Gloria Victis sets nations against each other in large pitched PvP battles. Players will naturally want to have every advantage possible when throwing themselves into the fray, and bringing the right ...

The armored combat sport of "buhurt" — from an old French word meaning "to wallop" — delivers adrenaline and violence surpassing the bashing found in hockey and football. (Mike Barry / For The Times) ...

The sound of sword strikes echoes through the towering pine trees in Black Forest, just north of Colorado Springs where the Colorado Wardens practice their sport. Armor, long swords and shields are ...

In one corner is thirty-seven-year-old Matt Gifford, five foot ten inches, weighing in at 185 pounds. Over his armor, he wears a red brigandine, a cloth garment studded with metal. On the other side ...

Swords clashed in Pretoria as the age old fight between good and evil continued from the Dark Ages. The three-day battle, held at the city's Museum Park at the weekend, saw dozens of modern knights ...

Medieval Weapons & Armor Expert Rates 10 Video Games' Armor Sets Tobias Capwell is an independent scholar, curator, an expert on arms and armor, as well as a historical advisor for movies and TV. In ...

On sunny Friday afternoons at Northwestern, foam swords clash against shields and other weapons as fighters duel each other on Deering Meadow. The fighters are part of the Belegarth Medieval Combat ...

An American team is in Europe this week for a medieval combat competition. They dress up in period costumes and fight with dulled weapons. Two medieval armored combat world championships are happening ...

If anyone drove past the Eastpointe Memorial Library Saturday afternoon and thought a scene from Game of Thrones was unfolding on the lawn, fear not. Members of the Order of Pegasus femme armored ...

This article examines a sword discovered on the seabed near Newe-Yam, providing an analysis of its physical characteristics. The location of the discovery and the submarine iron corrosion processes ...

“Fighters, touch tips!” master of ceremonies Mickey Gallus booms over a loudspeaker. The clunky innuendo elicits a roar from the Saturday-night crowd inside Hammond Civic Center. Violence looms, and ...