Chadwick Becker remembers the day he was introduced to the Belegarth Medieval Combat Society. He was sitting in his dorm room on the Iowa State campus when his roommate ran in and told him he had to come and check something out.
What he saw were guys and girls dressed in medieval dress, wielding cushioned swords and shields as they fought one another. That was seven years ago. Once he saw it, he was hooked.
“I haven’t been able to stop,” said Becker, 25, of Illinois. “I do it for the physical activity. You have to be fast and quick. It’s like a sport.”
Becker was among a dozen Belegarth members who were demonstrating their skills at the second Geek.kon convention held Saturday and Sunday on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.