Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Despite its anatomical look, the hilt likely helped to batter an opponent's armor during combat. Nearly eight years of excavation ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

CHESAPEAKE — In the Middle Ages, knights sparring in combat as a public spectacle might have been a typical entertainment option. Hundreds of years later, some locals are dedicated to keeping the ...

Alarm clocks are not needed on Saturday mornings at the Villages at McCullers Walk apartment complex. Each weekend the sounds of clanging steel, blaring metal music and the thumping of 300-pound tires ...

WALKER, Mich. — While driving into the Grand Rapids metro area on I-196, you can't help but notice the grandiose structure that is the Grand Castle Apartments. While it was built in the 21st century, ...

Imagine, dueling an opponent in 13 to 15 century armor and historically accurate swords, as if you've stepped into a HBO Games of Thrones episode. War and combat in the Middle Ages were known to be ...