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UncontrolableUrge t1_iuhueuw wrote

Reply to comment by Djackdau in ELI5 How did knights participate in tournaments like jousting without killing themselves? by QuantumHamster

Modern jousting has a point system.

  • 1 point if you touch the shoulder piece of your opponent.
  • 3 points if you hit their shoulder piece with enough force to break your lance.
  • 5 points if you strike them with enough force to unhorse them.

This year at the Ohio Renaissance festival I did not see a single participant unhorsed, but these are friends. But there are no points if you hit them anywhere other than the shoulder piece designed to take a blow, even if you break a lance or unhorse them.

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