Saturday 6th February saw 18 of Europe’s finest fighters enter the lists to compete for the World Medieval Fighting Championships in Sword & Shield, the first ever event of its kind held in England. The fighters from Britain, Italy, Germany, France, Estonia, Denmark and Russia all went head to head …
The end of the season is upon us and the weekend of the 6th November, two teams of Battle Heritage fighters travelled to France for their final tournament of 2015 – Le Tournoi des Flandres. Facing off against some of the greatest fighters across Europe, the Lions of Battle Heritage’s South-East …
Sun man Jacob, right, takes on English fighter Luke Woods THERE is a man writhing at my feet, drowning on dry land as he tries to catch his breath. But our screams of “medic” are muffled by the clash of heavy weapons and the roar of the baying crowd. …
The year 2015 to date, has been a great year for Battle Heritage GB so far. With the 2nd place at Rise of the Knights III with many of our first team missing it is a true testament to the closing gap in fighting strength of our teams. We held …
The anniversary of the UK taking part as a team in full contact medieval combat is marked at the Tournee du Faucon Noir each year in Montbazon, just south of Tours, France. Members of Battle Heritage first appeared in there in October 2012 and on their debut took silver behind …
Heritage Cup Results! The first national championships for UK full contact fighting went ahead, despite torrential rain with 5 teams competing for the top prize in the teams events and longsword singles. Team London came out on top, followed by the North, with the Scottish national team coming third before …
As someone who grew up in the peaceful countryside around Castle Donington – the setting of the now truly massive Download festival – the stories and rumours that come with any such event were a yearly reminder of the excitement and passion evoked by rebellion and rock music, and the …
The first time I heard of Full-Contact medieval fighting was via a friend from the reenactment group I was a part of, we had been part of the same reenactment group for some years and one evening having a mediocre dinner in a travel lodge after a day perusing the …
The Battle Heritage National Trials for the British Team to compete at the IMCF World Championships May 1st-4th are now complete. Fighters and teams came from all three national regions. The final selection for the two 5vs5 teams is; White Lions Nikolaj Malnac Lukas Kowal Aleksej Olechnovic Evgeny Ole Robert …
I first discovered the world of full contact fighting on YouTube. Someone sent me a link to the first Battle of the Nations event at Khotin Fortress in the Ukraine in 2010. I was astonished. I was a reenactor with 20 years experience of display fighting and a few of …
