If you have any awareness of sword-and-shield combat as a modern-day exercise, there’s a strong chance you’ve probably confused it with LARPing (live action role-playing). Medieval combat, however, is ...

Beneath the towering concrete trunks of the Rockridge BART station in Oakland, Pleasanton resident Dr. Robert Holland dons chain mail and plated armor as he takes up his alter-ego, Prince of the Mists ...

Ken Crowley, Kaitlin Haslam and Ally Crowley are just like any other Granby family. But when they cross a wooden bridge by a willow tree somewhere in the town’s forest, suddenly, Ken, Kaitlin and Ally ...

On a recent Sunday in Volunteer Park, a medieval melee broke out. The sound of rustling chainmail commingled with deafening thwacks of foam swords against flesh. An armored knight dropped to his knees ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... SANTA CRUZ — Those who come to University Terrace Park around midday Sundays will undoubtedly witness interesting things, namely people of all ages clad in ...