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this is an epic battle bloody spectacle

my teacher made me watch it it was amzeing

¿Las lanzas son de madera de balsa o qué? XD

Epic. Honor.

Ver el resurgimiento de las justas, un deporte medieval absolutamente épico, es todo un lujo!

the black horse knew exactly what to do

I wish i can watch a jousting tournament tournament live

@PJ John No medieval English certainly did not sound like that. If we spoke using the language of 1471 nobody would understand a word and in defference to the characters jousting I'd be speaking Burgundian and no-one's heard that for a few hundred years. Jousts never had a PA system or commentators obviously, but we need to convey whats going on the the crowd. A modern element in an otherwise pretty close event.

That's good to hear, its genuine; not choreographed. Seems like an absolute wonderful atmosphere. Would be an absolutely amazing experience.

This is so neat! Love it.

Well done, Eric!

Fantastic video - please may we have permission to use it for educational work at our Archive Service

as an Englishman I have to say I'm ashamed of the idiotic announcers accents, medieval English most probably did not sound like that.

Gott mit Euch-

What's the force of impact of that thing?

this is the coolest thing ever. I cant..

There is a show on History Channel called "Full Metal Jousting"

And this is why we use guns today instead of horses and lances :D

However, it used to be incredibly expensive in it's time, during the middle ages that is, a sport for the rich. But it was also a training for war.

sorry, of course you know how much an armour costs, if you have one and you're one of the jousters. But so you should tell the truth, and say "yes, it's a passion for rich people".

It was a pleasure working with everyone at WorldJoust and Tournament of the Phoenix.

That was a great video! I hope to attend someday!

LOL, never mind, I should have watched the whole video before posting.

Was that Mike Loades in the blue on the horse watching over everything?

like the new edit

What kind of things she could do? Surely, you don't mean ANYTHING?

dem fetlocks

lol people acc do this? fair enough i cant imagine it on sky sports tho

Coming here after watching The Tudors

Jousting competitively isn't "cheap", but it's not really any more expensive than participating in any other equestrian sport at a middling/high level. The main investment is in the armour and training, so once you have the armour, your primary expense is done. Maintenance on the harness cost something, but you don't have to own a horse to joust, just have access to one to ride regularly. All hobbies you take seriously cost money, but jousting is no more expensive than most others.

IIRC its poplar from the handle to the last 1/3 or 1/4 of the shaft, at that point there is a metal fitting used to attach a balsa wood dowel. The end pieces may also be weakened by grooves, depending on what the event rules are. Don't misunderstand, you can still take someone off their horse with one of these, its just a lot harder to do.

I'm afraid the record disagrees. Jousting hardly died as a sport with Henri II's injury and subsequent death........the sport thrived even into the 17th century. Elizabeth I of England's courtiers & others were avid jousters, and though its direct usefulness as "training for war waned after 1550, courtiers and nobles all across Europe practiced and promoted it as a way to exhibit their masculinity and horsemanship for decades to come. Don't believe everything you read on the internet. :-)

whats the name of this song or soundtrack?

"It's called a Lance..... helooo"

This should be in the olympics

Is there any historical reference that shows they had painted anything on the pauldrons/spalders? I really liked Steve Mallets design on those :)

We agree-- we'd also like to see jousting televised, as long as it's as a traditional -sport-, and not as a novelty. To do so, it needs to be treated with respect and done at the best possible level, with the best armour and talent. That's what we're focusing on with WorldJoust Tournaments. Thanks for your support! :-)

Obviously, but a massive wooden stick wouldn't break like this. In medieval turneys they used holed lances to make them break easier without endangering the opponent to much. But these lances seem to burst into little toothpicks.

Thats because they're charging into steel shield at about 20 miles an hour.

Getting blasted off, like a sir.

What kind of wood are they using for their lances? They seem to break very easily.

God I wish I knew what I have to do to land a job like this. Do these guys do this full time or part time/recreation?

@thekswervedirt --The saddle Toby's using is based on medieval designs, but it's the rider that keeps himself on the horse, not the saddle. There are types of medieval saddles that help retain the rider, but this style's not one of those.

Impressive show and great sport! The World Olympics should hold jousting events. Any supporters?

@rangergirl56m One of my best friends is a girl that is 5 feet tall and she is learning to joust with me, also check out Jessica Post with Knights of Valour... Jousting is not a gender restricted sport! Try it! We need a more jousters, especially women!

MrNamen, the words we used are ad libbed with a mind to period feel. We do not speak 'tudorese' or try to be real medieval people as the audience simply wouldn't understand true medieval English. We have a fine line to tread with getting info across to a modern audience whilst still retaining a period feel. We certainly don't borrow any dialogue from 'The Tudors', which is at best a script writers attempt at loosely interpreting events from HVIII's reign.

printz150 - the words used are 'laissez aller'. Stricly speaking it means to let go but it has 'off we go!' meanings with a sense of lack of restraint. It's French for lets get ready to rumble!, but with a more period feel.

Superb. There's some real fear factor in seeing an armoured knight charging toward you. I'm sure even in medieval times the armour gave far more than just protection.

Very cool

@nonSteel She was portraying Queen Elizabeth Woodville, and we were jousting for her pleasure as members of the court and visiting nobility. As Queen, she could do anything she liked in this situation.