#medieval games
These are two guys worth admiration. Eric was the more experienced fighter with the pointy mask, the younger was Curtis(aka Sir What) with the rounded.
It was 80°F+/- and they were in FULL METAL ARMOR BEATING THE SHIT OUT OF EACH OTHER USING TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES. As Sir Eric said, it’s not the weight of the armor is the heat. They were basically walking human ovens, doing athletics. Huzzah and good show sirs.
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At the end of the final joust there were shenanigans. the guys were being goofy, I assume there was a tie in points (or they are good at putting on a show), because the Lady deciding victory asked the crowd to choose a victor. This was the Blue Knight being all “Yesssss? Blue you say? YESSSSSS!” And the Red Knight threw a mock tantrum, knocking over the rope lines and basically acting like a spoiled brat, but all in fun. I was across the field from the action and didn’t have my zoom lens so this is the best end of day shenanigans photo I got.
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The Red Knight.
Fun anecdote: My friend was wearing a red and black dress and when she approached the horse after the joust to pet it it must have recognized the colors (or shades, do horses see actual color?) because it kept nosing her and ignoring the other people. When we came back after the second joust she told me the handlers were joking about the horse remembering her from earlier. Because it was giving her the attention again.
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