Was Jousting the Ultimate Medieval Challenge?

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[gnomoblu]

"You have a responsibility to your opponent" is the most knightly thing you could say, and it sounds perfectly natural from you. Respect.

[vinny]

Short answer: yes.
Long answer: yes it is.

Ofcourse you can take care to make it less dangerous, but there is nothing "safe" about taking a long stick, climbing on a horse and galloping at your opponent with the express purpose of hitting them.

[fjavierlaje]

The way Ghost looks while you say "it's a lethal sport" is hilarious 😂. Glad to see him back on track again!

[angustheterrible]

I really like how you took the time in this video to stop, make eyecontact with the camera, and explain little things to us. You're like the Mr. Rogers of medieval educational videos. Always kind, always compassionate, always taking time for your audience and your animals.

Its hard to describe the feeling your videos give off, but they have this "you are a welcome guest here" vibe, and I enjoy it.

[jamespaul]

Congratulations on the CBE Jason! You both deserve it!

[metatronyt]

Loved it, great video. This was a perfect companion video to my recent video and I very much appreciate you making it.

- Gosh your description of what can happen to your thumb made me cringe in discomfort as I was imagining it. I don't think I had ever considered the possibility of breaking your hand like that. I wonder if the type of gauntlet you choose to wear could help prevent that.

- I also found the idea of you having a responsibility towards your fellow competitors and their safety to be a very intriguing thought. I wonder if something like that was implemented by some knights in period too, or not. They certainly had a different concept of what was safe and what was acceptable danger than we do.

- Lastly you would probably embody the more noble of the kind in spirit, but as we read some knights took advantage of the joust as a way to try to legally murder people they hated (such as for jealousy), and it would be interesting to see exactly how such tilting was carried out. In those cases, being experts would they purposely try to hit the head? Maybe other areas of the body?


Thanks again for sharing your knowledge

[C.G.Hassack]

Sorry to hear Ghost had such serious colic, very glad to see him looking so bright now. The buggers can give you a fright, can't they!

[bruhdon]

First video as an official knight if I’m not mistaken? Congratulations, 777k subscribers too, think you may need to buy a lottery ticket.

[Kemulnitestryker]

Was just watching a western and watched how the saddle shifted when a man mounted his horse. The comment you made about mounting from the ground putting strain on the horse's back made a lot of sense. Never thought about this type of thing before. I do enjoy learning these types of things from someone who knows what he is talking about.

[joanofarc]

As I’ve mentioned before, I’m an American rodeo cowboy, a team roper. And I’m here to tell y’all that anything equine is potentially very dangerous. Especially if ya let complacency seep in. Mounting blocks, they absolutely save wear and tear on older horses. I use ‘em.
That’s a mighty handsome horse yer riding. I sure enjoy yer videos. Much obliged

[paulinemegson]

Oh so sorry to hear that Ghost was sick. There was another favourite horse on a few pages I follow(several pages follow the same group) who passed away in the latter part of last year due to colic which was very sad. Colic is a bugger of a thing. It can be something as simple as a belly ache, or something that they can do nothing about. This horse in particular had the VERY best in vet care, and aftercare too and the best facilities for both but still to no avail. Very glad to hear that Ghosty boy is ok now. Just a case of steady conditioning now to build up muscle again until he’s back to his resplendent self. He’s a truly lovely lad.
Ooops, I appear to have wombled on completely off topic 😮😂 Sorry Jason.

[billerator]

I'm glad to hear he's recovering and returning to form. This horse's eye is absolutely epic!

[jeanlannes]

I like the mounting block public service announcement/public information film portion.

[courtney]

Poor Ghostie, so glad he’s doing better now. ❤ I’m sure he’ll be getting his full strength back in time with all your great care!
Thank you so much for your awesome videos, I always learn so much!

[emilyb]

I love seeing people share this kind of grounded perspective on risky activities, spoken so clearly. Especially the parts about responsibility for both yourself and your opponents/companions and not letting pride get in the way of safety. A calm assessment of risk and precautions is hard to come by on social media.

Glad Ghost is feeling better and getting back under the saddle.

[Cherubim]

Listening to you it goes to show this can still be a very dangerous pastime. I think you need to get the best equipment you can afford, and then start at the most basic level to gain experience. I want to start this year and find it very hard to know where to go to start. You talk such sense, and your advice is so wise and valuable to someone attempting to get into this fantastic sport. Thankyou for producing such a useful and informative video.

[Chasmodius]

We're glad you're still with us -- please don't die doing this. Or cause anyone else to. I know you do what you can, and at the end of the day, as you said: it can come down to luck. So we can only hope.

[LynneFarr]

Ghost looks great, especially compared with his last video. I enjoyed your description of the different types of jousting. Learned something new. To me, however, the most important part was the ethical responsibility of participants to look out for their opponents safety. If that isn't an example of Chivalric behavior, I don't know what is.

[Zephyrosis-ztpy]

I just found out you are a game developer too, I had no idea after like 4 years or more of watching your channel, that's awesome, I work in the games industry, congrats on becoming a real knight, that's so cool!

[vakama]

Very well said about the responsibility to your opponent. It's much the same (though generally with rather less danger) in fencing. It's harder for things to go wrong enough for someone to be seriously injured or killed, but it CAN happen, and it's everyone's responsibility to watch out for failures or issues with the equipment we use to mitigate that danger.