POWAY POWAY — The first time Jeffrey Hedgecock saw a suit of armor as a child, he didn’t think of the man inside, but saw only the sculpted shell of a human body. “I’m fascinated by the image of the ...

Kalleigh Wagner had just watched a horse throw an armored knight during a joust when Captain Hook walked up to her. Hook told the 10-year-old girl he was looking for Peter Pan. “We have some ...

James Zoppe, short and stocky with shoulder-length silver hair, is known as Sir James of Lockwood, the Red Knight. He says his adrenaline is pumping most when he looks through the narrow slit in his ...

Magical Winter Knights at the Budweiser Events Center will offer an escape from the present with a village fair, nobles’ feast and jousting tournament. “(People) have their dreams and fantasies, and ...

In medieval times the curious practice began of organising teams of people to kick a pig’s bladder about. They called it football, but it didn’t really catch on for centuries – because jousting was so ...

HOLLY (WWJ) - Where's the one place you can go to see fairies, gypsies, pirates and knights? The Renaissance Festival in Holly, of course, where you never know what you'll find or who you'll meet. WWJ ...

Knights had their day in the historical sun when fighting featured grueling hand-to-hand combat with swords, shields and lances. For centuries, they were the top of the food chain, elite fighters and ...

Members of the local chapter of the Society for Creative Anachronism re-create the Middle Ages through regular gatherings, jousting tournaments and feasts — all in full costume. In preparation for a ...

COSTA MESA — Kyran Fairchild, clad head to toe in armor, is sitting on his horse when an assistant hands him an 11-foot piece of solid Douglas fir. He directs his horse to turn and, seconds later, ...

The gates of the Gulf Coast International Jousting Championships opened at 6 p.m. one Friday in January at a 4,500-seat arena 13 miles outside Pensacola, Fla. Some of the spectators were dressed in ...