'It's like medieval re-enactments but with combat'

Forget football, discover the newest five-a-side battles taking the nation by storm through the sport of Buhurt, courtesy of Herefordshire fighter Ben Quick.

Ben, who won a bronze medal as part of the ISCA team after the 2025 season, tells Malcolm Boyden why medieval sword and axe fights are making a comeback, with combatants in full armour with medieval weapons.

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