Chivalrous knights in shining armor rode gallantly on horsebackSaturday at the Tournament of the Phoenix jousting competition,which continues through Sunday at the PVRA/Poway Rodeo Grounds inPoway.

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 ...

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 ...

Tournaments originated around the time of the First Crusade as a way for the newly emerged class of knights to practice their skills in mounted combat. Today, jousting has become a familiar feature of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Karma is hanging out in Elk Grove at the ...

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 ...

The armour weighs almost 40kg and fits like a Savile Row suit. It is made of carbon-fired spring steel and is all that lies between Stacy Van Dolah-Evans and the tip of his opponent’s seven-foot ...

I didn’t see real-life sport jousting until I was 37, at a festival in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney. I was instantly attracted to the sport and immediately inquired about learning. However, it ...

McDADE — Thundering down a narrow lane at 30 miles an hour, 2,500 pounds of man, horse and armor drives a lance at another man doing the exact same thing. A mighty crash later, two knights are ...

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 ...