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03-21-2007, 04:32 AM
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#1 He-man Sport
This is for the professed super jocks here. Waters, Archaea, cougjunkie; anyone else? I've decided the no. 1 he-man sport is jousting.
http://www.classicalfencing.com/articles/shock.php If you don't joust you're all talk.
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03-21-2007, 04:39 AM
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Jousting would be cool and lots of fun, but I'm man enough to admit that these days it would be tougher for me to do it than when I was 21.
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03-21-2007, 03:51 PM
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03-21-2007, 04:19 PM
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I'm disappointed you think jousting is done with swords. It's done with lances. And of course armor and shields are part of the whole show. In light of the fact it's illegal to try to kill someone you aim your lance for the shield, try to miss the head, as he put it, and just try to unhorse your oppoent. In combat you would aim for the head and try to miss the shield. Apparently there's skill required to avoid unhorsing yourself even when you score a direct hit, because for every action there is an opposite reaction.
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03-21-2007, 04:25 PM
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We did this on donkeys with trash can tops and brooms in Mexico. It was loads of fun because you never knew if the rider would stay on long enough to make contact. It was hilarious.
Jousting hurts. I'm not he-man enough to do it at my age.
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After I wrote "the show" I realized I should hve written "the tradition and the discipline" instead of the show.
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