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BAD.
ASS.
So everyone's heard of jousting. One of the first real "sports", with the first formal tournament held in 1066. For hundreds of years this was "the" gentlemans sport! (Ironically, heavily armored lancers would have never charged at each other in a real battle, but it certainly seems a good test of horsemanship) There were fatalities and horrid injuries, but lots of money/honor on the line. No better way to show off martial skill!
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Yum...
What most of us consider to be jousting, that is, two heavily armored knights charging at each other full tilt and trying to unhorse their opponent, is merely one of several sports that compose Jousting, but it's certainly the most "spectacular" to watch for lack of a better term. Heavy armored jousting, light armored jousting with shield, spear throwing, and even dismounted combat were all other forms of "jousting", and usually included in the same tournament.
Anyway, the sport died off for the most part hundreds of years ago, and only recently has been revived in the 70's and 80's. Even then, the modern jousters use pre-perforated lances, or even lances made of balsa wood, so that they break easily. All for safety's sake of course. Any jousting you see at a Renaissance fair is going to be using these fake lances, and at the "Medieval Times" restaurant, you're going to see staged fights and mock combat from people in costumes.
http://www.knightsofmayhem.com/
http://www.knightsofvalour.com/
(and probably many more)
Enter, these guys! So there's a group of jousters out there who engage is real, full-contact jousting. Just two men, (and apparently a few women! ), on top of massive horses, wearing plate armor, charging and hitting each other with real, solid, pine lances. Holy shit, awesome.
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Bam!
Now I've always been a huge medieval nerd, and this is just plain awesome. I would *love* to see something like this in person. So, any and all Dagorhir, SCA, or whatever else have you type nerds, post! I figure we can make this thread pertain to any medieval combat or mock combat sports! So if you've got some awesome Dag or SCA stories to tell, or if you just think jousting is awesome, chime in!
And finally, I'll leave you all with some videos!
+ Show Spoiler +fucking SICK impact... WOW cheesy promo video, but cool footage regardless. ow. Another cheesy promo vid, but very awesome. Bad quality, but some *crazy* SCA practice. Florentine vs sword/board.
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It doesn't seem like a very good idea to me.
One of those kings, I forget which one but one of the badass ones died from jousting. The lance thingamajig broke on his chest, and went up through his visor and through his eye into his brain. He lived for a while longer but the doctors then didn't know how to help him.
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They had the World Jousting Championships here in NZ a few years ago. Wanted to go see it, but it was a 3 hour drive... :|
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On January 31 2011 15:31 travis wrote:
It doesn't seem like a very good idea to me.
One of those kings, I forget which one but one of the badass ones died from jousting. The lance thingamajig broke on his chest, and went up through his visor and through his eye into his brain. He lived for a while longer but the doctors then didn't know how to help him.
He was an English king if I recall... I thought he died on the spot though with a lance shard to the brain?
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At first I was like "cool"
And then I looked at it and realized its just 2 idiots basically running into each other with big sticks and falling over.
Conclusion: Its dumb
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i so want jousting at my superbowl party
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On January 31 2011 15:35 Haemonculus wrote:Show nested quote +On January 31 2011 15:31 travis wrote:
It doesn't seem like a very good idea to me.
One of those kings, I forget which one but one of the badass ones died from jousting. The lance thingamajig broke on his chest, and went up through his visor and through his eye into his brain. He lived for a while longer but the doctors then didn't know how to help him. He was an English king if I recall... I thought he died on the spot though with a lance shard to the brain?
It was Henry II of France. He did manage to survive for a while... ugh, the agony.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_II_of_France
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Remember watching a jousting tourney when I was.. 5-6 perhaps? I was already quite a history nerd and man, I don't think I've ever thought anything was as cool since then.
But pine lances? Shit's dangerous as it is, not sure if that's awesome or slightly retarded. The black knight video confirmed my suspicions, wow.
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pussy sport.
User was warned for this post
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I actually did this for several years. Training the horses is one of the hardest aspects of the sport. second only to making your gear/armor alot of custom work requires either you making it your self or hiring a talented blacksmith at rather great cost to make you a set of armor. I helped make a few sets its very labor intensive. I hope jousting does come back as a sport.
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Whoa, that guy in the second picture has a serious belly.
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On January 31 2011 15:53 EtherealDeath wrote:
Whoa, that guy in the second picture has a serious belly.
Haha I think that's just the armor shape. There were pics of the same guy not in armor and such. It's built to deflect potentially fatal blows to the gut.
