During spring break, foam weapons fighting club will be anything but normal in Normal, Ill. when they battle 300 to 500 people in the foam weapons yearly event A mass of people charge at each other, armed with foam weapons and shields, dressed in Renaissance-era garb. They jab, block, swipe and dodge. Their laughter and…
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More than a club: The lifestyle behind foam weapon fighting
[wzslider info=”true”] The name Niflheim may not mean much to most students, but for members of the Foam Weapon Fighting Club, it is who they are and it represents all that the club is. According to Encyclopaedia Britannica and Norse Mythology, Niflheim is the cold, dark, misty world of the dead. In some accounts, it…