Excellent video with some great information on historical jousting and mounted combat. I work for a stunt company that performs jousts for a number of renaissance faires across the United States, and I have to say I love seeing a lot of the information I have learned over the last eleven years being outlined so concisely. Not only that but I got to learn something about historical mounted combat and have a new thesis on the topic I get to read! Thank you for the excellant video, Shad!

@lifeman99

3 жыл бұрын

yes

Today: "Medieval jousting and lance combat: MEDIEVAL MISCONCEPTIONS" 500 years later: "21st century airsoft and small arms combat: 21st CENTURY MISCONCEPTIONS"

@MW_Asura

3 жыл бұрын

Hello stranger from the future!

@vaclav_fejt

3 жыл бұрын

@@MarekSVK81 That reminds me of that great scene in Iron Man 3, where they argue about non-interchangable magatzines while holding airsoft magazines.

@barrylyndon5552

2 жыл бұрын

Many historians claim that the millennial tonk was an armored toilet mostly used by officers or soldiers who really needed to go. But was it? Today I examine the claims that the tonk may have had playstations inside it

10:58 Squire: "Your lance, my lord." Horse: "Aaaaah!! A long stick!!!"

@DutchieAbroad

4 жыл бұрын

It's more like: "He has the stick! LET'S GOOOOO!" Horses know very well when they are allowed to run :P

@Ninavask

4 жыл бұрын

You have no idea how much it can be either that, or the horse getting pissed that the knight is telling them to wait cause he doesnt have a stick yet. It is a lot of work to get a ready and rearing to go horse to listen.

@user-pj1ec5om5g

4 жыл бұрын

@@Ninavask today I learned that horses too want to kick ass, today was a good day

@arthas640

3 жыл бұрын

I wonder if anyones wardog ever chased after a knight trying to steal his giant lance/stick...

That "HAVE AT THEM, BOOOOYS!" in the background was brilliant.

@anselme198

4 жыл бұрын

i doubted for a second that I had mordhau video running in another tab

@LazyBastard69

4 жыл бұрын

PUMPKINCANNONYEAAAH

@psydemekum

3 жыл бұрын

*hehe i had to rewind the video to be sure it came from it ^^

@silk6473

3 жыл бұрын

@@psydemekum LMFAO same, i just checked the comments to see if anyone else did it as well

@cam9829

3 жыл бұрын

YAAAAA mordhau that was a voice line in the game

Waiting for Shad to do some jousting in his garden. Because Shad garden videos are best videos.

@Maninawig

4 жыл бұрын

Wait.. That's his garden?

@theblancmange1265

4 жыл бұрын

On the rolled-up thingy horse?

@baronvonbeans9887

4 жыл бұрын

That's doable Just have the smaller kids get on the bigger kids backs and have them charge each other with brooms

@nathanc939

4 жыл бұрын

He should do wheel barrow joust with his kids. I did it a few years ago when I was 19-20 with some friend and we had a blast, we laughed so much our abs were burning the next day.

@LindaGailLamb.0808

4 жыл бұрын

@@baronvonbeans9887 😂😂😂 !! One way to work off their excess energy, or settle their disputes 😁.

My most hype medieval festival experience was when I was "charged" by a knight on horseback while I was on foot, bracing with my shield. Yeah I know the lance is designed to break but that's still several hundred kilograms of death trampling towards you.

@kylehill3643

4 жыл бұрын

But horses can only go in one direction. Once you figure out which way they are going they aren't going to easily turn without rolling over. You just have to get out of the way. One possible scenario is to get them while they are turning towards you and hit the horse in the butt and spook it to throw off the rider.

@dariuszzebrzydowski7974

4 жыл бұрын

@This Dude yes,but there was one mounted knight,not many charging towards him,so it was much easier to defend

@user-xl9bb7gc4l

4 жыл бұрын

@@kylehill3643 You may as well do a Jedi mind trick to the horse, it's more possible than the crouching tiger hidden dragon acrobatics you propose

@the_rover1

4 жыл бұрын

so you're telling me that you survived this ambush? you know, knights were training the swords.

