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[Proud Peasant
plays "The Avatar"]

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[music fades]

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[crack of lance breaking]

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[crowd cheers]

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[Be Still the Earth
plays "Between Worlds"]

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[armor clanking]

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- Hey we're doing this. Let's
line up. It's gettin' time.

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[trumpets playing
medieval fanfare]

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[music fades]

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My name is Dave Schade.

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I've been a professional
jouster for 25 years

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and I've been the general
manager of the New Riders

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of the Golden Age for
about 22 of those years.

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I've been a horseman as
long as I've been jousting.

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So everything I learned about
horses came from jousting.

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I'm a giant nerd. I, you know,
enjoy Doug Fairbanks movies

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and fight choreography
and Three Musketeers

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and all, you know,
all things history.

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I saw this team perform at
a renaissance festival in

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Florida, was enamored by the
fact that they jousted for

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real, which my nerd self
was squealing with delight.

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Some years later I
was working a show

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in Ohio as a character.

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They were jousting there
and one thing led to another

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and I started working
for that company.

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I am an anomaly in our company.

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Most people that train
take about a year

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before they're joust ready.

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I was jousting in
five and a half weeks.

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I don't know if that's
because I was too stupid

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to know any better if
the company was desperate

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or maybe I had just enough
talent not to kill anybody.

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- Did you guys put the horses
back in their homes?

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- Oh yeah.

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- Thank you.

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- So you've been living the
horse life for a long time.

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- Yeah, yeah I have. When
I started, you know,

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as a reenactment nerd and, and
of course I saw real jousting

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'cause the first time I
started riding

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it just made sense.

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And I became superbly interested
in the technical acumen

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about how to ride a horse well.

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And then all of a
sudden it switched.

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It was about the horses as much

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as it was about doing the
shows and the joust and,

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and all that kind of stuff.

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So, you know, I never touched
horses before in my life

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until I turned 21 and
joined this company.

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So everything I started
to learn was from here.

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And thankfully I got very lucky

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'cause the guy that runs
this company is a very

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knowledgeable horse-person.

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So, because of him,
it allowed me to go

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to other really
talented trainers and
not embarrass myself

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and have them take me on.

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So I really got a lot of, lot
of good influences in my life

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as far as the people I've

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gotten to train
under over the years.

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- Do some jogging, now,
going to your right

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[blacksmith hammering
in background]

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[horse snorts]

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- That's probably the best
departure I've ever seen

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you do on that horse...

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So yeah, I'd get off

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[rider laughs]

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- Just a really nice
lift and roll into it.

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- She was very quiet

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because you were also
directing her

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letting her know
where to travel to.

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[horse snorts]

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It's training people to
ride horses if they just wanna

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learn how to ride
a horse, you know,

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you're just trying to
build their confidence.

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You're trying to help them
develop a communicative

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skillset with that horse

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uh, the confidence to
be that horse's leader

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when you're adding the layer
of jousting, they need to have

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that ability with the
horses to begin with.

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But then now you
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confidence in the armor.

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When you're wearing a helmet,
you have to deal with the fact

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that your breathing
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your vision is severely limited

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and you are now dealing
with more feel than sight.

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So they have to kind of
go through that crucible.

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And then the next crucible is
somebody actually is coming

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to hit you with something
and they have to

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kind of, figure
out can they navigate that?

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How do they feel about
it? That sort of thing.

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[armor clanking]

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[horse hooves softly galloping]

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[lance striking quintain]

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Introducing to the new
kids, to the wonderful world

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of stupidity that
we exist within.

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You know, they've
been practicing

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you know, learning how to aim,

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learning how to work
their horse in the list.

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They've hit the hard quintain,
which provides a little bit

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of resistance, get an idea of

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what it's like crashing
into something else.

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They've passed each other
without making contact.

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Today we're gonna line them up
and let 'em get contact now.

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I'm armoring up my horse
just as a precaution,

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you know,

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they've been fairly steady, but

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because they're
new, the possibility

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for mistakes, on
their end, is greater.

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So I'm just putting armor
on my horse so that way,

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you know, we-we wear it...

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It-it's definitely
a nice addition.

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It's a showpiece, but
functional as well.

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So this way she's got at
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of protection of the just
in case scenario, you know,

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'cause there there
are so many variables.

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That was my first
unhorsing, first couple

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of live passes and uh...

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loud, full of sand...

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A little bit like being in a
small car wreck, but not bad.

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- The lance impact doesn't hurt.

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- Yeah?

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- Hitting the ground hurts.

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- The lance impact
is not that bad.

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We do the best we can to
mitigate all of them and,

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and make this as reasonably
safe as possible.

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But the second you start
getting too relaxed

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and too comfortable

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is the second that, you know,

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an unnecessary
accident can occur.

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[lance striking armor]

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[man cheers and
claps off-screen]

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Doing this without an
audience or a live show

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takes the pressure
of the show off.

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So each pass that occurs,
we can talk to 'em,

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"Hey, you're doing
this, you're doing that.

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Do this, do that."

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Or if it looks like it's getting
unsafe "okay, we're done".

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- Workin' on it

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- So much stan.

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- Yeah!

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[a few people cheer off-screen]

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- Your ego's talking

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- That's right.

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My ego needs to pick on
everybody smaller than me

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and brand new to feel
like I'm awesome.

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[swords and shields clanking]

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- Jesus! Its practice,
Hannah! it's just practice!

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[small off camera
group laughs and moans]

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- Now that you've
crossed this bridge

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you've earned a Friday to

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not have to armor
up, if you so choose.

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Go get out of your stuff.

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- Thank you.

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- And those two are
like, "what in the hell?"

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[laughter]

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- For me...

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I just have a
history with theater

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and like I always loved
stage combat and more rough

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and tumble parts of performance.

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When I worked with haunts,
like haunted houses,

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I got up on stilts, I did
the stuff on the wires.

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So I'm a bit of an
adrenaline junkie.

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[heavy breathing]

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I love animals and the thing
that actually inspired me

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to do it was a completely
different joust company

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I had never seen a joust
was about 32 years old.

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And I finally got a
day off at this vendor

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that I was working with at the

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Muskogee Renaissance Festival.

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And I saw a woman joust

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and as a trans woman myself,
suddenly everything clicked.

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Like as a kid I always
dreamed about being a knight

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and shining armor, but
riding horses always seemed

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like an impossibility.

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Armor is expensive,
et cetera, et cetera.

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- Uh huh

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- But then I saw this woman
do it, she was amazing

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and that was just a
theatrical company.

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No slight to them at all. But
like this is full contact,

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so it's a different
game, you know.

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[crowd cheers and
trumpets play fanfare]

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My name is Jessica Van Richten.

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I am a - a trans woman

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and to the joust company

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I suppose I am now nearing
the end of my training,

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but a jouster in training.

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I spent the last nine months

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or so of the calendar year
with a two month break

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for the holidays, learning how
to ride horses and wear armor

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and become an idiot that falls
off their horse sometimes.

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I wanted to be a knight in
shining arbor since I was

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very, very small.

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And I bent my will

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and did everything in my
power toward learning how

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to ride horses or saving up
to learn how to ride horses

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and saving up for
armor for like a year.

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And I figured I was
gonna be doing that

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for a couple more years when
I ran into this joust company,

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New Riders of the Golden Age
and met Dave specifically.

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And I told him that's
what I was doing.

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I was working for a vendor

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and I was like, I'm saving up
so I can learn to ride horses

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and buy my own armor.

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And he's looked me
dead in the eyes

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and said, well
just come with me.

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I'll teach you everything.
I'm certain Dave will tell me

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when the training is done

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and I feel I've got, you know,
a good ways to go yet as far

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as making sure I can make it
all the way through the show

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with everything that we do.

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But I've learned how
to do the actual sport,

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which is very exciting
and I've got my own armor.

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And the real reason
that I do it is just,

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it's fulfilling a
lifelong childhood dream

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that I never thought was
even a possibility until all

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of the cards kind of
fell in the right place.

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Psychologically, the biggest
challenge would be I've spent

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the last 12 years happily
domesticated in love, living

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with my, my now wife.

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So like life partner. And
we have a 7-year-old child.

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And the biggest challenge I
would say is being undoing my

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domestication and learning
to live on the road

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because life on the road
is a very different thing.

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I had a new relationship
and that was jousting

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because it takes up so
much of your time leaving.

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And the lifestyle change
has been the hardest part.

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Physically I would
say simply my cardio

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and endurance while
wearing the armor I need

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to do some laps
while wearing it.

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A realization of what
I've been working toward

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and seeing photos
and videos of it.

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I've-it's again, the
realization of it sinking in.

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I did this, I put
my mind to something

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and reached for something

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that I thought was
impossible most of my life.

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[crowd cheers]

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[trumpets playing fanfare]

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[Dan Zeitune plays "91 Minutes"]

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[music fades]

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- So what all does it
take to, to be a knight?

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- A severe lack of intelligence.

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You know, you, like, you...

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I-uh

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you can do it if you want to,

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you know, you, you just
have to be willing to go

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through the fire that
it is to get there.

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And then be okay with the
fact that you're about

250
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to get your a-- you know,
somebody coming at you

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trying to take your head off.

252
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You know, if, if
you can manage that

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and you're okay with it, then
you'll-you'll be just fine.

254
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That's really the bottom
line of it is if you want it,

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you have to be willing
to get after it

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and you have to be
okay with the physical

257
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punishment that comes with it.

258
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You know, if you can do that,
you-you-can-you can do this.

259
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I've had my back go out a
couple times, but that's

260
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'cause I'm a lot older and my
body's durability is starting

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to, starting to
reduce significantly.

262
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It-lately, like every year

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like last year I
broke my knu--my uh...

264
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my hand. The year before that

265
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I wrenched my back. The year
before that I wrenched my back

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and then cracked a rib.

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What is termed as full
contact where the intention is

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to either break your lance
or drop your opponent.

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It's a combat sport. You're
gonna come with bumps

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and bruises and aching
muscles and body soreness

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and you know, sometimes
you get a nasty injury

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where you know you're
gonna pay for it.

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[man on horseback
making announcement]

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So Kelly is the owner of
the company,

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of the joust team.

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He started in 1980 at the
Minnesota Renaissance Festival

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where he would show up

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and do the horse races
that they had there

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'cause there was no
jousting at the time.

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And him and another
gentleman by the name

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of Christopher Poor got together

282
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and decided to, you know, try
to create a joust reenactment.

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So Kelly and him formed that up,

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started jousting,
like theatrically.

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And then they decided
somewhere along the line like,

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let's try to figure out
how to do this for real.

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[lance cracking]

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[crowd cheers]

289
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Eventually Kelly and Chris
parted ways

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and Kelly kept going

291
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and figured out how to joust

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and he's figured out a way
to do it relatively safely

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as compared to any
other contact sport.

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[Proud Peasant plays
"The Precipice"]

295
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[drum roll]

296
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[crowd cheers]

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[lance cracking]

298
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[crowd cheers loudly]

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[person whistles]

300
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[lance cracking]

301
00:21:36,128 --> 00:21:37,029
[lance striking armor]

302
00:21:41,868 --> 00:21:42,669
[lance cracking]

303
00:21:45,372 --> 00:21:46,172
[lance cracking]

304
00:21:57,984 --> 00:21:58,717
[music fades]

305
00:21:58,718 --> 00:21:59,418
[crowd cheers]

306
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[drum roll]

307
00:22:00,887 --> 00:22:01,920
[lance cracking]

308
00:22:01,921 --> 00:22:04,155
[crowd cheers and moans]

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[woman screams]

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- Easy!

311
00:22:08,628 --> 00:22:09,928
- Hey, hey, hey

312
00:22:09,929 --> 00:22:11,097
- Sam, you okay?

313
00:22:18,037 --> 00:22:20,573
- Your saddle completely
titled sideways

314
00:22:21,708 --> 00:22:24,342
[armor lightly clanking]

315
00:22:24,343 --> 00:22:27,178
I'm recognizing the durability
in my body is starting

316
00:22:27,179 --> 00:22:29,448
to significantly reduce.

317
00:22:29,449 --> 00:22:31,182
- So you have a metal knuckle?

318
00:22:31,183 --> 00:22:34,319
- Yeah, it's a piece of
metal that goes from the,

319
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this knuckle all the way across

320
00:22:36,188 --> 00:22:37,188
- And it bends?

321
00:22:37,189 --> 00:22:39,157
- No, doesn't bend.

322
00:22:39,158 --> 00:22:41,560
But the doctor set
it up so that way it-

323
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it-it I can pinch.
So if you look...

324
00:22:44,697 --> 00:22:45,897
- Oh, that, that finger stuck.

325
00:22:45,898 --> 00:22:47,833
- Yeah, it's-it's permanently
bent.

326
00:22:47,834 --> 00:22:48,734
It's my hook.

327
00:22:48,735 --> 00:22:49,868
[laughs]

328
00:22:49,869 --> 00:22:53,071
When I started, I
lived in a tent.

329
00:22:53,072 --> 00:22:54,506
I had to, you know,

330
00:22:54,507 --> 00:22:57,843
figure out how to live
very minimally, make sure

331
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that my tent wouldn't flood

332
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or that I would be warm
enough in my tents, you know,

333
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and then I had to have
my own vehicle to be able

334
00:23:04,817 --> 00:23:07,152
to pack all my stuff up
and go from show to show.

335
00:23:07,153 --> 00:23:09,020
There are a lot of interesting
hardships that come

336
00:23:09,021 --> 00:23:11,790
with living a transient
and minimalist lifestyle.

337
00:23:11,791 --> 00:23:13,324
It's just one of those things

338
00:23:13,325 --> 00:23:16,563
where you're sacrificing a
lot to do this, this art form.

339
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[screams and cheers]

340
00:23:23,102 --> 00:23:24,003
[applause]

341
00:23:29,509 --> 00:23:30,677
[louder Applause]

342
00:23:35,081 --> 00:23:37,148
[children chanting]
William! William! Willam!

343
00:23:37,149 --> 00:23:39,384
- Villiany was afoot
in Sherwood Forest

344
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and now we see how little
brother Johnny would rule

345
00:23:41,721 --> 00:23:43,021
in our stead,

346
00:23:43,022 --> 00:23:44,556
allowing dishonorable
knights such as Gal

347
00:23:44,557 --> 00:23:47,559
and Guy to rule the field,
Get them out of our sight!

