Also jousting had its own armor piece, a big wide shoulder sheild that the other knight was supposed to hit. If they missed and hit the body or worse, the horse, they'd be basically shamed and laughed out if the tourney entirely.
If you hit the sheild not only were you precise, but you were far less likely to seriously injure or kill your opponent.
Bigbadsheeple t1_iuh7uau wrote
Reply to comment by Fortune_Silver in ELI5 How did knights participate in tournaments like jousting without killing themselves? by QuantumHamster
Also jousting had its own armor piece, a big wide shoulder sheild that the other knight was supposed to hit. If they missed and hit the body or worse, the horse, they'd be basically shamed and laughed out if the tourney entirely.
If you hit the sheild not only were you precise, but you were far less likely to seriously injure or kill your opponent.