The Jedi Knight Academy offers enthusiasts of the Star Wars franchise a chance to learn lightsaber combat in Mexico City. The academy was founded in 2019.
A park on the south side of Mexico’s capital lights up with the multicolored glow of lightsabers, as a man slashing a white luminescent sword through the air shouts: 'Check the defense!' Onlookers watch curiously and a dog-walker asks about the duel, which breaks out four nights a week. The Jedi Knight Academy, founded in 2019, is a lightsaber combat and choreography school in Mexico City and a dream come true for fans of the Star Wars franchise.
It all started 15 years ago when Vázquez and his best friend, Gabriel Mendoza, started toying with the idea of founding a lightsaber combat school. Vázquez had always wanted to learn how to fight like Anakin Skywalker — the main character of the saga, later known as Darth Vader — and both him and Mendoza had experience with martial arts. They thought other people would be interested in learning and they weren’t wrong.
few yards away from her, another group is practicing an intricate choreography. Students draw their colorful swords and engage in a dance to the tempo of instructions. A rainbow flag tied to a tree waves behind them. They are the Pride faction of the academy. Both Vázquez and Mendoza took on inclusion workshops and got in touch with different local LGBTQ+ organizations to better understand how to run a safe queer-only space, which marked a year this June.
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