348
00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:50,261
- George Appling is the owner
of the Sherwood Forest Faire,

349
00:23:50,262 --> 00:23:52,130
probably one of the
most enthusiastic,

350
00:23:52,131 --> 00:23:56,434
faire owners I've ever seen
who was on his own cast.

351
00:23:56,435 --> 00:23:59,437
He absolutely loves
medieval history

352
00:23:59,438 --> 00:24:01,372
and participating in it.

353
00:24:01,373 --> 00:24:03,842
He's the very definition
of a cosplayer.

354
00:24:03,843 --> 00:24:07,813
He loves dressing up and
being in medieval outfits.

355
00:24:07,814 --> 00:24:09,981
He's very passionate
about the faire,

356
00:24:09,982 --> 00:24:12,017
which is really
enjoyable to work for.

357
00:24:12,018 --> 00:24:13,418
- This is a, his name is Boris

358
00:24:13,419 --> 00:24:15,353
he's a 20-year-old
Percheron gelding.

359
00:24:15,354 --> 00:24:17,155
- Okay. Okay.

360
00:24:17,156 --> 00:24:19,725
- Yeah. 20 years old.
He stands 18.2 hands
high. - He's a big boy

361
00:24:19,726 --> 00:24:22,293
- which he is a very tall,
weighs about 1,850 pounds.

362
00:24:22,294 --> 00:24:25,296
So Sadie is a 21-year-old
Percheron mare.

363
00:24:25,297 --> 00:24:27,265
She has been here since
2010.

364
00:24:27,266 --> 00:24:28,099
- Wow.

365
00:24:28,100 --> 00:24:29,100
- So a long time.

366
00:24:29,101 --> 00:24:31,903
He's been here since 2014.

367
00:24:31,904 --> 00:24:34,740
She got here in I think 2017.

368
00:24:34,741 --> 00:24:36,307
Welcome!

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00:24:36,308 --> 00:24:38,677
We are Richard, Richard, the
Lionheart king of the English.

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And we are throwing a little
party here in Sherwood Forest.

371
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We call it Sherwood
Forest Faire.

372
00:24:42,749 --> 00:24:45,784
The year is 1190 and I
will be departing on Holy

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Crusade this afternoon.

374
00:24:47,386 --> 00:24:49,721
Now I'm leaving my mother,
Eleanor of Aquitaine

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to keep an eye on my
little brother Johnny.

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00:24:51,991 --> 00:24:54,392
[crowd chants] "God
save the queen!"

377
00:24:54,393 --> 00:24:56,427
- And may God save you all!

378
00:24:56,428 --> 00:24:59,598
Our dear son, king Richard had
hoped be here this day

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to witness the tournament

380
00:25:05,738 --> 00:25:07,039
- Tis I...

381
00:25:08,140 --> 00:25:09,842
Robin Hood!

382
00:25:11,243 --> 00:25:13,612
- And rumor has that there's
some outlaw Robin Hood who's

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00:25:13,613 --> 00:25:16,414
somehow making sure
the law is followed.

384
00:25:16,415 --> 00:25:19,285
But I'm sure Prince John
won't make any bad decisions.

385
00:25:20,452 --> 00:25:21,820
So if you were here
with me at the faire,

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00:25:21,821 --> 00:25:24,089
you would see over
50 different shows

387
00:25:24,090 --> 00:25:26,491
music, jousting, falconry,
comedy, juggling,

388
00:25:26,492 --> 00:25:28,159
all sorts of things.

389
00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:30,261
You would see Skoda Bon Reve.

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00:25:30,262 --> 00:25:32,030
And we have 170 artisans

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00:25:32,031 --> 00:25:33,899
making things with their hands,

392
00:25:33,900 --> 00:25:36,434
from hand-blown glass
to leather boots

393
00:25:36,435 --> 00:25:39,070
to jewelry, hats,
swords, knives, armor,

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00:25:39,071 --> 00:25:40,872
everything you can think of.

395
00:25:40,873 --> 00:25:42,908
Wooden mugs, pewter mugs.

396
00:25:42,909 --> 00:25:44,309
It's the largest marketplace

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00:25:44,310 --> 00:25:47,146
of artisanship you can find
in central Nottingham...

398
00:25:48,380 --> 00:25:49,815
[whispers] Texas.

399
00:25:49,816 --> 00:25:52,050
This was a record setting season

400
00:25:52,051 --> 00:25:54,820
and we set an attendance
record every single weekend in

401
00:25:54,821 --> 00:25:56,387
our eight weekend run.

402
00:25:56,388 --> 00:25:58,957
And, and you could feel it. It
was, the energy was so high.

403
00:25:58,958 --> 00:26:00,258
Yeah. And there were
just people. Every,

404
00:26:00,259 --> 00:26:02,493
every stage was full,
every bar was full.

405
00:26:02,494 --> 00:26:05,163
It was great. We're over
130,000 this season.

406
00:26:05,164 --> 00:26:07,666
People would write "Sherwood
is this small faire".

407
00:26:07,667 --> 00:26:09,635
And I would correct them and
say, "we are not a small faire,

408
00:26:09,636 --> 00:26:13,504
we are decidedly medium" but
I think we may be big now

409
00:26:13,505 --> 00:26:16,808
The horse I sit upon is
the Magnificent Glinda

410
00:26:16,809 --> 00:26:19,544
and believe you me,
small might be...

411
00:26:19,545 --> 00:26:22,614
what an incredible
joust it was today.

412
00:26:22,615 --> 00:26:23,949
Now my friends

413
00:26:23,950 --> 00:26:26,284
I think we'll have to generate

414
00:26:26,285 --> 00:26:27,418
a little bit more...

415
00:26:27,419 --> 00:26:31,991
[Proud Peasant plays
"The Prisoner"]

416
00:27:56,008 --> 00:27:57,208
*"We now present you with

417
00:27:57,209 --> 00:27:59,344
the keys to the kingdom"*

418
00:27:59,345 --> 00:28:00,779
[music fades]

419
00:28:00,780 --> 00:28:02,848
The Knights of the
Grail is a 501C3

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00:28:02,849 --> 00:28:04,382
nonprofit organization.

421
00:28:04,383 --> 00:28:07,552
And we are here almost every
weekend of the year except

422
00:28:07,553 --> 00:28:08,920
for August because people really

423
00:28:08,921 --> 00:28:10,521
shouldn't be here in August.

424
00:28:10,522 --> 00:28:14,692
And we do equine therapy for
active duty military, veterans

425
00:28:14,693 --> 00:28:16,127
and first responders.

426
00:28:16,128 --> 00:28:18,696
Our special hook is
we do joust games.

427
00:28:18,697 --> 00:28:23,034
So we have veterans on the
horse at a cantor throwing a

428
00:28:23,035 --> 00:28:25,336
spear, hitting the
quintain with a lance

429
00:28:25,337 --> 00:28:29,707
and chopping up those vicious,
vicious French cabbages.

430
00:28:29,708 --> 00:28:32,310
Bor-ious, the
glorious, 20 years old.

431
00:28:32,311 --> 00:28:36,447
I've been a-a horseman for
a good 11 or 12 years now.

432
00:28:36,448 --> 00:28:40,518
Um-and I- One of my best
friends was a marine

433
00:28:40,519 --> 00:28:41,820
veteran with PTSD.

434
00:28:41,821 --> 00:28:43,688
He was our horse master
for several years

435
00:28:43,689 --> 00:28:46,324
and he really wanted to
bring in more veterans

436
00:28:46,325 --> 00:28:48,659
to put on the horses because
there's a famous saying

437
00:28:48,660 --> 00:28:50,128
by Winston Churchill which
is,

438
00:28:50,129 --> 00:28:51,662
"There's something about the

439
00:28:51,663 --> 00:28:54,199
outside of a horse that is
good for the inside of a man."

440
00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:55,500
And we find that to be true.

441
00:28:55,501 --> 00:28:56,802
There are several veterans here

442
00:28:56,803 --> 00:28:59,104
who say this program
is keeping them alive.

443
00:28:59,105 --> 00:29:00,538
- Oh, the Knights of the Grail.

444
00:29:00,539 --> 00:29:02,874
So yeah, I've been employed
as their head trainer

445
00:29:02,875 --> 00:29:07,078
to help get their horses to
have good behavior patterns,

446
00:29:07,079 --> 00:29:10,181
but also be safe for, for
people that want to come.

447
00:29:10,182 --> 00:29:13,652
And pretty much equine therapy
sounds big and fantastic,

448
00:29:14,553 --> 00:29:15,686
but it's really just about

449
00:29:15,687 --> 00:29:17,055
being in the presence of horses.

450
00:29:17,056 --> 00:29:19,690
Just by being with them,
petting them, interacting.

451
00:29:19,691 --> 00:29:21,860
Multiple studies have shown
things like reduced blood

452
00:29:21,861 --> 00:29:25,163
pressure, reduced anxiety,
reduced PTSD triggering.

453
00:29:25,164 --> 00:29:28,033
So there's a lot of
benefit that way.

454
00:29:28,034 --> 00:29:32,403
So the program that we have
is dedicated around that idea

455
00:29:32,404 --> 00:29:34,572
where if a veteran
would like to come

456
00:29:34,573 --> 00:29:37,175
and just pet a horse on the
head, they get to do that.

457
00:29:37,176 --> 00:29:40,111
If they wanna learn more about
how to work with a horse,

458
00:29:40,112 --> 00:29:41,712
we have a ground program
where they learn how

459
00:29:41,713 --> 00:29:43,314
to work the horses
from the ground.

460
00:29:43,315 --> 00:29:44,715
We have a saddle program

461
00:29:44,716 --> 00:29:46,751
where they can learn
different levels of riding.

462
00:29:46,752 --> 00:29:49,988
And so again, it's mainly
just to create an environment

463
00:29:49,989 --> 00:29:51,990
that they can come, interact

464
00:29:51,991 --> 00:29:53,758
with horses in the
way that they choose.

465
00:29:53,759 --> 00:29:55,961
Also be around other
veterans, you know,

466
00:29:55,962 --> 00:29:57,929
to help each other
back and forth just by,

467
00:29:57,930 --> 00:29:59,965
by being a positive
presence for each other.

468
00:29:59,966 --> 00:30:02,633
But again, just creating
that space to allow them

469
00:30:02,634 --> 00:30:05,470
to have a moment of
positivity within a world

470
00:30:05,471 --> 00:30:07,138
that maybe causes
them a lot of anxiety

471
00:30:07,139 --> 00:30:08,506
and a lot of frustrations.

472
00:30:08,507 --> 00:30:09,574
- My name's Rob Paul.

473
00:30:09,575 --> 00:30:10,876
I'm a volunteer for an

474
00:30:10,877 --> 00:30:13,111
organization called
Knights of the Grail.

475
00:30:13,112 --> 00:30:15,246
Through that organization,
I-I got to meet Dave

476
00:30:15,247 --> 00:30:19,317
and since I've been brought
in kind of as his apprentice

477
00:30:19,318 --> 00:30:22,120
for horse training and so
that's, that's why, that's

478
00:30:22,121 --> 00:30:24,655
where I get my interaction
with the joust company from.

479
00:30:24,656 --> 00:30:27,358
I was in the Army, I was
a field artillery officer,

480
00:30:27,359 --> 00:30:30,962
did three deployments, two
to Afghanistan, one to Iraq.

481
00:30:30,963 --> 00:30:33,231
I was in for about, I
was in for 17 years.

482
00:30:33,232 --> 00:30:35,433
I don't know what else
you wanna know about that.

483
00:30:35,434 --> 00:30:38,603
So I, I do have PTSD, I have,
I have pretty severe PTSD

484
00:30:38,604 --> 00:30:39,971
because of the
issues that I have

485
00:30:39,972 --> 00:30:42,273
with my PTSD,
anxiety, depression.

486
00:30:42,274 --> 00:30:44,042
I have, I've had severe
anger issues in the

487
00:30:44,043 --> 00:30:45,643
past that I'm still working on.

488
00:30:45,644 --> 00:30:48,513
Being with a horses
really helps to center me

489
00:30:48,514 --> 00:30:50,648
because I can't take those
emotions in with the horse.

490
00:30:50,649 --> 00:30:52,650
The mo- the horse will
just feed off of that.

491
00:30:52,651 --> 00:30:54,485
And so being able to
work with the horses

492
00:30:54,486 --> 00:30:56,321
and find a calm center for
myself

493
00:30:56,322 --> 00:30:57,956
so that I can then go work

494
00:30:57,957 --> 00:31:00,358
with the horses
has really helped.

495
00:31:00,359 --> 00:31:01,792
Uh-I've been able to
transfer that from just

496
00:31:01,793 --> 00:31:03,194
horses into my daily life.

497
00:31:03,195 --> 00:31:04,562
And being able to function

498
00:31:04,563 --> 00:31:06,197
even
when I'm having high anxiety

499
00:31:06,198 --> 00:31:07,532
or even when my
depression's really bad,

500
00:31:07,533 --> 00:31:09,935
it really does help me
to function and focus.

501
00:31:09,936 --> 00:31:13,739
It's a safe environment for
me to be in with my PTSD

502
00:31:15,307 --> 00:31:17,442
because there's
no way in hell I'd

503
00:31:17,443 --> 00:31:19,410
ever hurt one of those horses.

504
00:31:19,411 --> 00:31:22,514
Dave has honestly had a
huge impact in my life.

505
00:31:24,350 --> 00:31:26,051
He has provi- He's,
he has become one

506
00:31:26,052 --> 00:31:27,218
of my very good friends.

507
00:31:27,219 --> 00:31:28,853
Someone I can really trust

508
00:31:28,854 --> 00:31:31,957
and turn to on my hardest
days he's been there

509
00:31:31,958 --> 00:31:34,692
and just been someone
I could lean on

510
00:31:34,693 --> 00:31:36,627
and rely on who was there
for me to support me

511
00:31:36,628 --> 00:31:38,763
and let me know that
everything's gonna get better.

512
00:31:38,764 --> 00:31:40,898
He's an amazing coach
for me.

513
00:31:40,899 --> 00:31:42,467
Um, very patient.

514
00:31:42,468 --> 00:31:44,369
I-I-I love the way he interacts

515
00:31:44,370 --> 00:31:47,105
with me when he's teaching me
how to interact with a horse.

516
00:31:47,106 --> 00:31:48,239
He's just become

517
00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:49,740
a very important
person in my life

518
00:31:49,741 --> 00:31:52,077
over the last 10 months and I
really hope that-that-

519
00:31:52,078 --> 00:31:53,878
that through the course
of this documentary,

520
00:31:53,879 --> 00:31:56,414
other people could see
him the way that I do.