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On January 31 2011 15:41 sob3k wrote:
At first I was like "cool"
And then I looked at it and realized its just 2 idiots basically running into each other with big sticks and falling over.
Conclusion: Its dumb
Golf's just a bunch of idiots hitting a small ball around with a stick.
Football is a bunch of idiots tackling each other and taking a break every 5 seconds.
Tennis is just a couple idiots hitting a ball back and forth.
etc etc
Clearly there's a bit more to it than you're leading on.
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On January 31 2011 15:57 Haemonculus wrote:Show nested quote +On January 31 2011 15:41 sob3k wrote:
At first I was like "cool"
And then I looked at it and realized its just 2 idiots basically running into each other with big sticks and falling over.
Conclusion: Its dumb Golf's just a bunch of idiots hitting a small ball around with a stick. Football is a bunch of idiots tackling each other and taking a break every 5 seconds. Tennis is just a couple idiots hitting a ball back and forth. etc etc Clearly there's a bit more to it than you're leading on.
except with jousting there isnt...
It would be like golf with one hole
or Football with 2 guys and no ball
or tennis against a wall by yourself
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On January 31 2011 15:41 sob3k wrote:
At first I was like "cool"
And then I looked at it and realized its just 2 idiots basically running into each other with big sticks and falling over.
Conclusion: Its dumb
You dare call a Knight "dumb" surely not?! Get lost Peasant!
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On January 31 2011 16:04 sob3k wrote:Show nested quote +On January 31 2011 15:57 Haemonculus wrote:On January 31 2011 15:41 sob3k wrote:
At first I was like "cool"
And then I looked at it and realized its just 2 idiots basically running into each other with big sticks and falling over.
Conclusion: Its dumb Golf's just a bunch of idiots hitting a small ball around with a stick. Football is a bunch of idiots tackling each other and taking a break every 5 seconds. Tennis is just a couple idiots hitting a ball back and forth. etc etc Clearly there's a bit more to it than you're leading on. or tennis against a wall by yourself
Wouldn't that be like jousting with a wall, rather? Jousting might be stupid, but your comparisons makes it look genius.
As someone said there's more to the sport than the joust. I never cared for a horse nor have I ever worn or taken care of a full plate armor, but I highly doubt it's something that I could finish in ten minutes before an SC2 session.
Not sure how you convince a horse to charge at that other charging horse that has a stick pointed in your direction either.
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On January 31 2011 16:08 vyyye wrote:Show nested quote +On January 31 2011 16:04 sob3k wrote:On January 31 2011 15:57 Haemonculus wrote:On January 31 2011 15:41 sob3k wrote:
At first I was like "cool"
And then I looked at it and realized its just 2 idiots basically running into each other with big sticks and falling over.
Conclusion: Its dumb Golf's just a bunch of idiots hitting a small ball around with a stick. Football is a bunch of idiots tackling each other and taking a break every 5 seconds. Tennis is just a couple idiots hitting a ball back and forth. etc etc Clearly there's a bit more to it than you're leading on. or tennis against a wall by yourself Wouldn't that be like jousting with a wall, rather? Jousting might be stupid, but your comparisons makes it look genius.
I think you kind of missed the point.
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On January 31 2011 16:10 sob3k wrote:Show nested quote +On January 31 2011 16:08 vyyye wrote:On January 31 2011 16:04 sob3k wrote:On January 31 2011 15:57 Haemonculus wrote:On January 31 2011 15:41 sob3k wrote:
At first I was like "cool"
And then I looked at it and realized its just 2 idiots basically running into each other with big sticks and falling over.
Conclusion: Its dumb Golf's just a bunch of idiots hitting a small ball around with a stick. Football is a bunch of idiots tackling each other and taking a break every 5 seconds. Tennis is just a couple idiots hitting a ball back and forth. etc etc Clearly there's a bit more to it than you're leading on. or tennis against a wall by yourself Wouldn't that be like jousting with a wall, rather? Jousting might be stupid, but your comparisons makes it look genius. I think you kind of missed the point.
Hardly, you're saying the sport is stupid and while making stupid comparisons. Unless your posts in this thread are satirical I rest my case.
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reminds me of how my friends and I used to play chicken on bikes where basically we rode at each other and the first one to chicken out and swerve loses. but even better is if you can swerve and smack the other guy as you go by so he falls. this looks like that but with horses and armour and sticks.
I'm guessing medieval knights were as bored as we were when they came up with this
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