It’s full-contact medieval armored combat using blunt weapons ... They also wear modern helmets, shin guards and gloves. But soft doesn’t necessarily mean safer, Webb said.

Helmet? Check. Gloves? Check. It's a sport with a lot of pads - let's call it medieval football. At Armored Academy of Arizona, they teach Buhurt, a martial art based on early medieval tournament ...

Today’s sport began a few decades ago in Eastern Europe, and now medieval armored combat is spreading globally — including in the United States. There are training regimens for endurance.

Armored MMA combines MMA's rules and hand-to-hand combat format with the weapons and plated armor of medieval knights. Each match comprises three rounds, two minutes each, fought with shields ...

This one from an Armored MMA fight night last August has over 2 million views and it’s the full battle, all 17 minutes of medieval combat action. The most-watched moments from the clip come at 3 ...

Here's what to know. Participants with an interest in medieval times don full armored suits and participate in one-on-one duels, "last-man standing" five-on-five melees and group battles.

The excavation was carried out in 2021, when demolition work near the castle was believed to endanger a neighboring medieval town ... In fact, only five other armored gloves from the era have ...

Shellans said she got into medieval armored combat in 2017. "When we hit another person’s armor, sometimes it sparks and that spark produces a smell of ozone. I smelt ozone in my helmet in my ...

This medieval combat still exists in the modern day, but now it is a sport or hobby for both men and women. Armored Combat Worldwide (ACW) is a league that organizes these competitive matches.

CANTON, Ohio – OK, this was a new one on us: There is an Armored MMA league featuring professional medieval combat. And it’s bringing an event to Northeast Ohio on Saturday, June 7.