521
00:31:56,415 --> 00:31:58,783
He's-he's a pretty amazing
human being

522
00:31:58,784 --> 00:32:01,819
and I'm very proud and
honored to call him my friend.

523
00:32:01,820 --> 00:32:04,089
- So those terms are good. I
like the frame that she kept.

524
00:32:04,090 --> 00:32:05,991
You know, I'm not worried
about the perfection

525
00:32:05,992 --> 00:32:07,592
of her body movement right now.

526
00:32:07,593 --> 00:32:10,962
She's at least trying to work
with you and not just tense up

527
00:32:10,963 --> 00:32:12,597
and, and start with her fight.

528
00:32:12,598 --> 00:32:14,099
Right. So same thing,

529
00:32:14,100 --> 00:32:16,301
whenever you're ready you're
gonna encourage her to do

530
00:32:16,302 --> 00:32:17,602
that, right?

531
00:32:17,603 --> 00:32:19,337
If she's there, then
you just invite her

532
00:32:19,338 --> 00:32:20,538
forward just a little...

533
00:32:20,539 --> 00:32:22,207
Yes!

534
00:32:22,208 --> 00:32:23,608
Now same thing when you're ready

535
00:32:23,609 --> 00:32:26,611
to jog little reminders,
get her back to the bridle.

536
00:32:26,612 --> 00:32:28,913
Right. Little encourage-

537
00:32:28,914 --> 00:32:30,282
Yes! yes!

538
00:32:36,255 --> 00:32:38,423
- We'll clean out the bottom
of their foot

539
00:32:38,424 --> 00:32:39,790
'cause they get a lot

540
00:32:39,791 --> 00:32:40,925
of bacteria in there.

541
00:32:40,926 --> 00:32:42,627
There could be a
rock or a nail in

542
00:32:42,628 --> 00:32:43,961
there that would make 'em lame.

543
00:32:43,962 --> 00:32:46,064
So you just wanna make
sure those are clean.

544
00:32:46,065 --> 00:32:48,199
- How long have you been
with the joust company?

545
00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:49,335
- About 10 years.

546
00:32:50,836 --> 00:32:54,772
I started when I was 16 back
in New York for a summer job

547
00:32:54,773 --> 00:32:58,109
and then a couple years later
came on the road with them,

548
00:32:58,110 --> 00:32:59,945
worked my way up the
ladder from there.

549
00:33:00,679 --> 00:33:02,547
- I'm Shelby Wimler,

550
00:33:02,548 --> 00:33:04,515
I'm kind of just a road manager,

551
00:33:04,516 --> 00:33:06,184
take care of the horses

552
00:33:06,185 --> 00:33:08,286
and make
sure they're all well kept

553
00:33:08,287 --> 00:33:10,388
and help train them
and train the knights

554
00:33:10,389 --> 00:33:12,657
and squire, stuff like that.

555
00:33:12,658 --> 00:33:14,325
I-I've been with 'em pretty
much outta high school.

556
00:33:14,326 --> 00:33:15,726
It was my first summer job

557
00:33:15,727 --> 00:33:20,265
and um... kept coming
back each summer

558
00:33:20,266 --> 00:33:22,067
and once I was outta high
school I just decided

559
00:33:22,068 --> 00:33:26,937
to go on the road with 'em
and see a few new places.

560
00:33:26,938 --> 00:33:30,241
I don't know, the horses
were really the big draw.

561
00:33:30,242 --> 00:33:31,509
[laughs]

562
00:33:31,510 --> 00:33:34,512
I was grew up a horse
lover, horse girl

563
00:33:34,513 --> 00:33:36,914
and these guys are
just so magnificent.

564
00:33:36,915 --> 00:33:38,283
To have my foot in the door

565
00:33:38,284 --> 00:33:40,351
with them was a really
nice opportunity.

566
00:33:40,352 --> 00:33:42,553
They're so talented
and well-trained.

567
00:33:42,554 --> 00:33:44,689
You don't see a lot
with the draft horses.

568
00:33:44,690 --> 00:33:46,157
A lot of 'em are
just trail horses

569
00:33:46,158 --> 00:33:48,326
but these guys move really well

570
00:33:48,327 --> 00:33:51,262
and I like the way that
we've got 'em trained.

571
00:33:51,263 --> 00:33:52,830
I jousted once

572
00:33:52,831 --> 00:33:54,899
when I was training a horse

573
00:33:54,900 --> 00:33:56,167
I wanted to be

574
00:33:56,168 --> 00:33:57,768
the first one that
jousted on her

575
00:33:57,769 --> 00:33:58,736
so they kind

576
00:33:58,737 --> 00:34:00,105
of put a suit of armor together

577
00:34:00,106 --> 00:34:02,540
and I got to the point
where she was ready

578
00:34:02,541 --> 00:34:03,941
to do a lance pass

579
00:34:03,942 --> 00:34:07,245
and of course I got knocked
off and hit the ground.

580
00:34:07,246 --> 00:34:10,015
But she did exactly what
she was supposed to do.

581
00:34:11,450 --> 00:34:12,884
[trumpets playing fanfare]

582
00:34:16,222 --> 00:34:17,722
- Hi, I am Taylor Maine.

583
00:34:17,723 --> 00:34:21,025
I've been with the troop
for about six months now.

584
00:34:21,026 --> 00:34:23,294
Training up to be a jouster.

585
00:34:23,295 --> 00:34:25,230
Been coming to ren faire
since I was little.

586
00:34:25,231 --> 00:34:27,632
I've kind of seen these
guys for years now

587
00:34:27,633 --> 00:34:31,001
and this is my first time
being part of the tournament

588
00:34:31,002 --> 00:34:33,404
and I get to marshal for
it, which is super exciting.

589
00:34:33,405 --> 00:34:34,972
Like any of these people here,

590
00:34:34,973 --> 00:34:37,074
I don't think everybody
realizes how much

591
00:34:37,075 --> 00:34:39,710
of like an extreme
personality type they are.

592
00:34:39,711 --> 00:34:41,246
Like I'm sure they do,

593
00:34:41,247 --> 00:34:43,047
but like they think, oh Dave's
so much different than me.

594
00:34:43,048 --> 00:34:46,351
And really they're, they're
all just the same kind

595
00:34:46,352 --> 00:34:49,554
of explosive sort of a-a-

596
00:34:49,555 --> 00:34:52,523
a maximized type of character.

597
00:34:52,524 --> 00:34:54,459
I mean he's the
best jouster here,

598
00:34:54,460 --> 00:34:58,529
probably the best jouster in
if not the country than like

599
00:34:58,530 --> 00:35:00,365
one of the top 10 in the world.

600
00:35:00,366 --> 00:35:02,767
It's also like he's
been doing it 20 years

601
00:35:02,768 --> 00:35:04,535
and there's not like
ma- there's not like

602
00:35:04,536 --> 00:35:06,137
thousands of jousters out there.

603
00:35:06,138 --> 00:35:08,239
There's probably no more than
a thousand jousters worldwide.

604
00:35:08,240 --> 00:35:10,040
Probably less than that,
probably like in the hundreds.

605
00:35:10,041 --> 00:35:13,778
But he is, of those,
one of the best.

606
00:35:13,779 --> 00:35:14,912
Everybody else I've seen on the

607
00:35:14,913 --> 00:35:16,514
horse, I've seen
fall at some point.

608
00:35:16,515 --> 00:35:18,583
I have not seen Dave fall yet,
which is also why I'm excited

609
00:35:18,584 --> 00:35:19,417
for this weekend

610
00:35:19,418 --> 00:35:20,319
[laughs quietly]

611
00:35:21,420 --> 00:35:23,522
[announcer in background]

612
00:35:29,328 --> 00:35:30,828
I'm Caitlin Alexander.

613
00:35:30,829 --> 00:35:32,663
I'm from Sterling, New York

614
00:35:32,664 --> 00:35:35,600
and I'm considered,
like, a squire.

615
00:35:35,601 --> 00:35:38,503
I've been squiring
for the company

616
00:35:38,504 --> 00:35:41,539
for 10 years now.

617
00:35:41,540 --> 00:35:43,274
I love the people, everyone
here.

618
00:35:43,275 --> 00:35:46,477
They have a really
great community sense.

619
00:35:46,478 --> 00:35:47,578
I love the horses.

620
00:35:47,579 --> 00:35:49,214
The horses are amazing

621
00:35:49,215 --> 00:35:52,517
but really I just come
back for the people.

622
00:35:52,518 --> 00:35:55,353
So I train all the new people
on the ground to show them

623
00:35:55,354 --> 00:35:56,821
how the show works,

624
00:35:56,822 --> 00:35:59,590
how to put armor on the guys,

625
00:35:59,591 --> 00:36:01,692
how to take armor, saddles,

626
00:36:01,693 --> 00:36:04,295
bridles off the
horses after the show.

627
00:36:04,296 --> 00:36:08,899
Basically I do all the
background behind the scenes,

628
00:36:08,900 --> 00:36:12,370
prep the show so it works
smoothly for the Knights.

629
00:36:12,371 --> 00:36:14,439
My favorite horse is Abraham.

630
00:36:14,440 --> 00:36:17,608
I just love his
whole personality.

631
00:36:17,609 --> 00:36:20,745
Um- he was actually the first
horse I took lessons on

632
00:36:20,746 --> 00:36:24,815
Dave like he's out there every
day during the week, riding

633
00:36:24,816 --> 00:36:28,786
and he puts in like a 100
percent into the shows.

634
00:36:28,787 --> 00:36:30,087
Even though I'm super hot days
when you're just like bone-

635
00:36:30,088 --> 00:36:30,522
tired, you just don't
want to do anything.

636
00:36:34,260 --> 00:36:35,860
He's still there.

637
00:36:35,861 --> 00:36:38,095
Like this is his
passion, this is his love

638
00:36:38,096 --> 00:36:40,731
and that's what makes
him such a great jouster.

639
00:36:40,732 --> 00:36:42,867
Even though he said he is
gonna retire, I don't know

640
00:36:42,868 --> 00:36:44,769
how many different times,

641
00:36:44,770 --> 00:36:47,538
but I know he will
still continue-

642
00:36:47,539 --> 00:36:50,608
will be continuing this
like no matter how long.

643
00:36:50,609 --> 00:36:52,310
- How about we just like

644
00:36:52,311 --> 00:36:53,278
[man laughs]

645
00:36:53,279 --> 00:36:54,111
- Come on!

646
00:36:54,112 --> 00:36:55,613
- What?

647
00:36:55,614 --> 00:36:58,283
- Keep it up smart ass, see
where it gets you with me.

648
00:36:58,284 --> 00:36:59,517
[man laughs]

649
00:36:59,518 --> 00:37:00,818
- You know, when
I started working

650
00:37:00,819 --> 00:37:03,854
with horses it just made
sense and I enjoyed it

651
00:37:03,855 --> 00:37:06,291
and I was hungry to
learn from whoever-

652
00:37:06,292 --> 00:37:08,025
whoever was willing to teach me.

653
00:37:08,026 --> 00:37:11,396
When I got to Florida to meet
Kelly for the first time,

654
00:37:11,397 --> 00:37:14,164
who is the owner of the company,

655
00:37:14,165 --> 00:37:16,734
um- he would do
horse competitions

656
00:37:16,735 --> 00:37:20,905
and when I watched videotape
of that I was like wow, I want

657
00:37:20,906 --> 00:37:22,172
that level of proficiency

658
00:37:22,173 --> 00:37:26,377
and it just drove me to
try to accomplish that.

659
00:37:26,378 --> 00:37:28,112
So it's one of those things

660
00:37:28,113 --> 00:37:29,880
that you didn't
actively think about.

661
00:37:29,881 --> 00:37:33,784
It just, it was inspiring
and it just kept me going.

662
00:37:33,785 --> 00:37:35,920
You know, you gotta guide
'em through the crucible

663
00:37:35,921 --> 00:37:37,788
of the same thing that you
guide the riders through.

664
00:37:37,789 --> 00:37:39,424
There's a lot of
anxiety, there's things

665
00:37:39,425 --> 00:37:41,058
breaking over their heads.

666
00:37:41,059 --> 00:37:42,627
They got sword
swinging, there's a lot

667
00:37:42,628 --> 00:37:44,094
of noise, there's
a lot of audience.

668
00:37:44,095 --> 00:37:47,965
So there's, there's a lot
of layers to that as well.

669
00:37:47,966 --> 00:37:50,034
Like, and some horses
do better with it

670
00:37:50,035 --> 00:37:52,604
and other horses don't
and some will never do it.

671
00:37:54,039 --> 00:37:56,441
You know, dealing with a young
one right now that you know,

672
00:37:56,442 --> 00:37:57,942
he's not sure about everything.

673
00:37:57,943 --> 00:38:01,078
Where I had a horse the same
age, you know, last year

674
00:38:01,079 --> 00:38:03,381
where she was like,
had moments of anxiety

675
00:38:03,382 --> 00:38:06,283
but then, oh I got this
figured out very quickly

676
00:38:06,284 --> 00:38:07,652
and didn't make a
big deal about it.

677
00:38:07,653 --> 00:38:10,421
So every horse is
different, you know.

678
00:38:10,422 --> 00:38:13,191
We'll come out we'll say like
just a quick little whatever,

679
00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:16,193
but then it's on the
marshalls to go ahead

680
00:38:16,194 --> 00:38:18,496
and say now that all the
champions have been, you know,

681
00:38:18,497 --> 00:38:21,031
introduced, it's now time
to begin this tournament.

682
00:38:21,032 --> 00:38:24,502
Thereby knights I ask you now
turn to the left and proceed.

683
00:38:24,503 --> 00:38:26,170
You know, and what
ideally I would like

684
00:38:26,171 --> 00:38:29,073
to have happen is everybody
turns left at the same time

685
00:38:29,074 --> 00:38:30,576
and just jogs down the rail.

686
00:38:32,110 --> 00:38:36,181
[Proud Peasant plays
"The Prisoner"]

687
00:40:06,805 --> 00:40:07,472
[music fades]

688
00:40:07,473 --> 00:40:08,639
- Arm themselves

689
00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:10,975
- I am Liam Mooney,
I am a squire.

690
00:40:10,976 --> 00:40:12,943
It is a spectacle, it's a
performance, it's you know,

691
00:40:12,944 --> 00:40:15,112
a competition and a
performance at the same time.

