achieve victory.

• All genders eligible

• Elimination bracket

• Teams of two (no more , no less)

• Skirmish format

• Modified novice rules

SKIRMISH WING COMPOSITION RULES

• Both members must be from the same squadron OR

• The combined team skill level cannot exceed 7 (see skill rules below) OR

• You must be paired with someone at random, or as determined by the tournament staff

Skill levels are assigned by grade:

• A = 6 points

• B = 5 points

• C = 4 points

• D = 3 points

• E = 2 points

• U = 1 point

‘U’-champ rule: If you have placed 1st in any weapon-based sport or martial arts competition (including Lightspeed Saber), your grade is equal to your current LS grade or a temporary grade as listed below, whichever is higher:

• International competition: B

• National competition: C

• Regional competition: D

• Local competition: E

REFUND POLICY

• You may request a tournament credit anytime up until midnight, the day of the tournament.

• Refunds will be granted on a case-by-case basis.

• If the event is cancelled you will receive a full refund automatically.

• All credit and refund requests should be sent through the tournament director.

Event Director:
CANG SNOW