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That's pretty awesome.

I would have to agree Ren.

In a word; Amazing. Especially when your in the list with them.
two 900+ pound horses, with two 200+ pound men, each wearing roughly 70-100 pounds of armor, travelling at 25 MPH, and hitting each other with the combined force of a 30MPH car crash- 3 to 5 times a round.
Keeping in mind, these are not normal horses, these are Percheron War Horses.

Even with full armor, roughly 3-5 jousters die a year. And when they actualy hit each other, the lances can shatter into pieces, some traveling up to thirty feet from the impact. If a Knight falls off, he looses. Otherwise, whoever has the most shattered lances is the winner.
I saw one knight, Mark, get dismounted and slam into the center post that supports the List line before falling off of it. We thought we was really hurt when he began yelling, and when we got his helmet off blood was in his mouth, but it was from him biting his tongue from the impact.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HabgFb0Z5XU

Thats a video of them.

That's really scary!

But quite exciting. Until the Cannon, fired off by some reinactors, spooks the horse and said horse bolts through the crowd.

Why would people do that?

Part of their show which preceeded ours. Normally it's not a problem, but on this particular day they packed it with too much powder.

Oh wow that sucks but jousting has always been intriguing to me.

Aye. Alot of troupes fake it, but the Knights of Valour dont.

Ahhhh that's awesome.

So whats up tonight?

Not too much.

Same on my end.

Ahhhh woot grand chase and blaring music.

//rolls back in
hey everyone ^^

Heyas there Asami.