December 15, 2002 • 30m
One of the quintessential images of medieval life, the tournament lasted well into Tudor times. Actor and fight master Peter Woodw...Read more
December 16, 2002 • 30m
Actor and fight master Peter Woodward searches museums and private collections for weird and unlikely weapons, then introduces the...Read more
December 22, 2002 • 30m
Actor and fight master Peter Woodward trains for the Orange County Fair's Demolition Derby, where he contends with the craziest dr...Read more
December 29, 2002 • 30m
One of man's earliest effective hunting weapons, we learn why the bow and arrow became so dominant in history. Our combat team is ...Read more
January 12, 2003 • 30m
Actor and fight master Peter Woodward guides viewers back to a time when knowing how to swing an ax meant the difference in life a...Read more
January 26, 2003 • 30m
Actor and fight master Peter Woodward returns to the days of chivalry to find out why personal armor developed--from horn and line...Read more
February 9, 2003 • 30m
Can actor and fight master Peter Woodward tame the untamable? Find out when we send him to Gary Leffew's Bull Riding School to be ...Read more
February 16, 2003 • 30m
With actor and fight master Peter Woodward as guide, we see how the duel developed from trial by combat. The duel of honor was alw...Read more
February 23, 2003 • 30m
The ancient world boasted many special weapons, some of which became almost ritualized. Roman gladiators' weapons reflected gods, ...Read more
March 16, 2003 • 30m
Though the newest form of personal warfare is less than a century old, the basics of air combat have changed little since the firs...Read more
March 30, 2003 • 30m
The classic cut-and-thrust of the Hollywood movies had a basis in reality. The cup-hilt rapier, with its light and flexible blade,...Read more
April 6, 2003 • 30m
Bodies fly through the air as our team follows wrestling techniques painted on the walls of Egyptian tombs, and looks at Greek wre...Read more
April 7, 2003 • 30m
Actor and fight master Peter Woodward introduces us to Stone-Age weapons--flint or bone hand-axes, spears, bows, and slingshots--a...Read more
April 13, 2003 • 30m
Peter Woodward and his team learn what it takes to be in a police SWAT team at the Direct Action Resource Center in Little Rock, A...Read more