@Ugh-Fudge_Bwana

4 жыл бұрын

@@kylehill3643 Have you ever actually been around a real horse before? lmfao holy shit do yourself a favor and *never* try your theory out irl. You'll live longer.

Why is it that my favourite guy on KZread has to be literally on the other side of the world to me. kind regards from Britain my beautiful Australian friend.

@dorkandproudofit

4 жыл бұрын

Speak for yourself, I'm from Tennessee in the US. You're closer than me, you lucky dog!

@dorkandproudofit

4 жыл бұрын

Semantics. At least the UK has actual castles so even when you can't make it to Super Poison Death Continent Island (aka Australia aka That Place Where The Most Awesome Master of Machicolations Lives) you can at least visit a place to get you in the proper mood, so to speak. In my neighborhood we have the Battle of Franklin, aka one of the most needlessly bloody battles in our already-bloody civil war, and all the super-depressing stories about that. That's really it in terms of local history, just blood and death (and lots and lots of racism). You guys get machicolations!

@gohunt001-5

4 жыл бұрын

_laughs in indonesian_ Which sounds somewhat like this: *wkwkwk*

@DysnomiaFilms

4 жыл бұрын

How do you think Australians feel about almost every famous or interesting person?

@sapphocomputers

4 жыл бұрын

@@DysnomiaFilms hey they have uhhh...Keith Urban? and uhhhh...Hugh Jackman?...yeah nevermind

For those of you who have not gotten to see live jousting, it is incredible. The impacts are loud. The guys really get rocked in the saddle. It is an awesome/exciting/unforgetable show that everyone should witness at least once in their lives.

Intriguing, lance combat has always mystified me a bit, it seems so simple on the surface, literally just "pointy end goes into the other man". I've struggled with how to describe it in my writing and how to work it into RPGs, this is very helpful.

@balerionthedread9284

4 жыл бұрын

Stick em with the pointy end....

@Paladin585

4 жыл бұрын

@@nobunaga9533 true enough, though to be fair, a lot of D&D attacks would be lethal without question. Could be some interesting homebrew options with a squire NPC and treating the lance more like ammo than a constant weapon. Be pretty limited in use I would imagine, but it could work.

@rags417

4 жыл бұрын

Try out a set of miniature rules called DBM (De Bellis Multitudinis). It really shows the evolving dynamic between heavy charging lancers and the sorts of opponents they were likely to face. Against massed spearmen or axemen (the usual foot levy of the time) they were lethal, but against light horse with javelins or horse bows they suffered badly - witness the battle of Hattin. Heavy lancers emerged as the answer to the prevailing question of the day, which was how to take out massed close rank foot levy. Later on the question became how to take out heavy massed lancers and the answer was massed heavy bow (longbow or crossbow) fire, pikes polearms.

@historiculgeomocule5569

4 жыл бұрын

I know, it can be confusing at times!

@BenVara

4 жыл бұрын

Look up Full Metal Jousting here on youtube. It was a borderline watchable reality show on History channel about a decade ago, and its historical statements are about as worthwhile as Deadliest Warrior's. But the depiction of training, technique, and fatigue in the course of the competition really does illuminate the strain of jousting. Also, since the show features diverse backgrounds of its participants--from ex-military, rodeo riders, stunt riders, and theatrical riders--you get to see a lot of different personalities and skillsets pitted against each other.

Could you perhaps make a video on the significance of horse use in the medieval ages specifically in cities and towns. How did people go about with horses? Did everyone have a horse? Where do you keep your horse if you live inside a city? Did you have horse parking lots? xd Would be an interesting topic for a video

@kyomademon453

4 жыл бұрын

I dont know about medieval cities, but in spanish colonial period, cities would have designated horse and people streets, and houses would have really big tall doors for people with horses to enter and leave their horses in that designated area before entering the actual house, overall i suppose people would leave their horse on stables or posts

@godking

4 жыл бұрын

No not everyone had a horse. Horses where and are very expensive animals.

