The two opponents faced off across a wide expanse of hardwood floor. Their eyes locked and their grips tightened on their swords, each wielding nearly a meter of unyielding metal. With steady ...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — West Michigan has a growing swordsmanship community, thanks to the Swordsmanship Museum and Academy. Jerry Berg first started teaching swordsmanship classes as a side ...
From the Valyrian steel in “Game of Thrones” to the lightsabers of “Star Wars,” audiences these days are just eating up dueling-sword content. This fact was not lost on actor and stunt trainer Adrian ...
CREDIT Johnny Depp and his pirate pals. Or thank Viggo Mortensen and the inhabitants of Middle-earth, or all those lightsaber-wielding Jedis. But the bottom line is that even after the advent of more ...
Courtesy Ft. Vancouver National Historic Site The National Park Service prohibits battle reenactments that involve hand-to-hand combat out of respect for those who died – and for the sake of safety.
A sword, a saree and swift moves is what leave everyone’s jaws dropped when one witnesses the Amma practising her art. Meenakshi amma Gurukkal, is one of the notable names in the books of martial arts ...
Ipswich resident Guy Windsor has been a master of the sword for nearly 30 years, and has a deep history with the practice. Guy explains how he first fell into sword fighting, and how lockdown has ...