692
00:40:15,113 --> 00:40:16,481
'cause it's legit, you
know, they get out there

693
00:40:16,482 --> 00:40:18,449
and it's, it's real.

694
00:40:18,450 --> 00:40:21,786
They wanna win. They want to
unhorse their opponent and

695
00:40:21,787 --> 00:40:23,020
but it's also a performance

696
00:40:23,021 --> 00:40:24,789
so it's like everyone's
on the same side.

697
00:40:24,790 --> 00:40:26,323
You know, we're all looking
out for each other here.

698
00:40:26,324 --> 00:40:29,126
No one's ever trying
to hurt anybody else,

699
00:40:29,127 --> 00:40:30,294
but we're still trying to win.

700
00:40:30,295 --> 00:40:31,929
So it has that
friendly competition

701
00:40:31,930 --> 00:40:33,764
that gives it like
an extra layer

702
00:40:33,765 --> 00:40:36,734
of both comradery and enjoyment.

703
00:40:36,735 --> 00:40:38,068
We all, everybody

704
00:40:38,069 --> 00:40:39,737
knight, squire, manager

705
00:40:39,738 --> 00:40:41,138
in the morning do

706
00:40:41,139 --> 00:40:43,073
horse feed and scoop and clean

707
00:40:43,074 --> 00:40:45,776
and everything in the morning
and then again at night.

708
00:40:45,777 --> 00:40:48,813
And we do training and riding
during the actual faire time.

709
00:40:48,814 --> 00:40:51,215
Most of the day is
spent doing horse rides.

710
00:40:51,216 --> 00:40:53,584
We give horse rides to
get some extra income

711
00:40:53,585 --> 00:40:56,587
and enthusiasm about what we do.

712
00:40:56,588 --> 00:40:58,589
But I'm so excited and
I'm excited for the crowd

713
00:40:58,590 --> 00:40:59,824
that it'll bring and just,

714
00:40:59,825 --> 00:41:00,758
I mean, I'm here

715
00:41:00,759 --> 00:41:02,359
because I love the joust

716
00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:04,128
so seeing it like doubled

717
00:41:04,129 --> 00:41:05,496
or almost tripled here

718
00:41:05,497 --> 00:41:08,066
with the tournament
is freaking exciting.

719
00:41:19,945 --> 00:41:20,911
- So my name is Sydney Froemke.

720
00:41:20,912 --> 00:41:22,613
I use they them pronouns

721
00:41:22,614 --> 00:41:24,882
In the show I am
Dame Eleanor Hawkins,

722
00:41:24,883 --> 00:41:26,917
the Raven of Kent.

723
00:41:26,918 --> 00:41:28,753
I started working
with them in 2015.

724
00:41:28,754 --> 00:41:30,420
So about eight years.

725
00:41:30,421 --> 00:41:32,790
I started working in Minnesota.

726
00:41:32,791 --> 00:41:34,091
That's where they picked me up

727
00:41:34,092 --> 00:41:37,427
and I didn't come on
the road until 2019

728
00:41:37,428 --> 00:41:39,764
and then took a
break with Covid.

729
00:41:39,765 --> 00:41:40,966
[crowd cheers]

730
00:41:43,234 --> 00:41:44,434
[lance cracking]

731
00:41:44,435 --> 00:41:46,004
[trumpets playing fanfare]

732
00:41:47,639 --> 00:41:48,506
[lance cracking]

733
00:41:53,879 --> 00:41:55,345
[crowd chanting] Eleanor!
Eleanor! Eleanor!

734
00:41:55,346 --> 00:41:58,048
One of the biggest
challenges is just being able

735
00:41:58,049 --> 00:42:02,219
to operate in the armor
when it's really hot out.

736
00:42:02,220 --> 00:42:04,054
'cause it's like
an easy-bake oven.

737
00:42:04,055 --> 00:42:05,690
It gets very warm

738
00:42:05,691 --> 00:42:07,224
and you only have

739
00:42:07,225 --> 00:42:08,659
to be out there for a
certain amount of time.

740
00:42:08,660 --> 00:42:10,294
But you are active for the time

741
00:42:10,295 --> 00:42:12,162
that you are out there
and you're in the sun.

742
00:42:12,163 --> 00:42:14,432
There's no shade,
there's no mercy.

743
00:42:15,601 --> 00:42:18,368
And you can run outta
breath very quickly.

744
00:42:18,369 --> 00:42:22,406
And in the beginning I did,
I was like gasping at the end

745
00:42:22,407 --> 00:42:23,809
of the show when they
pulled my helmet off.

746
00:42:24,943 --> 00:42:26,877
Bandaid here, that's
where the pinch was.

747
00:42:26,878 --> 00:42:29,546
This is just the edge
of the armor digging in.

748
00:42:29,547 --> 00:42:31,281
- So it's worse
under the bandage?

749
00:42:31,282 --> 00:42:32,449
- Yes.
- Oh is it?

750
00:42:32,450 --> 00:42:33,618
- It looks like a-a-

751
00:42:33,619 --> 00:42:34,852
- Oh it looks like a shark bite.

752
00:42:34,853 --> 00:42:35,953
- An actual bite.
Yeah, right there.

753
00:42:35,954 --> 00:42:37,221
- Ouch.

754
00:42:37,222 --> 00:42:38,889
Oh I'm very excited
to be riding Titan.

755
00:42:38,890 --> 00:42:41,926
Titan is the tallest
horse that we have.

756
00:42:41,927 --> 00:42:43,127
He is super sweet.

757
00:42:43,128 --> 00:42:44,361
He's blind in one eye

758
00:42:44,362 --> 00:42:47,031
but that doesn't really
affect him at all.

759
00:42:47,032 --> 00:42:49,700
Sometimes he runs into things
but he doesn't even care.

760
00:42:49,701 --> 00:42:52,569
That's one of the reasons
why I'm on him as a newbie.

761
00:42:52,570 --> 00:42:56,173
I'm looking forward
to just seeing how I,

762
00:42:56,174 --> 00:42:58,609
I guess I measure up
to all of these guys

763
00:42:58,610 --> 00:42:59,978
that I've watched just for years

764
00:43:05,817 --> 00:43:08,152
- That's right my friends,

765
00:43:08,153 --> 00:43:09,654
I am your hero,

766
00:43:09,655 --> 00:43:11,488
your fabled champion,

767
00:43:11,489 --> 00:43:15,059
the most handsome
knight in all the realm

768
00:43:15,060 --> 00:43:18,963
with the finest, tone-est
buttocks out there.

769
00:43:18,964 --> 00:43:19,865
Sir Christopher!

770
00:43:25,136 --> 00:43:27,471
Hey! You guys made it!

771
00:43:27,472 --> 00:43:29,506
You're in the wrong crowd!

772
00:43:29,507 --> 00:43:31,341
[crowd laughs]

773
00:43:31,342 --> 00:43:33,577
Well come over here!

774
00:43:33,578 --> 00:43:35,012
- I am Thomas Buckley

775
00:43:35,013 --> 00:43:38,148
but my character name is
Sir Christopher Hatton.

776
00:43:38,149 --> 00:43:40,317
Initially I inquired
about jousting

777
00:43:40,318 --> 00:43:42,586
because I wanted to learn how

778
00:43:42,587 --> 00:43:45,255
to ride a horse when
I was starting to look

779
00:43:45,256 --> 00:43:48,860
to build my resume, especially
my stunt performance resume.

780
00:43:53,965 --> 00:43:57,001
I was interested in jousting
for the horse riding aspect

781
00:43:57,002 --> 00:43:58,836
of it so that I could have more

782
00:43:58,837 --> 00:44:00,270
hands-on experience riding

783
00:44:00,271 --> 00:44:03,107
horses, falling from
horses, whether that be real

784
00:44:03,108 --> 00:44:04,374
or stunt work

785
00:44:04,375 --> 00:44:06,610
and give myself a
little bit of an edge

786
00:44:06,611 --> 00:44:08,078
as a performer out there.

787
00:44:08,079 --> 00:44:10,848
And really just
largely the experience.

788
00:44:10,849 --> 00:44:14,919
So jousting in for me in
particular has been a-

789
00:44:14,920 --> 00:44:18,322
a focus in the
physical stunt work.

790
00:44:18,323 --> 00:44:19,790
The toughest part of jousting

791
00:44:19,791 --> 00:44:22,326
for me is staying on the horse.

792
00:44:22,327 --> 00:44:25,062
I'm already a very
light individual

793
00:44:25,063 --> 00:44:30,135
who hasn't fully grasped
mastering the seat of the steed,

794
00:44:31,436 --> 00:44:34,305
which makes me an easy
individual to face-off against.

795
00:44:37,275 --> 00:44:39,143
[lance cracking]

796
00:44:39,144 --> 00:44:40,211
[crowd cheers]

797
00:44:41,612 --> 00:44:43,080
It's exhilarating

798
00:44:43,081 --> 00:44:45,883
and if you're in the right
mindset it can be the the

799
00:44:45,884 --> 00:44:47,184
world's best thing.

800
00:44:47,185 --> 00:44:50,054
And then at other times
it can be the the most

801
00:44:50,055 --> 00:44:51,156
terrible thing.

802
00:44:52,858 --> 00:44:55,159
It all depends on how
I'm really going into it.

803
00:44:55,160 --> 00:44:59,563
I'd like to say I've leaning
into it very positively

804
00:44:59,564 --> 00:45:03,600
and excited to see
what, what mayhem

805
00:45:03,601 --> 00:45:05,436
and carnage is going to come.

806
00:45:06,604 --> 00:45:08,705
You know, the great
thing about that show

807
00:45:08,706 --> 00:45:10,307
is I didn't break a single lance

808
00:45:10,308 --> 00:45:12,409
so now I don't have to
make any for the next show.

809
00:45:12,410 --> 00:45:13,643
[laughs]

810
00:45:13,644 --> 00:45:16,013
So long as there's
breath in my body

811
00:45:16,014 --> 00:45:19,183
victory shall be ours

812
00:45:19,184 --> 00:45:20,450
[crowd cheers]

813
00:45:20,451 --> 00:45:22,820
I've had a few random injuries,

814
00:45:22,821 --> 00:45:25,189
I have pulled my rotator cuff

815
00:45:25,190 --> 00:45:28,826
or kind of hurt it in a sense
that put me out for some time.

816
00:45:28,827 --> 00:45:32,062
But I have broken
my left toe twice,

817
00:45:32,063 --> 00:45:34,832
oddly enough from this sport.

818
00:45:34,833 --> 00:45:36,767
Arguably, I don't know why,

819
00:45:36,768 --> 00:45:38,803
I think it's because I
put so much pressure in

820
00:45:38,804 --> 00:45:41,105
that left stirrup and then
getting on horse the sudden

821
00:45:41,106 --> 00:45:44,008
release of that pressure
has probably led to some

822
00:45:44,009 --> 00:45:47,344
of those fractures in the,
in the bone within the toe.

823
00:45:47,345 --> 00:45:50,180
Or maybe I've hit
everything on the way down

824
00:45:50,181 --> 00:45:51,482
with my left foot.

825
00:46:00,391 --> 00:46:03,527
I've known Dave since 2014
when I was on cast at the

826
00:46:03,528 --> 00:46:05,262
Sterling Renaissance Festival.

827
00:46:05,263 --> 00:46:07,764
He was the fight
choreographer at that faire

828
00:46:07,765 --> 00:46:10,400
and that is when I
initially first met him.

829
00:46:10,401 --> 00:46:13,703
And when I speak
of how much pain

830
00:46:13,704 --> 00:46:17,207
and torture that has been
delivered onto my visage

831
00:46:17,208 --> 00:46:22,280
and persona, both physically,
emotionally, mentally,

832
00:46:23,448 --> 00:46:25,682
I am now in fear of my
life at this very moment

833
00:46:25,683 --> 00:46:28,418
for having uttered these
words in his presence.

834
00:46:28,419 --> 00:46:31,957
- And that's without drugs and
alcohol that's on pure air.

835
00:46:36,962 --> 00:46:38,295
[lance cracking]

836
00:46:38,296 --> 00:46:39,530
[crowd cheers]

837
00:46:41,066 --> 00:46:42,700
[trumpets playing fanfare]

838
00:46:51,676 --> 00:46:54,244
- A lance pass
happens so quickly.

839
00:46:54,245 --> 00:46:56,446
So you have to really zone in

840
00:46:56,447 --> 00:46:59,383
so dramatically on
every lance pass.

841
00:46:59,384 --> 00:47:01,251
It's a high energy sport.

842
00:47:01,252 --> 00:47:04,488
But to put out a great
performance with the horse,

843
00:47:04,489 --> 00:47:08,425
which includes even say the
sword fighting on horseback,

844
00:47:08,426 --> 00:47:09,793
the entrances

845
00:47:09,794 --> 00:47:13,097
and all the maneuvers that
come with riding a horse

846
00:47:13,098 --> 00:47:14,198
and focusing on that.

847
00:47:14,199 --> 00:47:15,933
To do that on four
different horses

848
00:47:15,934 --> 00:47:18,502
with maybe only like
10 minutes of prep time

849
00:47:18,503 --> 00:47:23,407
before a half hour show
in the armor 140 pounds.

850
00:47:23,408 --> 00:47:25,609
To have that like skill

851
00:47:25,610 --> 00:47:27,844
and ability is
definitely impressive.

852
00:47:27,845 --> 00:47:32,918
I am the sweet old lady
horse that is Anna.

853
00:47:33,751 --> 00:47:35,152
And Anna is the mother of two

854
00:47:35,153 --> 00:47:36,786
of the other horses in
this company that is Titan

855
00:47:36,787 --> 00:47:39,756
and Thor, no matter what
the results are for me,

856
00:47:39,757 --> 00:47:42,993
even if I get unhorsed, if I
get hurt, if I feel like her

857
00:47:42,994 --> 00:47:45,429
and I are lance
passes are good, solid

858
00:47:45,430 --> 00:47:47,597
and acceptable, I'll be happy.

859
00:47:47,598 --> 00:47:51,301
And that's, that's
been my biggest desire
at this tournament

860
00:47:51,302 --> 00:47:55,272
is just to revisit an
old partnership that

861
00:47:55,273 --> 00:47:57,108
wasn't always on the best foot.

862
00:47:58,276 --> 00:47:59,177
- Who's next?