@Yarblocosifilitico

3 жыл бұрын

@@godking a regular labor horse isn't that expensive. It's the pedigree that rockets the price up but if you just want a horse to work on the field they are way more affordable (especially if bought young and untrained). As for the medieval period, idk but I assume it wouldn't be much different. War horses being very expensive but farmer horses not that much. Also, were there still wild horses roaming around for poor people to try and catch? A video on the topic would be great.

@ronweber1402

3 жыл бұрын

@@Yarblocosifilitico I think most farmers of the time still used oxen for draft animals. Horses were still a luxury and would have been used by merchants, nobles and knights. The most common would have been the English Ambler which was a shorter horse that was very comfortable to ride over long distances because of it's level gait so the rider doesn't bounce. War horses were the equivalent of buying a Abrams tank and were crazy expensive to buy, train and maintain. The knights would have ridden an Ambler most of the time and only ridden their war horse during training, jousting or actual battle.

@Yarblocosifilitico

3 жыл бұрын

@@ronweber1402 I mean, you're probably right but there's also horses without pedrigree. Neither English Ambler, nor Abrams, nor anything. Just a horse. Again, you're probably right about farmers using oxen but I bet there were regular horses available to some of them too (a horse must eat less than an oxen so it's a good option too).

Dont think you can sneak that Mordhau Foppish "Have at them boys!" in there without me noticing !!

@victor1945

4 жыл бұрын

LOOK MEN! LOOK! LOOK HOW TERRIBLE HE IS!

@bonelessman56

4 жыл бұрын

as soon as I heard it I thought I was tabbed out of mordhau for some reason XD

@ballpoint7887

4 жыл бұрын

If you shake it more than twice, it's playing with it!

@MCWren

4 жыл бұрын

Kierran Kivinen Damn you for stealing my comment!

@GameFuMaster

4 жыл бұрын

@@victor1945 Art thou mad brother?

I'd love to see Shad review the jousting in A Knight's Tale

@Motorteh

4 жыл бұрын

I second this

@edux54

4 жыл бұрын

I third this

@justinsims7935

4 жыл бұрын

I fourth.

@Abdul-Akeem_Akinloye

4 жыл бұрын

I fifth this.

@arxhyes1704

4 жыл бұрын

Sixth this

The only way to joust is double lances. You use one to pulvult and the other to strike your opponent in the back of the head. This can be countered by having a second smaller horse tied to your back and backflipping off your main horse and knocking your opponent's pulvulting lance out from under them.

@LindaGailLamb.0808

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂 !! ...and if that's not enough, then you finish by throwing a pommel to end them rightly.

@the_rover1

4 жыл бұрын

@@LindaGailLamb.0808 a spandau pommel?

Well, I know my next D&D character

@Xaylence

4 жыл бұрын

I fighter wearing 90 lb. inflexible tournament plate?

@mechamem3391

4 жыл бұрын

@@Xaylence nah, a slightly chubby weapons enthusiast.

@Bluecho4

4 жыл бұрын

Fighter, Cavalier subclass, Mounted Combatant feat. Probably the Defense fighting style, for added AC. While the Great Weapon Fighting fighting style _would_ apply to lances, it would only do so if you were wielding it two-handed. And while mounted, you usually use the lance one-handed (unless you're being historical, as Shad demonstrates). The Defense style, while less flashy and damaging, has more universal applicability.

@barrybend7189

4 жыл бұрын

Gnome Cavalier with an Orc npc buddy who carries you master blaster style with twin lances.

