Jousting

A sparring match is a competition between two, or more, Knights on horseback. Each Knight drive against one of the other Knights, to have driven them all against each other. They try to cross each other from their horse here with a Lance. The Joust came into being in the high middle ages(1000-1250) and remained popular well into the 16th century.

The jousting was actually an elitist sport. Participation was open only to Knights. The participants were wealthy and could have staff, a good horse,harness and a proper about the free time to become proficient in the joust.

During the few centuries that the jousting was in vogue arose different variants with different rules and varying degrees of the amount of risk that went, such as blunt versus sharp Lance points. Also the "hitzones ' on the body, and the associated points count, could vary. Highest points were awarded if the opponent managed to actually. At the end of the Joust was about who had amassed the most points.

The Knights could during jousting show how courageous and capable they were. At the same time, jousting tournaments ' friendly exhibition games ' that the Knights dealt in times of peace. In wartime they stood opposite each other on the battlefield, in order to test the same skills, but then on life and death. The latter is only a comparatively difference, since regular fatalities fell during the game. ==Other forms[ Edit] == Traditionally, there is also the water jousting with each other from a shelf on a rowing boat with a lance the first time trying to get in the water. This is a folklore and group sport that is still practiced in several countries. ==Folklore[ Edit] == Nowadays the jousting again practiced by people who dress and bepantseren as the Knights of yesteryear and the skills of the jousting own have made. ==Etymologie[ Edit] == Today, with a Joust also a pointed discussion meant, as in a legal joust.