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 ...

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 ...

Knights had their day in the historical sun when fighting featured grueling hand-to-hand combat with swords, shields and lances. For centuries, they were the top of the food chain, elite fighters and ...

Watch enough movies set n medieval Europe and you’ve probably encountered it: a scene where someone without the benefit of armor takes on a fully armored knight — and wins. Everyone loves a good ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The two circled one another; the silence from empty seats where the raucous crowd of spectators would sit made each’s clash of weapons louder. On one side stood Myrtle Beach’s Medieval Times Head ...

NEW YORK — Even in a city where pretty much anything goes, the sight and sound of knights in shining armor swinging swords at each other still draws a crowd. “Are you ready for a medieval rumble?” ...

A violent new sports league is trying to make inroads in the Pacific Northwest. It’s best described as full contact, MMA-style combat in medieval armor. The swords and axes are all real. These aren’t ...

Knights in shining armor fighting hand to hand. Belly dancers entertaining appreciative crowds with their swaying dance moves. Drummers, a petting zoo and even a mermaid. These are just a few of the ...

There’s a growing community of warrior enthusiasts who put on armor and use real weapons to live out a fantasy. But this isn't Medieval Times-type stuff. These guys are seriously beating each other up ...