mock battles
Simulated combat exercises
Mock battles are simulated combat exercises conducted for training, entertainment, or ritual purposes.
Military forces stage mock battles to practice tactics without actual casualties.
Historical reenactors recreate famous engagements: The mock battle drew hundreds of Civil War enthusiasts.
Children's war games and paintball competitions are informal mock battles.
- war gamesSimulated combat training
- military exercisesOrganized armed forces drills
- field maneuversOutdoor military training exercises
- airsoftRecreational combat with BBs
- reenactmentStaged reproduction of events
stage combat · fencing · drills · living history · laser tag · capture the flag · battle royale · paintball · sparring · fight choreography · maneuvers · medieval tournaments · mounted combat · tactical exercises · jousting · melee · role-playing · simulations
- knight trainingjousting, swordsmanship, horsemanship, combat training, weapons training
- roughhousingroughhouse, roughhousing, rough play, rough and tumble, horseplay
- Wild West ShowsBuffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, Sitting Bull, rough riders, sharpshooters
- amphitheaterstiered seating, tiers, seats, oval shape, semicircle
- ancient athleticsOlympics, pentathlon, marathon, boxing, wrestling
- joustingjoust, jousting, lance, tilt, tilting
mock battlesarmed conflict
Military combat between groups
military engagements · combat operations · battle · war · firefights
mock battlesmilitary campaigns
Organized military operations
wars of conquest · combat missions · offensive operations · invasion · defensive warfare