Standing just 5-foot-1, the warrior raises her nearly 4-foot-long sword high above her head and, quick as lightning, slices the air — coming to a perfect stop mere inches from her opponent’s face.

Sword fighting is the quintessential man's sport. Medieval sword fighting competitions were outlets for soldiers lacking a war, and modern-day sparring is often thought of as necessarily "masculine," ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A lawsuit has been filed nearly two years after a young girl was injured during a sword fight in her classroom in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A lawsuit was filed on Feb. 23 by a ...