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Jousting or Tilting is a sport contested between two armoured combatants (knights) mounted on horseback. Nowadays only contested as part of a historical re-enactment or pageant. The contests are known as tournaments.

Popularity
This is an activity with far more spectators than competitors.

Location
Jousting is a favourite event amongst spectators at historical re-enactments and pageants also summer and country shows. But before the spectacle of the show, is hours and hours of unseen practise, held over many weeks spent perfecting techniques.

Ability
Before attempting this activity you must be a fully competant horseman and have a knowlegde of the weapons to be used, and also the technques of their use. Also the know -how of how to fall from a horse safely, (stunt Knowledge).

Description
Jousting is an activity that tests the mounted skills of a knight useing differant weapons, the lance (used to un-seat an opponent), a battleaxe (blows on the opponents shield from the battleaxe), and the sword or dagger (cutting strokes or lunges from the sword and dagger. When a rider is unseated the fight may somtimes continue from the ground.

Dedication
There is a european sport dating back to the crusades, in which Jousters aim for a square target attached to a wooden effigy of a Saracen king, whose opposite arm holds a cat-o-three-tails — three leather laces with a heavy wooden ball at the end of each lace. The riders strike the target with chalk-tipped lances and score points for accuracy, but must also dodge the cat-o-three-tails after they have struck the target.

Closely Related Activities
Tent Pegging 960, Equine Archery 708, Modern Day Jousting 961, Historical re-enactment 318, Historical life style re-enactment 320.

Level of Demand
The table below shows the maximum levels of demand that this activity requires. NOTE: These are not entry levels or levels of requirement and has nothing to do with ability.

Energy

Arms

Legs

Sight

Hearing

Speech

Learning

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