Across America, in front of crowds of thousands, men and women are dressing up as knights from the Middle Ages and fighting one another. The weapons, violence, and chivalry are all real.

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.

This is also a sport with major attitude. "If you're not hitting me as hard as you can, you're not treating me with respect," said Land Pearson, the president of Medieval Combat Canada and a ...

This combat sports league represents a return to medieval brutality and bills itself as the ‘Medieval Cage Fighting Championship’ where the athletes dress up like knights and use actual ...

The advent of MMA changed the combat sports world in unprecedented ways in the 1990s. Now, Medieval MMA is hoping to expand the boundaries of the sport even further. St. Petersburg, Russia-based ...

Collectively known as the SA Rogue Squadron, the knights are an amateur sports team competing in medieval combat tournaments regionally, nationally and internationally. Based in Camperdown and ...

Shellans said she got into medieval armored combat in 2017 ... "I'm just so thankful to have this local team in order to do the sport that we love together," Shellans said.