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www.neatorama.com/2026/03/23/Fitness-Trend-Sword-Yoga/

Fitness Trend: Sword Yoga
John Farrier 


Do you want to get fit, but worry about being vulnerable to close-quarters melee attack during your exercises? Then sword yoga is for you! The New York Post reports that performing yoga routines while holding swords is becoming a popular activity in some studios in The City. It's a synthesis of vinyasa yoga, tai chi, and kung fu.

Sabrina Stoberg founded WeaponUp, a sword yoga fitness firm. Her background in Shaolin kung fu provided her with a foundation for this vigorous yoga practice that demands strength, balance, and flexibility. It also encourages women who participate to feel strong and develop what Stoberg calls "main character energy."

-via Jarvis Best | Photo: Sabrina Stoberg

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Don't get PPFY or me started on WeaponUp.  

It's a tragic tale.

I'm just imagining you going to and from your yoga sessions armed...katana across the back...dead stare at all passers-by. Maybe pushing a small dog in a vintage stroller...

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Truth be told, my yoga center and iaido dojo are close to each other - on either side of the Crepe Place. I could take a yoga class and then scoot over to iai, so it might've been if I had that much juice, but I don't anymore...