“I used to fight Dungeons & Dragons in the backyard,” said Josh Parise of Oakmont, founder of Pittsburgh Sword Fighters LLC, now known as Broken Plow Western Martial Arts, which teaches ...

DAZAIFU, Fukuoka Prefecture--An outstanding collection of Japanese swords that had been in private ... at the Kyushu National Museum in this western Japan city. The blades dating from the Heian ...