@josiahneal7455

3 жыл бұрын

@@Bluecho4 since the lance isnt a two handed weapon, the dual wielder feat hilariously allows you to use two lances at the same time while mounted, with a bonus to AC to boot

2:00 CLANG Please don't take a hiatus mate

@alejandrofernandezcastro5421

4 жыл бұрын

1:50 "I'm Captain America!" Lol these details deserve credit too

@JimGiant

4 жыл бұрын

I knew a CLANG was on it's way as soon as I saw the SFX texts.

@emrekulac3207

4 жыл бұрын

Time for grasses

@Eruoso

4 жыл бұрын

Nothing will be rong

I was asking for a vid on jousting am happy you've done it now

Shad, do you mind doing a fantasy class set-up type of video? Kind of a fantasy re-armed, but creating loadouts for those classes, with explanations for each weapon, armor set, etc.

@Ally5141

4 жыл бұрын

But classes in RPG are stupid. Shad's words, not mine.

@justinsims7935

4 жыл бұрын

@@Ally5141 you can still use classes to define a character without restricting yourself.

@Ally5141

4 жыл бұрын

@@justinsims7935 Then it's a role, not a class. And with roles I can live

@justinsims7935

4 жыл бұрын

@@Ally5141 thats what I meant (I dont know the proper terms for everything) but I agree about the classes theyre to restrictive.

@rafaelllaban4115

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like it would be very interesting, especially for us who play tabletop rpg's :^)

The Demilance is just a spear But *premium*

@metalwolf717

3 жыл бұрын

Spearmium xD

The knightly cavalry charge an it's composing elements are extremely underdiscussed, specially compare to swords in the context of knights.

@penttikoivuniemi2146

4 жыл бұрын

Probably because most HEMAists don't have the resources to do mounted stuff. The same can be seen in the popularity of unarmored fencing versus armored fencing, a suit of armor costs a lot more than what you need to start sparring longsword.

@michaelcurl9200

4 жыл бұрын

I'm writing an article for Medieval Warfare Magazine where I go into this stuff in more detail. It's still in the works but should be out some time in 2020.

1:40 - 2:20 I couldn't hear anything he said. Laughing too much at the pop up texts.

@KathTalia

4 жыл бұрын

Me too, I couldn't focus at all xD

6:31 Hm... excellent insult, towards a son of dryad: "son of beech"

@justinsims7935

4 жыл бұрын

...Oak-kay that was a good one.

@Ruarscampbell

4 жыл бұрын

Unless it's a complement to the dryads... they can make large, strong shafts...

@ZarlanTheGreen

4 жыл бұрын

@@Ruarscampbell Dude, dryads are exclusively female...

@Ruarscampbell

4 жыл бұрын

​@@ZarlanTheGreen I'll correct it then: A compliment to the dryad's son.

@ZarlanTheGreen

4 жыл бұрын

@@Ruarscampbell Heh :) Nice response.

1:32 HAVE AT THEM BOYS!

*History:* Lances don't have pommels *Me:* :O

@NoobSharkey

4 жыл бұрын

This is why the European sword is best

@Guderian2

4 жыл бұрын

We have the Technology! We can build it!

@liammorris9372

4 жыл бұрын

The back of the couched lance is a pommel, all we need to do is unscrew it and end thy joust rightly :P

@illegalmemedealer3549

4 жыл бұрын

The coronel on the end /is/ the pommel

@Alaerick1

4 жыл бұрын

0/10 weapon

No one: That one guy in the charge: *HAVE AT THEM BOYS!*

Double thumbs up for mentioning the same article I used in my uni history essay

@michaelcurl9200

4 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it helped your work.

Thanks for making the video Shad. There is plenty of fodder for other videos in the article, so feel free to do so once your schedule clears up. The stuff that most interested me were the various techniques for defending against attacks from the rear, and how to defeat opponents with longer weapon or even longer lances. The article also goes into some of the dynamics of mounted combat, such as the importance of different saddles for different combat styles, the reasons why Middle Eastern and Iberian combatants chose one method over another, and the importance of the 8 o’clock position, roughly analogous to the 6 o’clock position in aerial dogfighting. There is really much more that had to be cut from the article to make room, and if people have access to articles through JSTOR, I sincerely hope they enjoy it and use it to further their own research.

