Belegarth Medieval Combat Society

Belegarth Medieval Combat Society is a full contact battle game where foam weapons are used in order to prevent serious physical injury to participants.

Belegarth allows hard hitting, shield bashes, and grappling with little emphasis on role playing and has no magic or character classes.

The sport's combat is hard hitting and fast-paced, governed by a set of easy-to-learn rules Archived 2011-10-03 at the Wayback Machine, and requires a level of skill and aggression that challenges its participants to be physically fit.

In the most basic sense, hits are scored by landing a blow with sufficient force to any of the four target-zones: torso, legs, arms or head.

JRR Tolkien's novel The Lord of the Rings inspired a new-found interest in fantasy with the love of the outdoors, improvisational acting, and high energy events.

The theme was to catapult people from the 20th century into the midst of an intense battle during the Dark Ages; a time when the values and problems of the modern world did not exist.

Belegarth chapters, called "realms", range all across North America: from Puerto Rico up to Canada, and all across the continental United States.