Background The multi-day event featuring Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA) and is hosted by the Royal Fencing Academy’s founder Julia Richey returns again to Ohio in 2023. 2023 had the event hosted at the Royal Arts Fencing Academy School. Ascalon is the name of the sword used by Saint George to slay the dragon. Information on this…
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Arnold Sports Festival 2023 – Pole Fitness
Background 2023 brings more PCS Championship series Pole Fitness to the Arnold Sports Festival! Impression This year, we took some time to visit and cover the amateur Pole fitness events. There was a fantastic display of athletes. Switching between both poles, the dance and floor routines were energetic and entertaining. We have always been a…
Arnold Sports Expo 2023 – Ohio Combat League
Background The Ohio Combat League presents OCL24 at the Arnold Sport Festival. Ohio Combat League has been presenting their talented fighters at the Arnold for a few years now. A full list of the fight card can be found on the OCL website HERE. Impression The Ohio Combat League never disappoints in their live events….
Arnold Sport Expo 2023 – Medieval Fighting
Background Organized by the Detroit Fight Club, Medieval Fighting has returned to the Arnold Sports Festival in 2023. During the time frame that we covered the event, we witnessed 5 on 5 Buhurt combat matches. Buhurt medieval combat consists of fighters using blunted hand weapons and armor commonly found in 14th to 16th century field…
Arnold Sports Expo 2023 – Guns & Hoses Boxing
Background An annual event, with this being it’s seventh year, at the Arnold Sports Festival, Guns and Hoses boxing makes a return! Once more, at the Hollywood Casino Event Center in Columbus. This charity event pits volunteer boxers from the local police and fire departments in exhibition matches. There were 24 matches scheduled for 2023….
Day of the Dead Festival – Greenlawn Cemetery
Background Columbus, Ohio has started to embrace more the traditions of it’s Hispanic community. VisualOhio had previously covered the Latine Heritage Parade, and now we can share some impressions of the Day of the Dead Festival. The purpose of this event is to help you experience an authentic Dia de los Muertos as it is…
Comfest 2022 – Sunday Edition
Background 2022 marks the 50th anniversary of the Columbus Community Festival, a.k.a. – COMFEST. This has been an annual event that has brought music, vendors, and activism to Goodale Park for as long as we can remember. If you’d like to know more about the principles of Comfest, check out their own words at the…
Arnold Sports Festival 2022
Ohio Combat League Background: Martial Arts and Mixed Martial Arts competitions have been a long standing series of event at the Arnold Sports Festival. In 2022, VisualOhio covered the Ohio Combat League matches at the Hollywood Casino event center. The Ohio Combat League is a relatively new mixed martial arts promotion that is based out…
Ascalon Sword Festival 2022
Background You may recognize the Ascalon Sports Festival as something that is familiar. You would be correct if you recognized it as the fencing event that was part of the Arnold Sports Festival held annually in Columbus, Ohio. Recognizing the popularity boom of the fencing sport and the event, expansion was inevitable and needed. Breaking…
Arnold Sports Festival 2022 – Local Support
One of our favorite restaurants in the Short North in Columbus is showing their support for the Arnold. TownHall restaurant not only has great food, but also great community spirit. We hit there for breakfast on Saturday before getting our media passes and gearing up to cover the Ohio Combat League Mixes Martial Arts competition…
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