Speaking of Mordhau, Shad are you planning to do a review on its historical accuracy?

Great in depth video. I always asked myself if two handed lances were used in era of the knight, they were in earlier periods of history all things considered. A small language related fact: in Italian there's only one word to indicate both spear and lance which is "lancia" and I believe it was the same in the various vernaculars throughout Italy with "lanza" and similar variants while other polearms have specific names like pike:"picca" etc.

@alejandrofernandezcastro5421

4 жыл бұрын

It is, in deed, the same as in Spanish, where we say "lanza" (too) for "lance" or "spear"; and "lancero" for "spearman".

@alejandrofernandezcastro5421

4 жыл бұрын

And "pica" for "pike" as well.

Nobody: Shad: *Delivered couched lance damage!*

@lukatomas9465

4 жыл бұрын

@Winter's Destruction With Fire and Sword.

We have what we call 'Renaissance Festivals' or sometimes 'Fairs' in the United States. They're really more Medieval festivals, but that doesn't matter. At the one that is still held in my area, there was and is jousting in full plate armor, and when I was younger, the knights would also do mildly choreographed longsword fighting. So in my mind, melee was always a part of the tourney.

@Kathdath

4 жыл бұрын

Crocmaster McGeezax our Medieval fairs tend more toward teen actors and attempts at historical accuracy.

Thanks, Shad, I'm always learning from you. Greetings from Mexico.

Shad, I’ve always been interested in jousting and this video helped me understand so much more about it! Thank you for the quality content!

After watching a lot of shads videos I’ve learned. Shad loves kite shields Shad loves swords but pole arms were more prevalent in warfare Shad was a weeb Shad’s good at wooden recreation of weapons Shad like memes MACHICOLATIONS

As always, amazing video Shad, love your content. Greetings from Brazil

Thank you Shad for sharing this amazing info from a premium quality source: actual science! I hope you can do more of that in the future.

Yes! I was hoping for Shad to cover this topic.

More videos like this. Excellent look into a niche area of martial arts AND warfare. Mounted combat is so interesting.

Such a well done video Shad. Well researched as always. You have cultivated my love for medieval history. Originally found your channel for Skyrim content but I stayed for the well researched content and wonderful personality. Great work as always and a massive hats off to you!

@shadiversity

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much mate!

If someone else already said it, I can't find it. Half-lancing is a thing!?

@iamtj111

4 жыл бұрын

Tim Homer I know I had never heard of it before, but it makes sense

@CowCommando

4 жыл бұрын

@@iamtj111 Oh definitely, I had just never considered the possibility, and I find the name just rediculously fun to say.

I saw that sneaky “HAVE AT THEM BOYSSSSS,” you put in there Shad.

Not only weren't the rules set in stone nor universal but apparently a lot of tournaments of the bohurt kind were judged by a jury made up of all other contestants judging one's performance, technique, manners and overall presence of their fellow knights.

I wish I was in Australia then I could gain a true audience with Lord Shad, Lord Protector of Medieval realism in media, crowned prince of a guy, and master of Matriculations!!! Thanks for all you do, my brother. You've not only entertained me to the fullest, but you've given me so much insight and knowledge I genuinely credit you as one of the few great KZreadrs that have truly expanded my mind, horizons, and thinking. Thank you again, sir! You're a true gentleman and a scholar!

Beech trees ARE the best tree, and you absolutely should say it! Even as a kid, beech trees were my favorite tree, which confused many people, other kids and adults. I told them it made me think of the Mallorn trees that grow in Lothlorien. Years later, I found out Tolkien based Mallorn trees on beech trees, and they they were HIS favorite tree! I felt so validated!!

