About Us

bizfayetteville.com: Madeline and Chris Bodoh are the owners of Axes & Armor, a local joint for people to partake in ax throwing, both competitively and recreationally, as well as other fun activities such as billiards, football, bowling and a rage room/splatter room. The space also has a bar with drinks, both alcoholic and nonalcoholic, as well as foods such as chips, pretzels, etc.

The Bodohs acquired the first location of Axes & Armor on Raeford Road in 2018 and opened in January of 2019. They were inspired to start this business after visiting an ax throwing place while in New York one summer.

“I think it’s something that we prayed about, and said, ‘does it make sense to do?’ Does it feel right? And our prayer sort of said, ‘Yep, this is what you need to be doing,’” shared Madeline.

Then two years later, Madeline and Chris felt like it was the right time to expand.

“The second location came in 2021…after COVID, we prayed about that and said, ‘Things seem to be going well, does it make sense for us to open another facility?’ And we prayed about that, and sure enough, it was the right thing to do. The building kind of just fell in our lap and the deal was, I mean, it was impeccable. So we were like, ‘Okay, this feels comfortable. We should just do it,’” shared Madeline...''