863
00:48:00,645 --> 00:48:01,546
Silas

864
00:48:03,414 --> 00:48:05,116
Hi, my name is Silas Holtz

865
00:48:06,384 --> 00:48:09,653
and I am being interviewed
for what I believe is

866
00:48:09,654 --> 00:48:13,724
to be a documentary about
certain aspects of jousting

867
00:48:14,825 --> 00:48:17,527
pertaining to the
company I work with

868
00:48:17,528 --> 00:48:20,130
and the employee David Schade.

869
00:48:20,131 --> 00:48:22,967
Dave is one of the best
jousters in the country.

870
00:48:22,968 --> 00:48:26,336
So I grew up on a small
farm in upstate New York.

871
00:48:26,337 --> 00:48:28,405
I went to college for acting,

872
00:48:28,406 --> 00:48:30,674
mostly like straight
acting for the stage.

873
00:48:30,675 --> 00:48:33,877
From there I got into
stage combat, I trained

874
00:48:33,878 --> 00:48:35,946
with the Society of
American Fight Directors

875
00:48:35,947 --> 00:48:37,314
and then I started
training with a bunch

876
00:48:37,315 --> 00:48:39,483
of other fight directors
here and there.

877
00:48:39,484 --> 00:48:43,353
I got cast at the Sterling
Renaissance Festival as one

878
00:48:43,354 --> 00:48:44,721
of their in-house actors.

879
00:48:44,722 --> 00:48:46,957
And I had a rough
and tumble existence

880
00:48:46,958 --> 00:48:50,660
and so it kind of appealed
to both of those sides to me.

881
00:48:50,661 --> 00:48:52,829
It offered me a
challenge to do it.

882
00:48:52,830 --> 00:48:56,033
I didn't have many attachments
so I was able to just kind

883
00:48:56,034 --> 00:48:59,169
of give up everything and
it was a grand adventure.

884
00:48:59,170 --> 00:49:01,138
I trained for...

885
00:49:01,139 --> 00:49:03,440
let's say probably
almost, almost six months,

886
00:49:03,441 --> 00:49:05,375
I think before I was
put in my first show.

887
00:49:05,376 --> 00:49:08,178
Different guys would get in
at different times, you know,

888
00:49:08,179 --> 00:49:10,680
I wasn't talented at it at all.

889
00:49:10,681 --> 00:49:12,249
So the reason I made it was

890
00:49:12,250 --> 00:49:14,418
because I just wanted
to do it very badly.

891
00:49:14,419 --> 00:49:17,554
But I had very little natural
talent I had to really learn.

892
00:49:17,555 --> 00:49:20,590
But luckily there was a lot
of veteran, especially Dave.

893
00:49:20,591 --> 00:49:23,727
They're very giving with
their time and advice.

894
00:49:23,728 --> 00:49:27,897
So I've been jousting
for about 16 years.

895
00:49:27,898 --> 00:49:30,600
Helmet hit yet the
helmet's, my helmet's really

896
00:49:30,601 --> 00:49:32,136
close, it's really tight.

897
00:49:32,137 --> 00:49:35,105
So it must have, it must have
seeded and then moved up.

898
00:49:35,106 --> 00:49:38,442
The toughest part of
jousting it doesn't pay great

899
00:49:38,443 --> 00:49:40,644
but then there's all the
fun that comes with it.

900
00:49:40,645 --> 00:49:42,046
I think the toughest part

901
00:49:42,047 --> 00:49:44,814
that people don't really
think about is that you have

902
00:49:44,815 --> 00:49:48,918
to be okay with just being
uncomfortable for months

903
00:49:48,919 --> 00:49:50,220
and months and months.

904
00:49:50,221 --> 00:49:52,222
You know, you're always
healing a little bit,

905
00:49:52,223 --> 00:49:56,226
you're often sleeping and
like a tent or trailer,

906
00:49:56,227 --> 00:49:58,462
but it's hard to really imagine

907
00:49:58,463 --> 00:50:01,531
and conceptualize being just,

908
00:50:01,532 --> 00:50:06,370
just never being quite
comfortable for, you know,

909
00:50:06,371 --> 00:50:08,206
nine months in a row.

910
00:50:19,984 --> 00:50:21,185
- My name is Andrew Hoffman

911
00:50:21,186 --> 00:50:22,519
and I'm a jouster with New
Riders...

912
00:50:22,520 --> 00:50:24,654
of the Golden Age.

913
00:50:24,655 --> 00:50:26,591
- Gotta get all the
way down to the nubs

914
00:50:28,593 --> 00:50:30,127
- I am riding Indigo.

915
00:50:30,128 --> 00:50:32,796
He's a little
hard-sided sometimes,

916
00:50:32,797 --> 00:50:35,165
but he's a damn
fine jousting horse.

917
00:50:35,166 --> 00:50:38,568
He runs very straight,
very reliably as long

918
00:50:38,569 --> 00:50:40,637
as I'm actively riding him.

919
00:50:40,638 --> 00:50:42,272
It was the ability of the travel

920
00:50:42,273 --> 00:50:43,673
be around horses

921
00:50:43,674 --> 00:50:45,609
primarily my goal,
professionally speaking, is

922
00:50:45,610 --> 00:50:48,345
to be with horses and my
goal personally speaking is

923
00:50:48,346 --> 00:50:50,280
to travel and have
fun and jousting is

924
00:50:50,281 --> 00:50:51,781
how I could do both
of those things.

925
00:50:51,782 --> 00:50:52,782
Only way to do it on the road.

926
00:50:52,783 --> 00:50:54,284
Other that would be in a rodeo.

927
00:50:54,285 --> 00:50:57,987
I think I had started
training in 2017.

928
00:50:57,988 --> 00:51:00,124
I wanna say it took
me about nine months,

929
00:51:00,125 --> 00:51:01,491
roughly could have
gotten in faster.

930
00:51:01,492 --> 00:51:03,693
But realistically speaking
it, I didn't know how

931
00:51:03,694 --> 00:51:06,096
to ride a horse at all
before I joined this company.

932
00:51:06,097 --> 00:51:07,331
I'd been on horses
my entire life

933
00:51:07,332 --> 00:51:08,832
and never learned
how to ride properly

934
00:51:08,833 --> 00:51:10,634
before jousting and horses.

935
00:51:10,635 --> 00:51:12,969
I would say I was with
a carriage company

936
00:51:12,970 --> 00:51:16,140
that my family owned
and operated for
about 12 or so years,

937
00:51:16,141 --> 00:51:17,841
since the early 2000's.

938
00:51:17,842 --> 00:51:19,376
Ever since I was a
kid we'd been going

939
00:51:19,377 --> 00:51:20,810
to renaissance
festivals as well.

940
00:51:20,811 --> 00:51:23,580
So it's just where
horses and horses

941
00:51:23,581 --> 00:51:27,551
and festivals met is where
I found into jousting you have

942
00:51:27,552 --> 00:51:29,419
to cultivate the
relationship with the horse

943
00:51:29,420 --> 00:51:31,521
and you they have to be part
of the conversation as well.

944
00:51:31,522 --> 00:51:35,125
And oftentimes when I had
been with horses growing up,

945
00:51:35,126 --> 00:51:37,361
they weren't really allowed
to be part of the conversation

946
00:51:37,362 --> 00:51:39,663
'cause they were just used as
tractors, tools, implements

947
00:51:39,664 --> 00:51:41,565
to get whatever
job we needed done

948
00:51:41,566 --> 00:51:44,334
and performing with them in
a show they have to be part

949
00:51:44,335 --> 00:51:46,803
of the conversation 'cause
they have loud voices

950
00:51:46,804 --> 00:51:48,572
and they will be heard
if they need to be heard.

951
00:51:48,573 --> 00:51:51,808
So it was definitely
humbling myself to be able

952
00:51:51,809 --> 00:51:53,243
to ride the horse and you know,

953
00:51:53,244 --> 00:51:54,878
comfortably
communicate with them.

954
00:51:54,879 --> 00:51:57,581
And to be entirely frank, the
skill level is a little skewed

955
00:51:57,582 --> 00:51:59,416
between the, between
the jousters here.

956
00:51:59,417 --> 00:52:01,751
Like Dave's been doing this
for like almost 30 years

957
00:52:01,752 --> 00:52:03,620
so it's kind of hard
to stand up against,

958
00:52:03,621 --> 00:52:05,522
the amount of time he's put in.

959
00:52:05,523 --> 00:52:08,725
The first time I met Dave
would've been in 2003,

960
00:52:08,726 --> 00:52:11,595
I was eight years old, I
think it was in Louisiana.

961
00:52:11,596 --> 00:52:13,997
And I was attending one
of the jousts there.

962
00:52:13,998 --> 00:52:15,999
Once he actually picked
me outta the crowd

963
00:52:16,000 --> 00:52:17,401
put me in the middle

964
00:52:17,402 --> 00:52:19,035
of the field and said,
"Alright, stand right here

965
00:52:19,036 --> 00:52:20,504
and I'm gonna go over
here and I'm gonna run at

966
00:52:20,505 --> 00:52:22,071
you and jump this
horse over you."

967
00:52:22,072 --> 00:52:24,374
And I stood there and he went
and he started running at me

968
00:52:24,375 --> 00:52:26,142
and then he stopped right in
front of me and he's just like,

969
00:52:26,143 --> 00:52:27,611
"Get the hell outta here kid.

970
00:52:27,612 --> 00:52:29,546
I'm not gonna actually
jump a horse over you."

971
00:52:29,547 --> 00:52:34,218
Dave is a titan on the field
and he's a damn fine jouster

972
00:52:34,219 --> 00:52:36,420
I would venture to call him one

973
00:52:36,421 --> 00:52:37,787
of the best jousters in America.

974
00:52:37,788 --> 00:52:41,024
And this is a very fun job
and and a fun experience

975
00:52:41,025 --> 00:52:42,392
and sometimes I,
it's kind of hard

976
00:52:42,393 --> 00:52:43,827
to not feel like a rock star.

977
00:52:43,828 --> 00:52:45,462
It's an exciting thing.
We're gonna go out there

978
00:52:45,463 --> 00:52:46,896
and joust in front
of a whole crowd

979
00:52:46,897 --> 00:52:48,299
of people and it's
gonna be amazing.

980
00:52:55,540 --> 00:52:57,541
I always get bruises up in here

981
00:52:57,542 --> 00:52:59,175
'cause the armor is
constantly biting me.

982
00:52:59,176 --> 00:53:00,977
It's just mostly just bruises.

983
00:53:00,978 --> 00:53:04,080
I've never broken anything yet
is there is always a-a risk

984
00:53:04,081 --> 00:53:05,349
that we take doing this.

985
00:53:05,350 --> 00:53:06,650
Almost every one of us has one

986
00:53:06,651 --> 00:53:08,552
of these right here on
the top of your knuckle.

987
00:53:08,553 --> 00:53:09,953
We always, it always gets split

988
00:53:09,954 --> 00:53:11,455
'cause that's where the
band plate hits in the hand.

989
00:53:11,456 --> 00:53:12,822
But that's where we learn

990
00:53:12,823 --> 00:53:14,424
to start patting our
gauntlets a little better.

991
00:53:14,425 --> 00:53:16,626
So it's, as long as
everyone pads themselves

992
00:53:16,627 --> 00:53:18,595
and takes care of
their body properly,

993
00:53:18,596 --> 00:53:19,897
injuries can be mitigated.

994
00:53:34,379 --> 00:53:35,512
My name's Sam Kuecker.

995
00:53:35,513 --> 00:53:37,681
Go by the name
Sir Jacob Samuels.

996
00:53:37,682 --> 00:53:39,349
And I'm a knight.

997
00:53:39,350 --> 00:53:42,252
Been doing it for about
11 years, I suppose.

998
00:53:42,253 --> 00:53:45,088
As soon as I got out of high
school, I joined the military.

999
00:53:45,089 --> 00:53:46,856
I was in the Air
Force for six years.

1000
00:53:46,857 --> 00:53:48,792
The only reason I
got into jousting was

1001
00:53:48,793 --> 00:53:51,828
'cause I knew a guy from the
military who started jousting

1002
00:53:51,829 --> 00:53:54,798
and he called me up and asked
me if I wanted to do it.

1003
00:53:54,799 --> 00:53:56,300
So, and I was like, sure,

1004
00:53:56,301 --> 00:53:58,302
I don't got anything
better to do.

1005
00:53:58,303 --> 00:53:59,536
I kind of grew up around horses,

1006
00:53:59,537 --> 00:54:01,104
but I never really rode horses.

1007
00:54:01,105 --> 00:54:03,340
So I guess it was
just the experience,

1008
00:54:03,341 --> 00:54:05,909
me and Dave get along really
well during the show.

1009
00:54:05,910 --> 00:54:08,011
'cause if somebody
flubs up on something,

1010
00:54:08,012 --> 00:54:10,246
we can usually pick up on it.

1011
00:54:10,247 --> 00:54:11,648
You know, we, we can
tell if the other

1012
00:54:11,649 --> 00:54:13,249
person's struggling
with something.

1013
00:54:13,250 --> 00:54:15,285
So we kind of, you know, fill
in for the other person, like

1014
00:54:15,286 --> 00:54:17,687
during a ground fight
or something like that.

1015
00:54:17,688 --> 00:54:20,089
Earlier on in my career I
screwed up my wrist a lot.

1016
00:54:20,090 --> 00:54:23,460
Soon as I got a new gauntlet
fixed, a lot of that.

1017
00:54:23,461 --> 00:54:25,362
I haven't had anything serious.

1018
00:54:25,363 --> 00:54:28,632
If it fits right, your armor
will protect you very well.

1019
00:54:28,633 --> 00:54:30,334
The, the more times
you hit the ground,

1020
00:54:30,335 --> 00:54:33,371
the the slower time
gets for you it seems.

1021
00:54:34,539 --> 00:54:35,839
So you can think about
what you have to do.

1022
00:54:35,840 --> 00:54:37,240
You know, don't stick
your arms out, you know,

1023
00:54:37,241 --> 00:54:38,642
kind of try to tuck 'em in.

1024
00:54:38,643 --> 00:54:41,244
This is the most talking
you'll ever hear me talk about.

1025
00:54:41,245 --> 00:54:43,613
I don't do the whole
talking out there on the

1026
00:54:43,614 --> 00:54:45,148
joust field or anything.

1027
00:54:45,149 --> 00:54:47,183
I am like the reigning champion.

1028
00:54:47,184 --> 00:54:49,986
So there's probably a little
more pressure on me from

1029
00:54:49,987 --> 00:54:51,955
everybody else to
try to beat me.

1030
00:54:51,956 --> 00:54:53,957
I think they're all
gonna be gunning for me.