I've been trying to start a multitude of stories, some of which are medieval fantasy, and you and your videos have been a blessings from the gods. This must be home William Shakespeare felt when Odin helped to influence his writing. Thanks Shad.

One of your most interesting and informative videos ever, and that's saying a lot. The joust looked truly awe inspiring and it was great seeing the men making the lances. Wish I could've been there (an entire ocean away), hope you had an excellent time!

I was there too! It was amazing! So annoyed I didn't see you Thanks for the extra info!

Thanks Shad, that was quite fascinating information, and the footage was excellent.

this is very interesting. thank you shad for the hard work. i hope to see more soon! and until that time, farewell.

Whenever someone asks what good source of medieval info is, I tell them the good ol' library or good ol' Shadiversity :) shout out Shad you have awesome content :)

I can already tell by the thumbnail this is gonna be a great video

Using the lance in two hands pre-dates the one-handed couched technique by quite a bit. It goes back to the cataphracts of the later Roman times, in use by the Byzantines and Parthians, amongst others. It actually goes back even further to the steppe peoples and Sarmatian peoples, it's just that the Romans documented it better during their times.

@PJDAltamirus0425

4 жыл бұрын

That is basically ancient era saddles were garbage and lances were just spears but heavier. A medieval lance was modified over the Medieval period to be heavier over time but designed to be able to used in one hand and the bucket saddle allows to impart more force into a charge without worrying about being unhorsed.

@matthiuskoenig3378

Жыл бұрын

Actually the sadles in roman times were not garbage. Roman cataphracts also charged couched 1 handed.

Btw I love the idea of swinging a lance the other way around, that lever must produce ridiculous force

Really cool! Learned quite a bit about jousting thanks to this vid! G'stuff, Shad!

Medieval jousting in Australia, looks accurate enough. Do not forget the sandwiches as well, so medieval!!! Just joking, mate.

@ricardodemarco3486

4 жыл бұрын

The main question here is: are those sandwiches made of vegemite? Pure medieval Australia, let me tell ya.

@DjDolHaus86

4 жыл бұрын

Why do think there are so many kangaroos, spiders, snakes and crocodiles in Australia? They were the only creatures that were sufficiently equipped to deal with the hordes of knights roaming round the outback looking for worthy foes to duel.

@valiroime

4 жыл бұрын

Looked totally legit to me

@legostarwarsbattledroid5272

4 жыл бұрын

@@DjDolHaus86 that makes alot of sense

Dear Shad, you explained the late medieval jousting manners very well in all of their facets. Thank you! :-)

Wow cutting edge research thank you so much for making this video!

That melee combat footage was fun to watch and kind of terrifying when thinking about how screwed some of those people would be if those were real weapons. And thanks for the red circles in the thumbnail. I couldn't figure out where people's hands are, so it was nice knowing that information beforehand when that part of the video came.

This Medieval jousting sound like a battle royale, before it was cool.

@leonardoribas6974

4 жыл бұрын

Oh, but they WERE cool

@gabriel300010

4 жыл бұрын

medieval melee was kinda like the hunger games, but for rich grownups, and nobody died (usually)

@patrickfrost9405

4 жыл бұрын

Battle Royale before it was *ruined.*

@gabriel300010

4 жыл бұрын

@@ULTRAOutdoorsman he said jousting, but i think he was thinking of melee...

The saddle in some ways can actually be more beneficial to the horse as it disperses the weight of its rider across a larger area of its back and it also helps to dissipate any impact from the natural bounce of a writer whilst the horse is in full stride.

Not gonna lie, I knew jousting sports was a thing because of the movie "Knight's Tale" starring Heath Ledger. It's a great movie imo, despite being very fictional, but at least quite historically authentic in some parts.

