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“We usually get about 15 people out each meeting, five of which are beginners,” said Liz Garcia, a sophomore from Chicago, Ill. “We even give free lessons with equipment provided.”

The fencing club has been around for four years and has been entirely student run since inception.

“Rumor has it,” Garcia said, “that the club was an actual team when (BYU-I was) Ricks College.” For now they will have to settle for meeting twice a week, honing their technique, and practicing with one another.

Each meeting begins with a quick warm up. Next, they practice new maneuvers demonstrated to them by more experienced students within the club. Then, depending on circumstances, they either pair off and dual, or they play fencing games.

“Every kid wants to be Zoro at some point in their life,” said Toby Emory, a senior from Santa Barbara, Calif.

“We basically all think we’re in a Star Wars movie, or the Three Musketeers, but we’re cool in our own right.”