1031
00:54:53,958 --> 00:54:57,193
- So the owner of the faire
has put up a $1000 dollar purse

1032
00:54:57,194 --> 00:54:59,563
for the the winner to take home.

1033
00:54:59,564 --> 00:55:00,364
- She says to me on
the phone the other day

1034
00:55:00,365 --> 00:55:01,598
like we're talking

1035
00:55:01,599 --> 00:55:02,899
and she's like, "You're
gonna win, right?"

1036
00:55:02,900 --> 00:55:04,434
I'm like, I don't know,
we'll see what happens.

1037
00:55:04,435 --> 00:55:08,137
"No, you are going to win. Your
daughter wants you to win."

1038
00:55:08,138 --> 00:55:09,874
- I'm like, Damn it. I'm like

1039
00:55:10,675 --> 00:55:11,576
- Eye on the prize.

1040
00:55:13,511 --> 00:55:15,579
- Thanks hun. -You're welcome.

1041
00:55:15,580 --> 00:55:17,080
- Love you. -Love you too.

1042
00:55:17,081 --> 00:55:18,281
- Yeah, the prize is important

1043
00:55:18,282 --> 00:55:19,816
but it's not the
ultimate important.

1044
00:55:19,817 --> 00:55:21,851
The ultimate
important is gonna be

1045
00:55:21,852 --> 00:55:23,420
what does the audience
take away from it?

1046
00:55:23,421 --> 00:55:24,921
You know, are they
laughing and smiling

1047
00:55:24,922 --> 00:55:26,790
and having a great time or
are they sitting here going,

1048
00:55:26,791 --> 00:55:29,158
why are those guys arguing
about points for 10 minutes?

1049
00:55:29,159 --> 00:55:31,961
What's going on? I
don't understand. Right.

1050
00:55:31,962 --> 00:55:33,597
And the weird thing is, is
even though I've jousted

1051
00:55:33,598 --> 00:55:36,199
with all these guys, I'm a
little in my head about this.

1052
00:55:36,200 --> 00:55:38,067
Like, I'm like, it's
a tournament weekend.

1053
00:55:38,068 --> 00:55:40,604
You know, like you want
to go out there and

1054
00:55:40,605 --> 00:55:43,206
and be the guy everybody says
you are, you know, as far

1055
00:55:43,207 --> 00:55:45,742
as being the most experienced
or the big killer on the field

1056
00:55:45,743 --> 00:55:47,043
and this and that, you know,

1057
00:55:47,044 --> 00:55:49,446
but like anybody else,
you know, one match you,

1058
00:55:49,447 --> 00:55:50,914
you can lose focus

1059
00:55:50,915 --> 00:55:52,516
and then maybe you're not
that guy and that's okay.

1060
00:55:52,517 --> 00:55:54,418
There's nothing wrong with
that. But still, like,

1061
00:55:54,419 --> 00:55:57,787
it's hard not to get that
performance anxiety where like,

1062
00:55:57,788 --> 00:55:59,789
man, I really wanna go out
there and kill it this weekend.

1063
00:55:59,790 --> 00:56:01,658
I wanna show everybody
what we can do

1064
00:56:01,659 --> 00:56:03,059
and how good we really are.

1065
00:56:03,060 --> 00:56:04,894
You know? And not even
like, like the whole team.

1066
00:56:04,895 --> 00:56:06,763
I, I want everybody
to do good and,

1067
00:56:06,764 --> 00:56:09,233
and really have good
matches, you know

1068
00:56:14,338 --> 00:56:16,105
There's something about
the combative arts

1069
00:56:16,106 --> 00:56:20,610
that you gain respect for people
that give you a good fight.

1070
00:56:20,611 --> 00:56:24,013
Like our tournament's gone
in-house the last couple years

1071
00:56:24,014 --> 00:56:25,450
for various reasons.

1072
00:56:33,123 --> 00:56:36,059
- Glad to host one of the
best jousting tournaments

1073
00:56:36,060 --> 00:56:37,627
anyone will ever see.

1074
00:56:37,628 --> 00:56:39,896
There's two kinds of jousting,
there's theatrical jousting

1075
00:56:39,897 --> 00:56:41,198
and there's
competitive jousting.

1076
00:56:42,099 --> 00:56:43,232
The jousting here at Sherwood

1077
00:56:43,233 --> 00:56:44,134
Forest Faire is
always competitive.

1078
00:56:45,503 --> 00:56:47,236
And so on a regular faire
day there may be, you know,

1079
00:56:47,237 --> 00:56:48,772
three knights jousting.

1080
00:56:48,773 --> 00:56:51,207
But on the tournament day
there, there are six to eight

1081
00:56:51,208 --> 00:56:52,742
and it's a round
robin tournament

1082
00:56:52,743 --> 00:56:54,778
and they're just lance shards
flying all over the place.

1083
00:56:54,779 --> 00:56:56,613
Bodies flying all
over the place.

1084
00:56:56,614 --> 00:56:58,181
We had a double unhorsing.

1085
00:56:58,182 --> 00:57:00,183
It's kinda watching a train
wreck, you're just waiting

1086
00:57:00,184 --> 00:57:02,586
for the smash and the knight
flying outta the saddle.

1087
00:57:02,587 --> 00:57:04,689
It's a- it's quite
something to watch.

1088
00:57:08,325 --> 00:57:10,528
[trumpets playing
medieval fanfare]

1089
00:57:25,309 --> 00:57:26,343
[crowd chanting] "Christopher!
Christopher! Christopher!"

1090
00:57:27,645 --> 00:57:29,514
[announcer] The hour
is indeed on us.

1091
00:57:30,748 --> 00:57:35,284
We've all gathered in mass
around this sandy arena.

1092
00:57:35,285 --> 00:57:39,656
We have four competitors
who are just blood thirsty

1093
00:57:39,657 --> 00:57:42,926
to take home the
championship belt.

1094
00:57:42,927 --> 00:57:47,130
That championship title
that is the master

1095
00:57:47,131 --> 00:57:50,700
of the list this
day are just eager

1096
00:57:50,701 --> 00:57:53,503
to rip forth from their saddles

1097
00:57:53,504 --> 00:57:56,973
and destroy their
opponents this day.

1098
00:57:56,974 --> 00:57:59,475
So who is ready for
a penultimate match

1099
00:57:59,476 --> 00:58:01,345
of our jousting tournament?!

1100
00:58:04,414 --> 00:58:06,115
[crowd cheers]

1101
00:58:06,116 --> 00:58:09,854
[PUNK'D plays "Out Of Flux"]

1102
01:00:35,399 --> 01:00:36,632
[music fades]

1103
01:00:36,633 --> 01:00:39,002
[announcer] We have
one new champion

1104
01:00:39,003 --> 01:00:40,804
and that champion this day,

1105
01:00:40,805 --> 01:00:44,841
the overall
championship of the list

1106
01:00:44,842 --> 01:00:49,645
is that man of the
green, of the black

1107
01:00:49,646 --> 01:00:52,548
the bear of northumber

1108
01:00:52,549 --> 01:00:57,221
Give it up for
Sir Jacob Samuels!

1109
01:00:59,690 --> 01:01:03,059
My friends what say you
for their valiant effort?

1110
01:01:03,060 --> 01:01:03,893
Hip Hip!

1111
01:01:03,894 --> 01:01:04,795
[crowd cheers] hooray!

1112
01:01:10,835 --> 01:01:12,401
[announcer] Awww it's
always good to keep the good

1113
01:01:12,402 --> 01:01:14,103
sportsmanlike conduct this day.

1114
01:01:14,104 --> 01:01:16,372
Now for those of
you who have a mind,

1115
01:01:16,373 --> 01:01:17,974
these knights are going

1116
01:01:17,975 --> 01:01:19,542
to be walking amongst
you with helmets

1117
01:01:19,543 --> 01:01:20,810
and pens to answer any

1118
01:01:20,811 --> 01:01:22,645
and all questions you
may have for them.

1119
01:01:22,646 --> 01:01:25,281
- This was an awesome
jousting tournament.

1120
01:01:25,282 --> 01:01:26,883
Thanks for everybody
that came out

1121
01:01:26,884 --> 01:01:28,918
and thank you to
your wonderful jousts

1122
01:01:28,919 --> 01:01:31,254
and they're wonderful horses.

1123
01:01:31,255 --> 01:01:33,790
We'll see you next
time at Sherwood Forest

1124
01:01:33,791 --> 01:01:35,292
jousting tournament.

1125
01:01:37,661 --> 01:01:39,262
- How do you feel, man?

1126
01:01:39,263 --> 01:01:40,464
- I don't know,

1127
01:01:41,498 --> 01:01:43,699
I guess I'm glad it's over

1128
01:01:43,700 --> 01:01:45,068
I guess, uh, glad I

1129
01:01:45,069 --> 01:01:46,903
glad I beat David
again,

1130
01:01:46,904 --> 01:01:49,339
that's always great.

1131
01:01:50,607 --> 01:01:52,275
- Well congratulations man.

1132
01:01:52,276 --> 01:01:53,609
- Thank you.

1133
01:01:53,610 --> 01:01:55,111
- It was a hell of a show.

1134
01:01:55,112 --> 01:01:57,046
- Yeah, I'm glad we really,

1135
01:01:57,047 --> 01:01:59,682
we really started smacking
each other on that last show.

1136
01:01:59,683 --> 01:02:00,450
So...

1137
01:02:02,419 --> 01:02:03,519
- You rat bastard

1138
01:02:03,520 --> 01:02:05,655
That was awesome. Good job.

1139
01:02:08,893 --> 01:02:10,860
I know all I can think of
is, man, if I didn't miss

1140
01:02:10,861 --> 01:02:12,095
that second pass, we'd

1141
01:02:12,096 --> 01:02:13,863
probably still be
out there right now.

1142
01:02:13,864 --> 01:02:16,132
That was good job.
That was awesome.

1143
01:02:16,133 --> 01:02:18,035
I still hate you but good job.

1144
01:02:19,469 --> 01:02:21,971
I know already I wanted to win,

1145
01:02:21,972 --> 01:02:24,073
like I remember feeling
that, but I like,

1146
01:02:24,074 --> 01:02:25,909
but not at the detriment of Sam.

1147
01:02:25,910 --> 01:02:27,777
Like, because when I joust Sam

1148
01:02:27,778 --> 01:02:29,178
I have a great time

1149
01:02:29,179 --> 01:02:30,579
like him and I always have
banger matches usually

1150
01:02:30,580 --> 01:02:31,680
and he's fun.

1151
01:02:31,681 --> 01:02:33,249
Like I consider
him a friend and,

1152
01:02:33,250 --> 01:02:34,517
and I love having him around.

1153
01:02:34,518 --> 01:02:36,820
So for me it wasn't
like going out there

1154
01:02:36,821 --> 01:02:38,587
to say I'm better than you Sam.

1155
01:02:38,588 --> 01:02:40,223
It's more of like, I'm not sure,

1156
01:02:40,224 --> 01:02:41,524
maybe like something about my

1157
01:02:41,525 --> 01:02:43,092
reputation or whatever,
you know what I mean?

1158
01:02:43,093 --> 01:02:45,261
But I like, I wasn't going
in there with poison.

1159
01:02:45,262 --> 01:02:47,563
I was going in there with
focus of like really wanting

1160
01:02:47,564 --> 01:02:50,533
to settle in and, and do what
I know I'm capable of doing.

1161
01:02:50,534 --> 01:02:52,035
So when you hear that
word competitive,

1162
01:02:52,036 --> 01:02:54,070
like sometimes it could
be a bad thing, right?

1163
01:02:54,071 --> 01:02:55,504
Because it, it,

1164
01:02:55,505 --> 01:02:59,042
it automatically assumes
an adversarial relationship

1165
01:02:59,043 --> 01:03:01,244
but also competitive
just means you're trying

1166
01:03:01,245 --> 01:03:03,646
to really hone your
focus to, to win.

1167
01:03:03,647 --> 01:03:06,215
You know? But if I
don't win I can be

1168
01:03:06,216 --> 01:03:07,985
okay with my performance.

1169
01:03:11,188 --> 01:03:12,622
[violin playing]

1170
01:04:23,560 --> 01:04:25,896
- I'm a professional
squire, Sir Daniel.

1171
01:04:27,564 --> 01:04:31,567
Around this time last
year I suffered a pretty

1172
01:04:31,568 --> 01:04:33,136
severe concussion.

1173
01:04:33,137 --> 01:04:37,140
I was actually knocked out
completely on this very field.

1174
01:04:37,141 --> 01:04:40,443
I went up against Sir
William Dudley, David Shade

1175
01:04:40,444 --> 01:04:45,381
and on our very last pass
we both connected with a lot

1176
01:04:45,382 --> 01:04:47,716
of force and I just came
right out of the saddle

1177
01:04:47,717 --> 01:04:49,752
and landed right on
the side of my head.

1178
01:04:49,753 --> 01:04:53,056
Had no reaction time
to even really roll

1179
01:04:53,057 --> 01:04:54,557
or try to move myself.

1180
01:04:54,558 --> 01:04:56,193
I just went straight down

1181
01:04:59,063 --> 01:05:00,129
[lance cracking]

1182
01:05:00,130 --> 01:05:01,198
[crowd cheers]

1183
01:05:05,035 --> 01:05:08,004
- I hit Tom, cleared
him out of the saddle

1184
01:05:08,005 --> 01:05:09,438
and he hit the ground,

1185
01:05:09,439 --> 01:05:11,607
which is something
he does quite a bit.

1186
01:05:11,608 --> 01:05:13,442
But in this particular
instance,

1187
01:05:13,443 --> 01:05:14,810
the way he hit

1188
01:05:14,811 --> 01:05:17,413
a piece of the helmet
somet- how got exposed

1189
01:05:17,414 --> 01:05:21,250
and hit him behind the
ear actually left a small-

1190
01:05:21,251 --> 01:05:22,485
small opening there.

1191
01:05:22,486 --> 01:05:24,620
And I mean it knocked
him clean out.

1192
01:05:24,621 --> 01:05:26,655
He was on the field
for a few minutes

1193
01:05:26,656 --> 01:05:28,157
before he came to

1194
01:05:28,158 --> 01:05:30,026
they put him on a
backboard to make sure

1195
01:05:30,027 --> 01:05:31,460
that, you know, he was okay.

1196
01:05:31,461 --> 01:05:33,296
But he had a severe concussion.

1197
01:05:33,297 --> 01:05:34,530
He was stuck on repeat.