The jousting was Epic ! much better than i expected ,ill defiantly go next year if it returns .iv been keen to find out a bit more info about it and BANG Shad makes a cool video in the subject ! THANKS SHAD wish i had of seen you there would have said hi

Starting Saturday with a big smile :) Well done shad :)

Fun fact: in french we use the word "lance" for "lance" and "spear" ;)

@RyuFireheart

4 жыл бұрын

Same for portuguese

@DZ-1987

4 жыл бұрын

Funner fact. Funner is not a word, but other than that; A lance is made of wood. *surprised pikachu face*

@fernandouseodysee5027

4 жыл бұрын

It is the same in spanish.

Grate vid Shazza , God sum of those hits look brutal. perhaps you can cover sum of the event highlights ? its nice to see sum proper fighting. MORE please !

1:35 SO exactly what it is in M&B. AHA! Mount and Blade triumphs again! edit: Of course in M&B you use wooden swords.

Nice! Really awesome video! Thank you for sharing. Cheers!

HAVE AT THEM BOYS!

@tedarcher9120

4 жыл бұрын

*AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA*

@orkwc3

4 жыл бұрын

DODGE THIS YOU BAAASTARRRDSSS!

This reminds me of Heath Ledger's "A Knight's Tale"...a good, funny movie despite some inaccuracies. We will, we will rock you!!!

Great video again. I have enjoyed a few live jousting tournaments here in Ontario Canada and loved them. Also enjoyed the brief Tv show heavy metal jousting or a similar name.

The moment you notice a Mordhau sound effect, I need to stop playing that game XD

@jin-woo4398

3 жыл бұрын

nay, continue brother. for honor, for GLORY

You should have seen the wheel barrow joust me and some friends did when I was 19-20. That was brutal and hilarous! It could have been less brutal, but hey for 20 years old men, the more violent it is the better.

Very nice video Shad!

Man, I love this channel.

Were there any MACHICOLATIONS at the event?

@aliedperez

4 жыл бұрын

but what about dragons?

@RocketHarry865

4 жыл бұрын

no because they weren't at a castle

This is one of the best videos of shad

that looked like an epic day! I do plan on visiting Autralia sometime and maybe i can setup a day something like this is going down. New fan but really enjoy your work. Have fun and enjoy life!

nice and good video shad and the horses look very nice. some of the information i already new but learend alot of new things from you, i already did now some things because in my home town 1 time per year in the sommer there are knights games and that looks always awesome, cant wait for it to see this year again at castle Hoensbroek

About lance/spear: in portuguese we do not have two words for that, call both "lança". Even a javelin is sometimes called "lança".

I love the edits in this video

I once saw a show that was later cancelled, it was on jousting and was awesome. Glad to see it continued by others.

I was there and saw you doing your thing, but didn’t want to bother you. I took my little brother and had a great time. It was a great event. We even got a war hammer and went for a drink. Interesting seeing people walking around with weapons and alcohol.

Hey Shad, love your content. Always look forward to seeing what’s next. I’ve been around for some time now, and I was wondering if you’d consider doing a series on different formations/battle strategies for the different time periods. maybe you could talk about how weapon evolutions changed the way battles were fought. I know you usually only do mid evil periods. But... perhaps you could go into seperate cultures and the differences between them. I don’t know. Just thought it be cool. You always go into great detail about your content. Figured it’d be quite interesting to learn about some genuine strategies that were actually used. I’m rambling... sorry.

Awesome video as always

Wow, super informative! I've got some cavalry action coming up in my novel so your timing could not have been more perfect. 👌

@elvenfellow8596

2 жыл бұрын

Whats the novel called. Have you published/finished it?

