Those lances are made of balsa wood usually. It makes them explode so dramatically at such low speeds and you aren’t getting pierced with a balsa splinter.
Also you’re probably not at a high risk to get CTE. They aim for the opposing rider’s shield, not the helmet.
The lances in A Knight’s Tale were made of balsa wood and filled with dry pasta so that when they shattered there would be a more dramatic explosion of splinters going every which way.
Getting unhorsed can absolutely give you serious injuries. I didn’t know they just used balsa wood though. I imagine it reduces the odds of being unhorsed too.
I imagine it reduces the odds of being unhorsed too.
Yeah, you can see the rider on the right slip off his horse instead of falling off it. Falling off a horse can fuck you up if you don’t know how to land or if you get a foot stuck in the stirrup but those are problems even without jousting added in. These guys probably just learn how to take a hit and how to fall in order to reduce injuries. Also a full suit of armor will stop a surprising amount of falling injuries, it’s for the same reason why you wear a full suit of body armor during downhill mountain biking. Falling hurts much less with protective gear.
Those lances are made of balsa wood usually. It makes them explode so dramatically at such low speeds and you aren’t getting pierced with a balsa splinter.
Also you’re probably not at a high risk to get CTE. They aim for the opposing rider’s shield, not the helmet.
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The lances in A Knight’s Tale were made of balsa wood and filled with dry pasta so that when they shattered there would be a more dramatic explosion of splinters going every which way.
Getting unhorsed can absolutely give you serious injuries. I didn’t know they just used balsa wood though. I imagine it reduces the odds of being unhorsed too.
Yeah, you can see the rider on the right slip off his horse instead of falling off it. Falling off a horse can fuck you up if you don’t know how to land or if you get a foot stuck in the stirrup but those are problems even without jousting added in. These guys probably just learn how to take a hit and how to fall in order to reduce injuries. Also a full suit of armor will stop a surprising amount of falling injuries, it’s for the same reason why you wear a full suit of body armor during downhill mountain biking. Falling hurts much less with protective gear.