1198
01:05:34,531 --> 01:05:36,532
He had no clue what happened.

1199
01:05:36,533 --> 01:05:38,501
And he kept asking
what happened over

1200
01:05:38,502 --> 01:05:39,935
and over and over again.

1201
01:05:39,936 --> 01:05:41,837
But then he started cussing
me out a little bit,

1202
01:05:41,838 --> 01:05:43,106
which is normal for him.

1203
01:05:43,107 --> 01:05:44,707
So we're like, all
right, he'll be fine.

1204
01:05:44,708 --> 01:05:46,809
Yeah, that was terrifying
'cause I thought I killed him

1205
01:05:46,810 --> 01:05:49,045
or that I irrevocably
wrecked his life.

1206
01:05:49,046 --> 01:05:50,913
So thankfully that
wasn't the case.

1207
01:05:50,914 --> 01:05:53,516
Thankfully he was okay
but ugh, that was a-

1208
01:05:53,517 --> 01:05:55,051
that was a big experience.

1209
01:05:55,052 --> 01:05:57,086
And I like Tom a lot

1210
01:05:57,087 --> 01:05:58,988
he's lucky I admit
that on camera.

1211
01:05:58,989 --> 01:06:00,689
- A little scary for me just

1212
01:06:00,690 --> 01:06:04,127
to wake up in an ambulance
staring at the guy

1213
01:06:04,128 --> 01:06:06,329
who unhorsed me and
his crying child.

1214
01:06:06,330 --> 01:06:07,663
[laughs]

1215
01:06:07,664 --> 01:06:10,166
You know, the funniest
thing about that too,

1216
01:06:10,167 --> 01:06:13,002
is the first thing I do
remember when I came to is Dave

1217
01:06:13,003 --> 01:06:15,371
he's sitting there
he is, got his crying

1218
01:06:15,372 --> 01:06:18,507
six year old in his arms and I
looked at him and said

1219
01:06:18,508 --> 01:06:20,009
eat- [horse snorts] Dave

1220
01:06:20,010 --> 01:06:22,878
and then the paramedic closed
the doors and drove off.

1221
01:06:22,879 --> 01:06:25,381
Unfortunately that's
the reality of the job

1222
01:06:25,382 --> 01:06:26,749
and of the the sport.

1223
01:06:26,750 --> 01:06:28,851
It's just, you never
know when something

1224
01:06:28,852 --> 01:06:30,119
like that's gonna happen.

1225
01:06:30,120 --> 01:06:31,987
I don't remember
anything about the past

1226
01:06:31,988 --> 01:06:33,556
or the contact at all.

1227
01:06:33,557 --> 01:06:37,126
So that's a good two-ish seconds

1228
01:06:37,127 --> 01:06:38,661
of memory

1229
01:06:38,662 --> 01:06:40,863
that's just something
I'll never get back.

1230
01:06:40,864 --> 01:06:41,930
You know, it's
something I would never

1231
01:06:41,931 --> 01:06:43,332
wanna go through again.

1232
01:06:43,333 --> 01:06:46,369
I don't wish it on anybody.
I've taken it slow.

1233
01:06:46,370 --> 01:06:48,304
I have yet to get back in saddle

1234
01:06:48,305 --> 01:06:49,838
and it's been about a year,

1235
01:06:49,839 --> 01:06:51,607
but I'm looking to
do that next weekend

1236
01:06:51,608 --> 01:06:52,975
within this company.

1237
01:06:52,976 --> 01:06:56,011
I've done just about every
role that is ever needed

1238
01:06:56,012 --> 01:06:58,314
between ground crew, um

1239
01:06:58,315 --> 01:07:00,116
and ground crew can be squiring,

1240
01:07:00,117 --> 01:07:01,317
it can be picking up the,

1241
01:07:01,318 --> 01:07:02,718
the debris on the field.

1242
01:07:02,719 --> 01:07:04,220
For this tournament,

1243
01:07:04,221 --> 01:07:08,591
I've elected to be a judge
at the other end at one end

1244
01:07:08,592 --> 01:07:11,094
that way so I can
help the marshal score

1245
01:07:11,095 --> 01:07:12,628
being in the ground crew.

1246
01:07:12,629 --> 01:07:15,531
Truth be told, it makes me
feel like a kid that's locked

1247
01:07:15,532 --> 01:07:19,001
inside while the rest of
the class is out on recess

1248
01:07:19,002 --> 01:07:21,304
and it, you know, it sucks

1249
01:07:21,305 --> 01:07:24,307
'cause you're just sitting
like I want to have fun too.

1250
01:07:24,308 --> 01:07:25,708
Eager to get back into it

1251
01:07:25,709 --> 01:07:28,144
because I do enjoy
performing in the armor.

1252
01:07:28,145 --> 01:07:30,546
I enjoy riding in the
armor, the sport's just one

1253
01:07:30,547 --> 01:07:34,550
of those once in a lifetime
exhilarating sports that

1254
01:07:34,551 --> 01:07:36,519
when you get the
opportunity to do it

1255
01:07:36,520 --> 01:07:38,355
and compete in it, why
would you ever say no?

1256
01:07:46,730 --> 01:07:49,232
- Before jousting, I
was an elite softball

1257
01:07:49,233 --> 01:07:51,534
player for 15 years.

1258
01:07:51,535 --> 01:07:53,569
So I grew up rough and tumble.

1259
01:07:53,570 --> 01:07:56,672
I did a lot of sports.
I did hockey, skated

1260
01:07:56,673 --> 01:07:57,706
and I did soccer for fun.

1261
01:07:57,707 --> 01:07:59,542
So I'm super athletic.

1262
01:07:59,543 --> 01:08:03,246
I also was a dance
teacher and instructor.

1263
01:08:03,247 --> 01:08:05,749
I danced 10 to 12 times a week.

1264
01:08:06,683 --> 01:08:08,584
So many hours in the studio

1265
01:08:08,585 --> 01:08:10,754
and it's definitely
helped with riding.

1266
01:08:14,524 --> 01:08:15,791
[lance cracking]

1267
01:08:15,792 --> 01:08:17,026
[crowd cheers]

1268
01:08:18,362 --> 01:08:21,063
And to have this experience
almost a year later

1269
01:08:21,064 --> 01:08:24,800
to be competing in the finals
against like Silas, Dave

1270
01:08:24,801 --> 01:08:27,102
and Sam has been crazy.

1271
01:08:27,103 --> 01:08:29,372
I honestly am still
kind of speechless

1272
01:08:29,373 --> 01:08:31,307
that I even made it here
beginning of the weekend.

1273
01:08:31,308 --> 01:08:32,708
I didn't think I'd get here.

1274
01:08:32,709 --> 01:08:35,511
It has been a confidence
booster for me

1275
01:08:35,512 --> 01:08:37,713
'cause I struggled over the
last year with a bunch of stuff

1276
01:08:37,714 --> 01:08:39,515
and jousting and riding

1277
01:08:39,516 --> 01:08:42,918
and trying to make it all
come into one cohesive gel.

1278
01:08:42,919 --> 01:08:45,621
And this tournament kind
of solidified it for me

1279
01:08:45,622 --> 01:08:47,089
that I am capable

1280
01:08:47,090 --> 01:08:50,193
of doing this extremely
stupid and dangerous sport.

1281
01:08:50,194 --> 01:08:52,094
Yeah, I didn't join the company,

1282
01:08:52,095 --> 01:08:53,962
the intention of jousting ever.

1283
01:08:53,963 --> 01:08:55,331
I honestly just joined

1284
01:08:55,332 --> 01:08:56,532
'cause I wanted to
work with the horses

1285
01:08:56,533 --> 01:08:58,033
and then Dave one
day looked at me

1286
01:08:58,034 --> 01:09:00,135
and he's like, are you
training the joust?

1287
01:09:00,136 --> 01:09:03,172
And I just said, yes, I
wanna be jousting as long

1288
01:09:03,173 --> 01:09:05,242
as my body is able to handle it.

1289
01:09:11,615 --> 01:09:13,216
- So you're relatively new?

1290
01:09:13,217 --> 01:09:15,718
- Yes, today was my second day
ever jousting.

1291
01:09:15,719 --> 01:09:16,552
[laughs]

1292
01:09:16,553 --> 01:09:17,853
It's awesome.

1293
01:09:17,854 --> 01:09:19,087
I've been, you know,
looking forward to it,

1294
01:09:19,088 --> 01:09:21,324
and then it's here
and it's crazy

1295
01:09:21,325 --> 01:09:22,525
and everyone's like

1296
01:09:22,526 --> 01:09:23,892
what- did it feel
like you expected?

1297
01:09:23,893 --> 01:09:25,894
you know, breaking a
lance or getting unhorsed.

1298
01:09:25,895 --> 01:09:27,996
I'm like, I didn't really
know what to expect.

1299
01:09:27,997 --> 01:09:29,332
It's, you can't simulate

1300
01:09:29,333 --> 01:09:31,166
or really think about what

1301
01:09:31,167 --> 01:09:32,435
that's gonna feel
like until it happens.

1302
01:09:32,436 --> 01:09:35,070
Kind of crazy having
my first jousting

1303
01:09:35,071 --> 01:09:36,740
show be the tournament.

1304
01:09:38,107 --> 01:09:39,475
It's got--

1305
01:09:39,476 --> 01:09:40,776
[laughs]

1306
01:09:40,777 --> 01:09:42,177
Trial by fire a little bit

1307
01:09:42,178 --> 01:09:44,381
and so far I'm not so singed.

1308
01:09:46,115 --> 01:09:49,017
I've also had training
from Shelby and Kelly

1309
01:09:49,018 --> 01:09:52,555
and you know, Silas and Syd

1310
01:09:52,556 --> 01:09:53,856
and you know

1311
01:09:53,857 --> 01:09:55,391
they'll all give their
two cents when they can.

1312
01:09:55,392 --> 01:09:57,326
And it's awesome
having so many voices

1313
01:09:57,327 --> 01:09:59,995
but then having Dave be like
chief coach

1314
01:09:59,996 --> 01:10:01,230
He really knows

1315
01:10:01,231 --> 01:10:04,066
how to speak to you
in horse language

1316
01:10:04,067 --> 01:10:05,568
in a way that you
can understand it.

1317
01:10:05,569 --> 01:10:07,403
- And how do you feel
about Dave's planned

1318
01:10:07,404 --> 01:10:09,204
retirement after today?

1319
01:10:09,205 --> 01:10:12,375
- It's a bummer, but I'm
kind of glad my first overlaps

1320
01:10:12,376 --> 01:10:15,278
with his last and you know,
we'll miss him on the road,

1321
01:10:15,279 --> 01:10:17,247
but it'll always be new riders.

1322
01:10:26,523 --> 01:10:27,657
[violin playing]

1323
01:11:26,015 --> 01:11:27,916
- My wife, I met at a
show in upstate New York

1324
01:11:27,917 --> 01:11:30,252
because her family
had a booth there

1325
01:11:30,253 --> 01:11:32,955
and she used to work that
booth when she was younger.

1326
01:11:32,956 --> 01:11:35,290
So because she
understood the lifestyle

1327
01:11:35,291 --> 01:11:37,192
that is the
renaissance festival,

1328
01:11:37,193 --> 01:11:38,961
you know, we, we connected

1329
01:11:38,962 --> 01:11:41,331
and, and thankfully
we're still together.

1330
01:11:42,699 --> 01:11:44,633
Do you wanna be on camera?
Is that what you're saying?

1331
01:11:44,634 --> 01:11:47,403
You wanna tell everybody
how awesome your dad is?

1332
01:11:47,404 --> 01:11:48,404
[girl squealing]

1333
01:11:48,405 --> 01:11:49,805
My little girl loves faires.

1334
01:11:49,806 --> 01:11:51,374
Like, she loves
the fantasy of it.

1335
01:11:51,375 --> 01:11:52,641
Like some of my
favorite pictures

1336
01:11:52,642 --> 01:11:54,410
of her in a fairy
costume cheering me on.

1337
01:11:54,411 --> 01:11:55,711
Like, how cool is that?

1338
01:11:55,712 --> 01:11:57,946
You know, that, that my
little girl gets to see

1339
01:11:57,947 --> 01:11:59,482
that and enjoy that.

1340
01:11:59,483 --> 01:12:02,084
But then, you know, like,
I, I have to make a choice.

1341
01:12:02,085 --> 01:12:03,386
Am I gonna be home this weekend

1342
01:12:03,387 --> 01:12:05,120
or am I gonna go be
there for the joust team

1343
01:12:05,121 --> 01:12:07,623
to keep 'em going because I
love this thing, you know,

1344
01:12:07,624 --> 01:12:11,460
like I make that choice
like, you know, get kind

1345
01:12:11,461 --> 01:12:14,262
of a financial slap
in the face, you know?

1346
01:12:14,263 --> 01:12:15,598
And then I go home

1347
01:12:15,599 --> 01:12:17,332
and then I have a
disappointed little girl.

1348
01:12:17,333 --> 01:12:19,868
I have a-a-a- a wife
that misses me

1349
01:12:19,869 --> 01:12:20,703
you know?

1350
01:12:20,704 --> 01:12:21,737
And, and I miss her.

1351
01:12:21,738 --> 01:12:23,238
Like I would love for her

1352
01:12:23,239 --> 01:12:24,673
to go with me to
all these venues,

1353
01:12:24,674 --> 01:12:27,142
but the company can't afford
to fly both of us out.

1354
01:12:27,143 --> 01:12:29,177
Like I love going
places with my wife.

1355
01:12:29,178 --> 01:12:32,114
Like, and when I can't
take her with me, it sucks.

1356
01:12:32,115 --> 01:12:34,282
- All this risk,
all this emotion,

1357
01:12:34,283 --> 01:12:36,351
all this danger. Is it worth it?

1358
01:12:36,352 --> 01:12:37,586
- That's the question, isn't it?

1359
01:12:37,587 --> 01:12:39,054
I've spent so many
years doing it

1360
01:12:39,055 --> 01:12:42,658
that the bad things avoided
me in a lot of ways.

1361
01:12:42,659 --> 01:12:44,793
So I never thought
about it as old.

1362
01:12:44,794 --> 01:12:48,163
I got older and I, I
have a family that I love

1363
01:12:48,164 --> 01:12:50,265
and my daughter who
I wanna see grow up.

1364
01:12:50,266 --> 01:12:53,035
When you all of a sudden start
having something to lose,

1365
01:12:53,036 --> 01:12:55,237
then your mindset
changes a little bit.