@antoinemonks4187

2 жыл бұрын

@@elvenfellow8596 The title is up in the air sorta and it's not published yet but just needs some polish before I start on that merry-go-round:) I can't believe this comment is two years old already :o What am I doing with my life XD

_I remember seeing you at the jousting. Was certainly a fun and very interesting event to have attended. I didn’t end up saying hello simply because I was a bit nervous and never really saw a good chance to without interrupting something. I’m a bit too self-conscious about interrupting things, you see. Although I do regret not doing it. I was fortunate that my mother got us vip tickets for both Saturday and Sunday, so that was a good things at least._

This was a great video, I am particularly fond of your weapon discussions. When I first saw lance I thought you might talk about the "lance" as in the group consisting of a knight, squires, and men-at-arms so I got extremely excited. However, I realized after rereading the title that you were talking about the weapon. I still appreciated the information presented. However, I really wish you'd consider doing an in-depth video on squires and men-at-arms and their roles, armor, and equipment in combat. Especially skirmishs in a company.

Best Shad thumbnail I've ever seen

I loved seeing all the cute sound effects.

@alejandrofernandezcastro5421

4 жыл бұрын

Medieval Royal Rumble

Thanks for doing a video on jousting.

As a modern horseback rider who been forced to ride without stirrups for several of years now (due to injury) I find what you said about stirrups extremely perplexing. Though I can see how jousting would be possible without stirrups for the life of me I cannot understand why would anyone who's physically able, with this technology available to him, would do so for any reason besides added difficulty. It's immensely more affective and physically safer for both horse and rider. Why would it be attempted otherwisem is beyond me. Which also bring me to the second more minor point of contention, the reason for jousting without saddle being extremely rare is probably about the horse's wellbeing as much as his rider. Especially in this type of high impact sport it can permanently maime a horse. Even today, though we have newer training methods (by newer I mean about a couple of centuries old, not the decade old "natural riding") a jousting horse would still take a lot of time to be trained, and not every horse would be even able to learn it well enough for competitive sport. Unrelated if you would've asked the horse trainers I would bet none of them would have trained their horses in the late medieval european methods, some might not even know they ever existed, Even for a late medieval european sport! As those methods are not just a lot less effective, they are also needlessly cruel. *btw I learned most of my English from some very outdated books but I'm not a native speaker. That's why it reads a bit like an 11 year old trying to sound like an English litrature professor...

LOVE the foppish "have at them bois" well played shad

Great video, thank you very much!

Very informative. Thank you, good sir.

I was wondering if you could do an analysis of Hyrule Castle from Breath of the Wild.

@yetanother9127

4 жыл бұрын

Just taking a look at it in-game, it looks like it does have a defensive wall with battlements around the outside (as well as another, outer wall enclosing Castle Town), but the castle building itself doesn't look particularly defense-oriented and seems to basically just be a regular palace.

@aspeclgift1712

4 жыл бұрын

Yet Another I figured it would not be a perfect defensive structure. In fact it probably is not, I just like watching his videos on castle accuracy in various media. I also figured that it would be an interesting video.

I swear, at 12:40 that looks A LOT like Sir Edgeron from a medieval festival I went to a few years back. He was in the joust tournament as well, so I have reason to believe it is indeed him. Love your videos Shad!

Hey Shad. I have been to castle Ambras in Tyrol two weeks ago where I could take a look at a lot of Stechzeug from the Maximilian tradition of jousting from the 16th century. I would be very happy if you could look into the rules and equipment of that. They developed very interesting armour and even mechanical devices for all kinds of disciplines. Thanks for your amazing work and enthusiasm!

I read about another points system as well where strikes to different body parts, shield included would incur different points. So head, chest-plate, shield, ext. I have to find that agian sometime.

Those horses are so pumped up that they want to charge forward even though the knight doesn't have his lance yet.

what about using mounted warfare techniques on a motorcycle? aka how could it be implemented today. (assuming that youre out of ammo for ranged weapons) also how useful would guns be in a world with strong magic? more fantasy stuff pls

@Kathdath

4 жыл бұрын

Fireblade Entertainment there was a movie about the first part of your question, Knightriders (1981)

@firebladeentertainment5739

4 жыл бұрын

@@Kathdath Lol, seriously?

Incredibly fascinating!