Cavalry Expert Rates 8 Horseback Fights In Movies And TV | How Real Is It? | Insider

Jousting world champion Shane Adams rates eight horseback fight scenes in movies and television, such as "Lord of the Rings," for realism.

Adams discusses the accuracy of horseback fight scenes in "Game of Thrones" (2011); "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" (2002), starring Viggo Mortensen and Orlando Bloom; and "John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum" (2019), with Keanu Reeves. He comments on the armor and tactics of cavalry battles in "The Last Duel" (2021), starring Matt Damon and Adam Driver; "Gladiator" (2000), featuring Russell Crowe; and "A Knight's Tale" (2001), with Heath Ledger. Adams also analyzes unconventional riding styles highlighted in Disney's "Mulan" (2020) and "Ben-Hur" (1959).

Adams has 20 jousting world championships. He hosted the History channel show "Full Metal Jousting" as well as the jousting reality show "Tilt."

EDITOR'S NOTE: The distribution company of "The Last Duel" (2021) is 20th Century Studios. It is incorrectly labelled as "Lionsgate" in the first three seconds of the video. Insider regrets the error.

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Cavalry Expert Rates 8 Horseback Fights In Movies And TV | How Real Is It?

[justpassingby]

“I had little injuries”, a minute later: “I broke my hand 7 times… bone coming out of my hand..” .
Like a boss.

[tyguy]

and the award for "most forgiving expert so far" goes to...

seriously. other experts on this style of breakdown video are like "lance is 7 inches too short and the helmet is missing a rivet. 2/10", but this absolute legend is like "I love what i do, im very knowledgeable but also just a tiny bit insane... everything gets a progressively higher and more forgiving score just because im getting visibly excited talking about it"

bring this guy back please.

[KS-xkso]

This guy is awesome! Clearly a different cat, but also a well spoken, articulate, and knowledgeable dude who is sharing about his greatest passion in life. More experts like this please!

[Raxer_th]

This guy not just explain by talking. He also shows us what some of those equipments actually look like. Definitely need more videos of him.

[nquiztor]

I performed on the stage next to Shane Adams & the Knights of Valour for a decade. He's one of the most knowledgeable and capable horsemen I have ever met. Excellent choice for this video! Great to see him again. Shiver your timbers, Sir Shanton!

[nath]

2:30 was intentional murder by the Mountain and probably Cersei. It's heavily implied in the first book. The guy who died was Jon Arryn's squire newly knighted where his own Lannister squire 'forgot' to put his gorget on. It meant Ned couldn't interview him for information.

[mohammedrazaesmail]

“Flying through the air is easy… it’s the sudden stop that sucks”😂

[JustinLaw]

Not gonna lie, loved it when he said "punching the lance will break your arm". I'm trained with using spears and polearms on foot and have this chain and hitch that links my weapon and gauntlet together so during sparring my weapon doesn't go flying. I have a friend who raises horses and once I asked if I could take one of his plow horses for a spin and attempt a cavalry charge. I used my footman's pike which doesn't have the lance's choke, thinking that the chain will be enough. Basically what happened was the impact of the pike hitting the hay bale we set up as a target and the ensuring yank snapped the chain, the pike shaft, and BOTH my forearm bones, and I was wearing my armor that had reinforced steel strips along the arms for extra protection and structural integrity, if I had not been wearing those gauntlets I won't be surprised if my entire arm got ripped off. Needless to say, I've never tried that stunt again, and I don't plan to, not until I've learnt proper horseback combat.

[MoarCheeseBirb]

Wish they spent more time on Knight's Tale, it's a sports movie for jousting. That scene with the crappy helmet was intentional, the "knight" was broke and his incorrect and cobbled together gear was to show him as an underdog.

[aceofkpop]

I love how he said: "And the horse realizes it's stupid" 😂

[Mchammerjam]

I've never thought to myself what an 'average jouster' looks like but Shane just gave me my new mental image lol

[Tinyvalkyrie]

I’ve seen him running jousting competitions twice and boy is it impressive. I have two of their broken lances mounted on my wall. Equestrian sports are extremely dangerous as is (I know from personal experience) combined with a full contact combat sport is insane. However the most impressive thing about this guy is how much he truly cares about the welfare of the horses. You might expect a sport like this to be really rough on the animals, but his care for the animals and implementation of rules for their protection is unmatched in any other equestrian sport.

[akiva]

I would love to see more of his reactions. Great information, not too negative, honest and clear. Please book him for a part 2

[ACGreviews]

HOLY CRAP best one ever
Not only is he knowledgeable but the dude is so badass he called them Goblins.

[Phauxer]

I judged this guy in the first 30 seconds and shame on me, this guy is extremely knowledgeable, funny, intelligent and an absolutely amazing teacher during the entirety of the video. Bring this man back. I couldn't be happier to be wrong.

[thecommandercommunity]

I've met Shane and conversed with him several times and even was fortunate enough to go to his stables. He truly is a genuinely good human. So cool to see him do this video!

[Fred-egsx]

One thing that I loved about the Duel was the that armor actually worked! Swords and axes does not slice through plate armor like paper. There were multiple times in the scene where the sword struck the armor with no effect. love it.

[Monkeyking]

Love all of this. Will say, for the lord of the rings part, Theodin was injured just before the ride, so makes sense he would wobble in his seat. Then you have the actor who probably struggled in the armor, which is the real reason he wobbled. Love how coincidence fed into the realism of the scene

[peterbedford]

"I haven't had many injuries while jousting" but "I have broken my hand 7 times while training to joust". Lol.

[darkermatter.]

Normally the accuracy is the thing i appreciate the most in these. But the care for the horses, both in his actual life and in his explanations, was a special treat.