1366
01:12:55,238 --> 01:12:57,272
You lose that shell
of immortality

1367
01:12:57,273 --> 01:13:00,676
that you create when you're
going into a combat situation.

1368
01:13:00,677 --> 01:13:02,711
For me it was worth
it. I enjoyed my career

1369
01:13:02,712 --> 01:13:03,913
and I enjoyed my time.

1370
01:13:09,753 --> 01:13:14,623
I will not say last time to do
this tournament at Sherwood,

1371
01:13:14,624 --> 01:13:17,426
you know, but definitely
not traveling anymore.

1372
01:13:17,427 --> 01:13:20,395
So I don't know, I don't
know what the future holds.

1373
01:13:20,396 --> 01:13:21,730
I don't want to say absolute,

1374
01:13:21,731 --> 01:13:23,866
but I definitely
know that, you know,

1375
01:13:23,867 --> 01:13:25,434
I'm in twilight right now.

1376
01:13:25,435 --> 01:13:28,471
It's a, it's a exploration
process at this moment.

1377
01:13:28,472 --> 01:13:30,539
Like I still very much have
the artist mindset

1378
01:13:30,540 --> 01:13:32,240
where I want to be
doing a job that

1379
01:13:32,241 --> 01:13:33,542
I'm very passionate about.

1380
01:13:33,543 --> 01:13:36,479
So like right now I love
coaching martial arts

1381
01:13:36,480 --> 01:13:38,146
and I'm focusing on that,

1382
01:13:38,147 --> 01:13:40,115
but I also gotta focus
on paying the bills.

1383
01:13:40,116 --> 01:13:42,885
So I have to take a
job to just do that.

1384
01:13:42,886 --> 01:13:44,553
I've been chasing
background acting a little

1385
01:13:44,554 --> 01:13:46,154
bit to explore that.

1386
01:13:46,155 --> 01:13:49,124
You know, maybe if I meet the
right people I can break into

1387
01:13:49,125 --> 01:13:51,794
to doing some, you know,
stunt work with the horses

1388
01:13:51,795 --> 01:13:53,729
or wrangling or something
along those lines.

1389
01:13:53,730 --> 01:13:56,131
So like I won't
ever put a finality

1390
01:13:56,132 --> 01:13:58,000
to anything just at this moment.

1391
01:13:58,001 --> 01:14:00,669
I know I need a very
long break from it.

1392
01:14:00,670 --> 01:14:03,038
I wanna miss it again. If
I ever decide to armor up,

1393
01:14:03,039 --> 01:14:05,608
you know, and if I
don't miss it then,

1394
01:14:05,609 --> 01:14:07,075
then it's, then I'm done.

1395
01:14:07,076 --> 01:14:09,978
You know? And I definitely
right now I don't miss it.

1396
01:14:09,979 --> 01:14:14,683
I put my armor on again. I
was like yeah so it's time.

1397
01:14:14,684 --> 01:14:18,186
It's just time. Well the
tournament over the weekend is

1398
01:14:18,187 --> 01:14:20,656
pretty much where six to
eight knights get together.

1399
01:14:20,657 --> 01:14:22,725
They compete to, you know,

1400
01:14:22,726 --> 01:14:24,627
claim the title a champion
towards the end of it.

1401
01:14:24,628 --> 01:14:27,029
So there's six shows that we do

1402
01:14:27,030 --> 01:14:29,798
and every rider
joust in those shows

1403
01:14:29,799 --> 01:14:32,334
and they'll compete
for wins and losses.

1404
01:14:32,335 --> 01:14:35,370
So after we do five shows,
everybody will have jousted,

1405
01:14:35,371 --> 01:14:37,906
everybody and then you
tally who's got the

1406
01:14:37,907 --> 01:14:39,842
best win loss record.

1407
01:14:39,843 --> 01:14:41,476
If there is a clear one

1408
01:14:41,477 --> 01:14:46,315
and two, then they move on to
the, the championship match.

1409
01:14:54,423 --> 01:14:55,892
[muffled fanfare]

1410
01:14:59,663 --> 01:15:00,864
[crowd cheers]

1411
01:15:16,379 --> 01:15:17,412
- My lords, my ladies

1412
01:15:17,413 --> 01:15:20,348
I am Sir Arundell

1413
01:15:20,349 --> 01:15:23,318
And it is with great pleasure
and honor that I greet

1414
01:15:23,319 --> 01:15:28,156
each and every one
of you with good day!

1415
01:15:28,157 --> 01:15:29,325
[crowd cheers]

1416
01:15:31,961 --> 01:15:36,565
and we're gathered here
to watch this spectacle

1417
01:15:36,566 --> 01:15:38,967
of a tournament joust

1418
01:15:38,968 --> 01:15:42,137
We have brought forth
six knight combatants

1419
01:15:42,138 --> 01:15:45,207
that will compete
against one another.

1420
01:15:45,208 --> 01:15:48,877
Your knight has the
strength to shatter a lance

1421
01:15:48,878 --> 01:15:51,747
that will earn them five points

1422
01:15:51,748 --> 01:15:55,250
And if your knight
has the skill tenacity

1423
01:15:55,251 --> 01:15:57,552
and fortitude to take a lance

1424
01:15:57,553 --> 01:16:00,188
and rip some of off
the back of a horse,

1425
01:16:00,189 --> 01:16:02,258
that earns them 10 points.

1426
01:16:04,360 --> 01:16:08,164
[Proud Peasant plays
"The Prisoner"]

1427
01:19:38,407 --> 01:19:39,142
[music fades]

1428
01:19:40,143 --> 01:19:41,377
[lance cracking]

1429
01:19:43,712 --> 01:19:44,914
[lance cracking]

1430
01:19:53,957 --> 01:19:55,391
[lance striking armor]

1431
01:19:59,128 --> 01:20:00,463
[lance cracking]

1432
01:20:03,066 --> 01:20:04,467
[lance cracking]

1433
01:20:08,437 --> 01:20:09,705
[crowd cheers]

1434
01:20:14,310 --> 01:20:15,945
[armor clanking lightly]

1435
01:20:17,180 --> 01:20:18,414
[lance cracking]

1436
01:20:22,518 --> 01:20:23,686
[lance cracking]

1437
01:20:26,389 --> 01:20:27,756
[lance whooshing]

1438
01:20:29,658 --> 01:20:30,894
[lance cracking]

1439
01:20:39,835 --> 01:20:42,070
[lance cracking]

1440
01:20:42,071 --> 01:20:43,672
[lance whooshing]

1441
01:20:45,608 --> 01:20:47,710
[sand scatters off rope]

1442
01:20:51,147 --> 01:20:52,981
[lance cracking]

1443
01:20:52,982 --> 01:20:53,950
[crowd cheers]

1444
01:20:58,321 --> 01:20:59,455
[lance cracking]

1445
01:21:08,564 --> 01:21:10,033
[horse whinnies]

1446
01:21:18,241 --> 01:21:19,408
[crowd cheers]

1447
01:21:24,347 --> 01:21:25,748
[horse whinnies]

1448
01:21:28,617 --> 01:21:30,753
[trumpet playing fanfare]

1449
01:21:38,727 --> 01:21:39,929
[crowd cheers]

1450
01:21:42,999 --> 01:21:44,200
[lance cracking]

1451
01:21:59,715 --> 01:22:00,149
[hooves softly galloping]

1452
01:22:11,427 --> 01:22:11,627
[booming lance cracking]

1453
01:22:18,234 --> 01:22:19,568
[armor crashing onto sand]

1454
01:22:31,747 --> 01:22:32,581
[muffled laughter
from inside armor]

1455
01:22:36,785 --> 01:22:37,786
[crowd cheers]

1456
01:22:40,289 --> 01:22:42,825
[trumpets playing fanfare]

1457
01:22:58,374 --> 01:23:00,343
[announcer] Sir William Dudley!

1458
01:23:02,711 --> 01:23:04,080
[crowd cheers loudly]

1459
01:23:07,916 --> 01:23:09,651
- Like I really wanted to win.

1460
01:23:09,652 --> 01:23:11,753
Like that was one
of those ones where

1461
01:23:11,754 --> 01:23:13,455
like I could just feel it
through my bones of like,

1462
01:23:13,456 --> 01:23:14,857
I did not wanna lose.

1463
01:23:16,125 --> 01:23:17,425
I mean if I would've lost
it would've been fine.

1464
01:23:17,426 --> 01:23:18,726
'cause I was having a
great match with Sam

1465
01:23:18,727 --> 01:23:21,129
and he's looking good
dude and great jouster.

1466
01:23:21,130 --> 01:23:24,500
But I definitely wanted to
win. Definitely, definitely.

1467
01:23:25,901 --> 01:23:27,635
And it's weird trying to keep
that energy in such a way

1468
01:23:27,636 --> 01:23:30,072
of like, not letting
it be toxic you know,

1469
01:23:30,073 --> 01:23:33,108
that it overrides your, your,
your ability to be comrades

1470
01:23:33,109 --> 01:23:34,342
with your, your partners

1471
01:23:34,343 --> 01:23:35,777
and you know, just
make good judgements

1472
01:23:35,778 --> 01:23:37,312
that are fair and
right for everybody.

1473
01:23:37,313 --> 01:23:39,481
You know, instead of something
that could be, be selfish

1474
01:23:39,482 --> 01:23:41,050
to get you over
the top, you know.

1475
01:23:42,518 --> 01:23:46,020
The victor of the jousting
tournament Sir William Dudley

1476
01:23:46,021 --> 01:23:47,222
[crowd cheers]

1477
01:23:47,223 --> 01:23:48,623
[trumpet playing fanfare]

1478
01:23:48,624 --> 01:23:50,258
I've been doing this 25

1479
01:23:50,259 --> 01:23:51,826
years and it's been great

1480
01:23:51,827 --> 01:23:55,263
and to finish up with this
guy over here is fantastic

1481
01:23:55,264 --> 01:23:57,665
because he's, every
bit, you know, as equal

1482
01:23:57,666 --> 01:23:59,467
to me, that was just
one of those matches

1483
01:23:59,468 --> 01:24:00,868
where he missed one

1484
01:24:00,869 --> 01:24:03,905
and I didn't, you know, so

1485
01:24:03,906 --> 01:24:05,774
I couldn't have a great
match without a guy like him.

1486
01:24:09,945 --> 01:24:11,980
- Woo. That was nerve wracking.

1487
01:24:13,116 --> 01:24:15,150
There was a weird
calm about that show,

1488
01:24:15,151 --> 01:24:16,651
which made me really anxious.

1489
01:24:16,652 --> 01:24:19,154
I'm glad that everybody's
safe and they got through it

1490
01:24:19,155 --> 01:24:21,489
and they're both champions
and they both know it.

1491
01:24:21,490 --> 01:24:23,826
So it was a good, it was a
good job. They did a good job.

1492
01:24:24,793 --> 01:24:26,228
You're passionate
about the joust

1493
01:24:26,229 --> 01:24:27,895
and you're passionate about
a lot of other things,

1494
01:24:27,896 --> 01:24:30,666
so it'll be nice to see 'em,
let those other pieces grow

1495
01:24:32,067 --> 01:24:34,202
and, you know, maybe be a
little bit safer for a while.

1496
01:24:34,203 --> 01:24:36,138
That'd be nice. Less
bumps and bruises.

1497
01:24:36,139 --> 01:24:38,306
Like, I do like to heal people,

1498
01:24:38,307 --> 01:24:41,409
but you know, it'd be nice
to take a little break.

1499
01:24:41,410 --> 01:24:42,710
[laughs]

1500
01:24:42,711 --> 01:24:45,247
- What do you think is
next for you?

1501
01:24:45,248 --> 01:24:47,515
- I'm trying to figure that
out. In the grand scheme

1502
01:24:47,516 --> 01:24:49,117
of things, I'm happy.

1503
01:24:49,118 --> 01:24:51,386
And it's funny too, when I
told my kid I was gonna stop

1504
01:24:51,387 --> 01:24:53,555
jousting, she's like,
"but daddy, why?"

1505
01:24:53,556 --> 01:24:57,058
You know, I've done so much
stupid stuff in my life

1506
01:24:57,059 --> 01:25:00,027
that the wanderlust
isn't there anymore.

1507
01:25:00,028 --> 01:25:01,996
I've done it. Which
is why like, being

1508
01:25:01,997 --> 01:25:04,832
with my family is nice because
I'm not sitting there going,

1509
01:25:04,833 --> 01:25:06,901
but I need to do so much more.

1510
01:25:06,902 --> 01:25:09,371
I haven't done, I've done a lot

1511
01:25:09,372 --> 01:25:10,905
and I love everything
that I've done.

1512
01:25:10,906 --> 01:25:14,041
There's certainly the missing
of experiencing locations,

1513
01:25:14,042 --> 01:25:17,645
but the headache of the
lifestyle, I won't lie.

1514
01:25:17,646 --> 01:25:19,814
It's nice having a
house that's my own

1515
01:25:19,815 --> 01:25:21,816
and everything works
in it properly.

1516
01:25:21,817 --> 01:25:23,251
I'll figure it
out as I go along.

1517
01:25:23,252 --> 01:25:25,353
I know what I wanna be
doing, which is things

1518
01:25:25,354 --> 01:25:27,822
that I'm passionate about
and that's my focus.

1519
01:25:27,823 --> 01:25:30,425
And ideally it'll
bring me to success.

1520
01:25:30,426 --> 01:25:32,294
And success doesn't have
to be anything amazing.

1521
01:25:32,295 --> 01:25:35,129
It just means that, you know,
my family and I are good.

1522
01:25:35,130 --> 01:25:38,366
We're able to enjoy our life
the way that we would like to.

1523
01:25:38,367 --> 01:25:41,869
- That'll do, that'll
do, that'll do.

1524
01:25:41,870 --> 01:25:44,005
- Everyone. Tighter.
Tighter together.

1525
01:25:44,006 --> 01:25:45,407
- Act like you know each other.

1526
01:25:45,408 --> 01:25:47,842
- Yeah, yeah. Act like
you all like each other.

1527
01:25:47,843 --> 01:25:49,244
- Alright! Here we go!

1528
01:25:49,245 --> 01:25:53,915
On three. Big smile.
1, 2, 3! There we go.

1529
01:25:53,916 --> 01:25:55,883
Everyone say "Knight Life"

1530
01:25:55,884 --> 01:25:58,787
- Knight Life!

1531
01:25:59,822 --> 01:26:03,426
[Proud Peasant plays
"The Prisoner"]