This past weekend saw a whopping three tournaments all in one weekend, all across the country! Couldn’t make it to all of them all at once? No surprise. Read about what you may have missed here.
In the third installment of LS Virginia’s This is the Way tournament series, rankings were awarded to more than half of the total fencers participating.
The Acolytes Rising tournament, like the Southern California beach tournament just weeks earlier, was a night for the darkhorses— the upstarts— the underdogs. Preston Pomeroy entered the tournament U, and faced considerable challenge from three D-ranked competitors: Jacob Areias, Matt Pointer, and David Lazenby. Pomeroy faced each one of them
The second annual beach tournament in Southern California ended up being a historic day in Lightspeed Saber history. While Zaldua’s win was no terrible surprise, Phoebe Camilletti’s silver medal placed her in the ...
Major rules update! Be sure to read the update summary.
Tournament dates and locations for the rest of 2024 & 2025!
Lightspeed Menace, the 2024 Nationals, awarded the title of National Champion to the League’s youngest member to ever hold that title—18 year old Ally Fournier—and an ‘A’ grade to the youngest fencer to ever hold that rank—20 year old Chris Isom. Read about that, and the rest of the data, here.
LSA’s Chris Isom took home the gold and the title of national champion on Day 3 of Lightspeed Menace. He fought in a tight battle against C-rated (now B) and rising Lightspeed star, Ryan McKenna, based out of Virginia. Isom and McKenna fought in an extremely close fight, with McKenna nearly clinching the victory with a contested headshot.
With Lightspeed Nationals right around the corner, it’s time to start getting excited about more than just the fencing.
It’s the final tournament before Nationals, and one last chance for novice fencers to rank up ahead of the 4 day event.
The data on the data from the mixed weapon tournament from May 4th.
I’m very pleased to announce the promotions of Chris Stadther and Kevin Fournier to Director of Operations and Director of Formations, respectively. These are both recognitions of the amazing contributions they’ve made to Lightspeed and to what we can look forward to in the future.
Rob Chan takes another gold. All the data on the tournament.
Virginia rounded out March with their first tournament to include Tano saber, sporting some new and familiar fencers alike, and some thrilling final matches.
The first official referee tutorial video is out now!
We are excited to announce our entirely new Lightspeed Reffing system!
The Lightspeed Saber SoCal March To Advancement novice tournament was the largest such tournament in a long while, boasting 18 competitors, putting the event exactly at capacity.
The Lightspeed Saber SoCal Open Invitational marked a historic occasion with its multi-day format, including competitions for novices, advanced fencers, women, teams, and introducing the very first Ren Saber exclusive event.
The Krait Dragons hosted a roaring two-tournament event.
Rockville hosted their first tournament of the new year with an excellent turnout and thrilling results!
Lightspeed Saber hosted it’s final tournament of the year, with exciting results 5 years in the making!
Lightspeed Saber Academy opened with an Inaugural Tournament. Check out the results!
Tournament dates and locations for 2024!
The tournament data from Turkey Slay is here!
The SoCal Halloween Bash at Pan Pacific Park in Los Angeles saw a diverse lineup of competitors, each with their own aspirations and skill levels. Jose Ortiz-Miranda, hailing from Krait Base in LA, entered the ring with a solid B rating, fueled by the ambition to elevate it to an A. Meanwhile, Cang Snow from Knight Club in Irvine, another B-rated fencer, had his sights set on achieving that coveted A rating.
Jessica Trask writes about the experience of LS Virginia members at our 2023 Nationals event in Las Vegas.
Kyber Cave Podcast interviewed Lightspeed’s very own Jowanna Lewis last week on their special episode featuring the Ladies of Lightsabers!
The new Lightspeed membership & fighter profiles is finally here! See how to sign up and access your tournament data!
The tournament data from Back to School Bash 2 is here! Stay tuned for a write-up about the event.
Over the weekend Lightspeed Saber Rockville hosted the first in their Feeble Skills series of tournaments.