Spent 3 days helping out some friends with a jousting show - two days of getting things ready for Saturdays races ( horse racing ) setting up the skill in arms gear and the list ( the list is where the knights joust along as well many little other jobs that needy doing - then the big day on Saturday at the racing setting up the list and doing jousting pass's between 3 of the races ( so we had a very tight time frame to set up the list ,run the jost?, take the list down and clear the track before the next race ( 30 min between races ) -
an one point things got to crazy for me and I had a bit of a meltdown ( where my mind overloads with to much info and I can't cope - never good when it happens ) not sure why it happens - maybe head injury related - hard to know in my case as I have um many issues to deal with that most people never have to deal with and so many can't ( or won't ) under stand
Beside the meltdown and a few other Heath issues like my nerves playing up causing a lot of pain on the friday night? It was a fun 3 days of hard work spent with good friends - maybe one day I will be able to ride well enough to do skill in arms ( skill in arms was used as training for knights )
A few words on training and jousting ( this info is from a good friend who is one of the jousters : )
Joust training
All medieval jousters need a squire and ground crew.
The knights job is to train the horse to carry a rider in armour and gallop down the tilt line while he/she carries a lance and breaks the tip on the shield of a fellow knight, also galloping the other way.
The armour is heavy, ranging from 20 to 30kg
It restricts movement, hearing is very limited, and visability is also very limited.
The squire must then take the lance from the knight and change the broken tip of the lance for a new one, and then then give it back to the knight for the next run.
The horses must be specially trained and also very brave.
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