Bludgeon
Ryan Heron / Andy Deere
Running
time:
3 mins
Ex-infantryman Martainn has a passion and commitment to his sport of full contact medieval combat normally only found in professional athletes. We follow him and his team, the Steel Thorns, to the bone-crunchingly brutal New Zealand National Championship. Three years of training have led Martainn to this moment in which everything can be decided in the swing of a poleaxe. Will he manage to step up as a leader amongst the team and help guide the Steel Thorns to victory?
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