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.

The Mason County Historical Society held a “Golden Age of Piracy” demonstration on Jan. 31 to display swords from the era of pirates.

When I want to blow off some steam, I throw on my favorite kung fu movies. They take me to a world where it feelsl ike people ...

A conversation on martial arts usually doesn’t invoke thoughts of Scotland, Germany and Italy, but a club in New Orleans with a focus on martial arts originating in Europe is changing that notion. The ...

A sword is the draw. Each participant carries a 48- to 52-inch saber into the former Holy Family Roman Catholic Church in East Deer for Friday Night Fights where, two by two, they enter a ring wearing ...

Because of recent sword threads on Ars and a desire to engage in more physical activities for myself, I'm thinking about taking some sword fighting style classes for fun. Where I'm at I have 2 easy to ...

Over the last few years and through this year's contentious campaign season, which was rooted in America's deep divisions, there has been a coarsening in the way people talk to each other. We wanted ...

If you want to study actual historical sword techniques that you'll never use against anyone then they are not the thing. Also Hollywood is bull, sword fights are a lot of two people staring at each ...