Very cool, though I'd have happily traded the scoreboard reading for some full speed clips with audio rather than commentary

These are Richard and India, keepers of spiky stuff at the Royal Armouries museum in the UK, which houses a collection of thousands of iconic items made for poking from throughout history.

@jonathanferguson1211

29 күн бұрын

I know you're joking, and Richard and India are wonderful, but we do actually have a Keeper of Edged Weapons & Armour - my good friend Henry Yallop 😊

@antiluckermd1956

29 күн бұрын

@@jonathanferguson1211 you should get him a name plate with somewhat similar like this and place it on his office ;-) . Btw: at this point I need to type "Jona" to trigger the autocompletion of my Phone to "Jonathan Ferguson the keeper of firearms and artillery at the Royal Armouries museum in the UK, which houses a collection of thousands of iconic weapons from throughout history"

@jonathanferguson1211

28 күн бұрын

@@antiluckermd1956 Ha! I must see if I can get a massive name badge with that on it...

Well this is a criminally underviewed video. Appreciate the effort that clearly went into it!

Welcome to the competitors from France and from Italy.

Well done to everyone involved that was fantastic, all of you are true knights at heart

The horses thundering by was unforgettable at my visit

@JeffBilkins

29 күн бұрын

Shame that wasn't included in the video

@CrispyGFX

29 күн бұрын

Very cool

Love this sports coverage style! (also thank you Andy for how much you've taught me on my past visits to the Armouries)

I've no idea why the thought popped in to my head but I saw the first few seconds of the video - & thought of 'Brave Sir Robin' from Monty Python's Holy Grail. 😀

Absolutely brilliant round up of what was an amazing tournament!!! 👏👏👏👏

We need to petition to have this televised or added to the Olympics :P

Did not know anything about it was it advertised anywhere glad to see it though

Falconry next ?

That looks like an amazing event. Melee next time?

Super interesting to see the decorations on the armor, stuff you probably wouldn't have when fighting on foot.

THANKS! That was so Cool! 😎👍

Awesome video thank you

this is so awesome

Im sad my local renfest doesnt do jousting anymore becasue someone broke the safety rules at a tournament and got hurt. At my renfest no one is supposed to be within 3 feet of the tounament fence and someone went right up to it and got hit by a piece of a shattered lance and they sued and despite the clear signs and rules saying dont be near fence so they just pass by each other on horses now and dismount and just do some choreographed fight for a min. Was very underwhelming.

@andybrown4284

29 күн бұрын

Could probably create a safety lance that collapses into itself like a piston rather than shattering

May the 4th be with you..

@buttered__toast_2899

29 күн бұрын

Good soldiers follow orders

archery?

Man, if I had money.

Started wondering if competitors deliberately put dents and dings in their breastplate to suggest that they take more hits than they do

@skepticalbadger

29 күн бұрын

Nope. They take pride in their armour.

Joust

Could we not have just had the actual jousing tournament at real speed and THEN the rundown

@Yandarval

20 күн бұрын

The problem would be that speed. It really is a blink and you miss the strike.

How dose one watch the hole thing

:)

Why are you hyping up "a hit so hard the lance is dislodged from the rider's hand" in the first highlight? The hit is two horsepower hard every time. Followed by granting points to rider for losing control of the lance, when otherwise the hit would be illegal. At least that's how I understood the marshal's ruling.

@skepticalbadger

29 күн бұрын

That's not how horsepower works (a horse actually generates around 15 BHP in automotive terms), nor is it a useful measure of force in this context. Hits absolutely vary in how much energy is delivered, based upon the speed that the horses achieve being different each time, the angle of the impact, at what point the balsa section fails, whether the metal section makes contact etc. Its like saying a mace hit in a foot combat is the same every time just because the fighter is trying to give his all. It isn't the same every time and neither is this. Yes, some of this will be subjective perception but Andy is an experienced jouster and if he says that was a hard hit, it was.

@asdgashash

29 күн бұрын

@@skepticalbadger I was being a bit flippant about horse power. The point is, there is an upper threshold for how much force can be transferred, and the rider is expected to control the lance through it. Rewatching it, it seems like marshal was excited by the unusual circumstances of the strike and scoring. This being the first highlight, I got the impression that the strike's strength was the focal point, with rider's failure to keep hold of the lance as the measure of said strength.