Every Friday!
6:30-8:30 PM
Roma Street Parklands in Brisbane QLD, by the Waterfall.
Some spares are available, personal sabers encouraged.
Flowbat is just as intense as real combat—the difference is in the focus. Every person who picks up a lightsaber, from complete beginners to international saber school operators, shares the same goal:
But film fights are choreographed—designed for spectacle, not survival. They have no uncertain outcomes, no real danger. You can’t apply the values of real combat to a style that exists purely as performance.
In Flowbat, your opponent isn’t the fighter in front of you—it’s the audience’s perception. Have you targeted well? Used enough power? Put your heart and soul into every move? Have you convinced them that you’re truly fighting?
Staged combat takes real fighting and makes it fictional—designed for storytelling, with no uncertain outcomes. Real combat is about survival, where every action has consequences.
Flowbat stands between the two. Unlike staged combat, the outcome isn’t predetermined, and unlike real combat, the goal isn’t to defeat your opponent—it’s to convince the audience that you're truly fighting.
In Flowbat, success comes from maintaining control, targeting well, and committing to every movement. The goal is not to overpower your opponent, but to create a performance so seamless that the line between choreography and combat disappears.
Mastering Flowbat requires both precision and presence—making every strike believable while maintaining the fluidity and control that set it apart from both staged and real combat, with the goal of blurring the line between dance and violence so seamlessly that, to anyone watching, there is no difference.
