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Welcome to the SaberCraft Standard.
This page is the shortest safe path into the system. You do not need to understand the entire standard before you begin. You only need a partner, a safe training space, and enough notation to practice the first core movement: CM-A.
By the end of this page, two beginners should understand how to read a basic SaberCraft Standard table and perform a simple six-step exchange.
What the SaberCraft Standard is
The SaberCraft Standard is a lightsaber choreography standard. It is used to record, teach, share, and safely perform choreographed saber combat.
What the SaberCraft Standard is not
The SaberCraft Standard is not full-contact sparring, dueling, fencing, or combat training for real weapons. It is controlled partner choreography.
1. Safety baseline
Before anything else, agree on safety.
A SaberCraft Standard exchange should be practiced with control. The goal is not to hit your partner. The goal is to create a clean, readable, repeatable movement pattern together.
Minimum practice rules:
- Use appropriate training sabers or safe props.
- Check your distance with your partner before starting any sequence.
- Make eye contact with your partner as the signal that you're both ready to begin.
- Move slowly when learning.
- Stop before contact.
- Do not strike the body.
- Do not surprise your partner.
- Reset when either partner feels unsafe or confused.
- Increase speed only after both partners understand the pattern.
If the movement is not safe, it is not correct.
2. The basic roles
A person who practices the SaberCraft Standard is called a Saberist.
Most beginner examples use two partners:
| Role | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Saberist A | The initiating partner in the written example |
| Saberist B | The responding partner in the written example |
These roles are labels for reading the notation. They are not ranks, teams, or permanent identities.
3. How a SaberCraft Standard table works
A SaberCraft Standard sequence is usually written as a two-row table.
Each column is one moment in the choreography.
| Player | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saberist A | 1 | 11 | 3 |
| Saberist B | 1P | 11P | 3P |
The top row shows what Saberist A does.
The bottom row shows what Saberist B does.
In this example:
1means an attack toward target 1.1Pmeans a parry against target 1.- The letter
Pmeans parry.
So if Saberist A performs 1, Saberist B responds with 1P.
4. The first thing to learn: attack and parry
For your first practice session, focus on this simple rule:
A number is an attack. A number plus
Pis the matching parry.
Examples:
| Attack | Parry |
|---|---|
1 |
1P |
11 |
11P |
3 |
3P |
9 |
9P |
5 |
5P |
7 |
7P |
Do not worry about advanced notation yet. Learn the basic call and response first.
5. Your first core movement: CM-A
CM-A is the first core movement in the SaberCraft Standard.
It teaches the basic relationship between target attacks and matching parries.
| Player | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saberist A | 1 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 7 |
| Saberist B | 1P | 11P | 3P | 9P | 5P | 7P |
Read it one column at a time:
| Step | Saberist A | Saberist B |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Attack 1 |
Parry 1P |
| 2 | Attack 11 |
Parry 11P |
| 3 | Attack 3 |
Parry 3P |
| 4 | Attack 9 |
Parry 9P |
| 5 | Attack 5 |
Parry 5P |
| 6 | Attack 7 |
Parry 7P |
6. First practice drill
Practice CM-A in three rounds.
Round 1: Walkthrough
Move slowly. Pause after every step.
Say the step out loud:
One. One parry.
Eleven. Eleven parry.
Three. Three parry.
Continue until Step 6.
Round 2: Continuous slow motion
Perform the full sequence without stopping, but keep it slow.
If either partner loses the pattern, stop and restart. Do not improvise yet.
Round 3: Clean repetition
Repeat CM-A three times in a row.
The goal is not speed. The goal is clarity.
A clean CM-A should feel controlled, readable, and safe.
7. Switch roles
After Saberist A attacks and Saberist B parries, switch roles.
Now Saberist B performs the attack row and Saberist A performs the parry row.
This matters because the SaberCraft Standard is a shared language. Both partners should learn both sides.
8. What to read next
After CM-A, continue in this order:
Do not rush into advanced rules yet. Learn the language first, then build complexity.
Quick summary
- A practitioner is called a Saberist.
- The SaberCraft Standard is choreographed, controlled partner movement.
- A number is an attack.
- A number plus
Pis a parry. - CM-A is the first core movement.
- Safety matters more than speed.