{"id":4811,"date":"2016-05-01T16:24:31","date_gmt":"2016-05-01T14:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/?p=4811"},"modified":"2019-01-09T11:07:10","modified_gmt":"2019-01-09T10:07:10","slug":"ludosport-in-madrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/ludosport-in-madrid\/","title":{"rendered":"Ludosport in Madrid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Calling all<strong> Star Wars<\/strong> fans! There is an <strong>academy<\/strong> in Madrid in which you can train to become a <strong>Jedi<\/strong>! Or a <strong>Sith<\/strong>, if you are drawn to the Dark Side.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since it opened its doors in November of 2015, the<strong> Light Saber Combat Academy<\/strong> (C\/de Jer\u00f3nima Llorente, 7) has attracted the attention of a lot of devotees of George Lucas&#8217;s emblematic saga and various newspapers and TV channels have documented the rise in popularity of this discipline in Spain.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Index<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/ludosport-in-madrid\/#what-is-ludosport\" title=\"What is Ludosport?\">What is Ludosport?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/ludosport-in-madrid\/#ludosport-in-madrid\" title=\"Ludosport in Madrid\">Ludosport in Madrid<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"what-is-ludosport\"><\/span>What is Ludosport?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_4812\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2768066186_1b71607fa9_z.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4812\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4812\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4812\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2768066186_1b71607fa9_z-300x284.jpg\" alt=\"2768066186_1b71607fa9_z\" width=\"215\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2768066186_1b71607fa9_z-300x284.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2768066186_1b71607fa9_z.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4812\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Thomas Hawk via Visual Hunt \/ CC BY-NC<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This\u00a0<strong>combat sport<\/strong>, which is called <strong>Ludosport <\/strong>(a compound word made from the union of the words &#8220;ludus&#8221;, &#8220;game&#8221; in Latin, and &#8220;sport&#8221;), was created in Milan in 2006 by Gianluca Longo and Fabio Monticelli. They adapted the <strong>styles of combat<\/strong> and <strong>techniques<\/strong> that the<strong> Jedi masters<\/strong> taught their <strong>padawans<\/strong> so that they could fit real life training. Each of the styles is composed of different moves\u00a0(whose names are in Italian regardless of where\u00a0the academy is located)\u00a0both of defense and attack and is based on\u00a0five basic principles: power, protection, speed, unpredictability, and\u00a0physical effort. These are all present in every style\u00a0but\u00a0not equally\u00a0dominant in all of them. There are a set of rules regarding various aspects of the sport such as what must you wear\u00a0in combat and the validity of the strikes. However, the basic and most important rule is\u00a0one called\u00a0<strong>Se.Cu.Ri.<\/strong> (Servizio, Cura, Rizzpeto. In English: Service, Care, Respect). <strong>Service<\/strong> is understood as supporting and encouraging your fellow pupils instead of rivalling them, <strong>Care<\/strong> as in being in control of your moves as to ensure everyone&#8217;s safety, and <strong>Respect\u00a0<\/strong>means that you should be aware of your own limits and strengths\u00a0so that you don&#8217;t underestimate yourself nor\u00a0anyone else.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"ludosport-in-madrid\"><\/span>Ludosport in Madrid<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5048\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/6915644490_78c376d367_b.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5048\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5048\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5048 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/6915644490_78c376d367_b-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"g\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/6915644490_78c376d367_b-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/6915644490_78c376d367_b.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/6915644490_78c376d367_b-300x450.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5048\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Mike Monaghan via VisualHunt \/ CC BY-NC-ND<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Madrid&#8217;s\u00a0academy<\/strong>\u00a0is currently composed of three teachers and more or less one hundred pupils. There are classes going on from Saturday to Thursday mornings and evenings and the pupils of each class\u00a0form a<strong> clan<\/strong> with their own name (Disharmony, Starkillers, Guardians of the Temple&#8230;). A <strong>clan<\/strong> can have a maximum of fifteen members\u00a0and it doesn&#8217;t usually matter\u00a0if\u00a0not all of them\u00a0have the same level because\u00a0at the end of the day\u00a0each of them makes progress at their own pace.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you would like to enrol in this <strong>Ludosport<\/strong> academy, you may visit the building where it takes place (address stated above) or you can visit their webpage:\u00a0http:\/\/spain.ludosport.net\/.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"\n    class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-valign-bottom kksr-align-center kksr-disabled\"\n    data-id=\"4811\"\n    data-slug=\"\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 0px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-legend\">\n            <span class=\"kksr-muted\"><\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calling all Star Wars fans! 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