Men and women dressed in real suits of armor fight for medieval glory. — -- Men and for the first time, women, dressed in full suits of armor, welding medieval axes, swords and shields, took to a ...

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 clash of swords, axes and armor fed cheers from a crowd of several hundred. One recent weekend at the Texas Renaissance Festival, a scrum of armored knights appeared to be fighting for their lives ...

Beyond the armor and glory lies a harsh reality. From brutal combat training and feudal duty to the rituals of chivalry and ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Once a month, members of the Rust Knights meet at Cole Park to practice. The team is Corpus Christi’s Armored Combat Sports team. In an ACS competition, fighters go against one ...

Tobias Capwell is the curator of arms and armor at The Wallace Collection in London. Here, he reacts to 11 memorable scenes featuring medieval weapons and armor and rates them based on their ...

EVESHAM – Sean Krachun is a knight in shining armor. And he has the armor and sword — as well as a few battle scars — to prove it. The 25-year-old Marlton resident is a medieval fighter, who got into ...

Armored combat is a sport that's growing in Tulsa. There are two armored combat teams in the Armored Combat Worldwide league. The state's third team is based out of OKC. It's modern day, Medieval-era ...

LOGAN TWP. -- The moment you see a man head to toe in medieval armor swing a battle axe at an enemy combatant, you begin to appreciate what Armored Combat League (ACL) can offer. Friendly competition ...

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 ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Four years after the release of Medieval: Total War, designer Creative Assembly and Sega are close to releasing the sequel to the popular strategy ...