Jousting
SET 1.Both contestants must be mounted on horseback.
Both contestants must be wearing full protective armor.
Both contestants must have a jousting lance.
Both contestants' mounts must be wearing protective armor.
SET 2.The jousting lance is approximately 6 feet long.
The jousting lance is flat on its end to prevent from penetrating armor and increase safety.
There are no water breaks during a match.
There are no bathroom breaks during a match.
There are no timeouts during a match, unless a player or horse is injured.
SET 3.There is a fence running through the middle of the jousting grounds.
Player 1 is positioned on one side of the fence at one end.
Player 2 is positioned on the opposite side of the fence at the other end of the fence.
Only the jousting lance will be able to reach over the fence.
Before the signal is given, the jousting lance must be held up over the player, so that its point is above their head.
Once signaled, the two players will ride their way to the other end of the the fence.
Along the way, the two players will have the opportunity to knock each other off by using their lance.
Dueling
1. Pole Weapons were also an extremely popular weapon of choice in which duelers would use during the Middle Ages. These pole weapons would consist of: staves, spars, and halberds. Since this weapon was so long, the ways in which you could use it were very cunning and tricky. The rules for this type of dueling were the same as any other type of dueling, but with one key difference. Instead of using just any other weapon, both duelers had to use only pole weapons. Unlike jousting, duels were wild and crazy. Duels usually didn't consist of many rules. The only rules in a duel were the rules in which the tournament or duelers would state were the rules.
2. The two handed sword was an extremely popular dueling weapon of choice for knights during the Middle Ages. The two handed sword is an extremely long sword that takes two hands to hold. These swords were not sharpened until the end of the tip, but it could still slice and cut into flesh if swung with sufficient force. There weren't many rules to this type dueling, or dueling in general. The only few rules in which this type of dueling was that the dueling would have to be announced before hand and that you have to bind by the rules in which the tournament says are the rules. For example, if the tournament in which two duelers are dueling in are that you would have to use the same weapon, you would have to abide by them. In this type of dueling, both duelers would have to use the two handed sword as a weapon.
3. The Shield and Buckler is a very misunderstood weapon to the modern people today. To the modern people today, many believe that the shield is only used as a defensive object in a battle. In contrary, the shield is just as much an offensive weapon as it is a defensive weapon. You could block a sword swing or bash someone's head in with a shield. As a little brother to the shield, there was also the Buckler. The Buckler was just simply a smaller, more nimble version of the shield. With the Buckler, you could quickly smash someone's sword out of their hand, and slice their neck with your sword with one quick action. As with the other types of duels, this type dueling only followed the rules in which the tournament or duelers would agree on. It was extremely wild and scary.
http://www.thortrains.com/getright/Medieval%20Combat.htm
Melee
1. The Melee A Cheval was a type of Melee in which teams of knights would fight each other on horseback. These knights would be permitted to be equipped with whatever they wanted, but than again the sponsor could change the rules to whatever they wanted to. To win in this type of melee, the goal was to out best or throw the opponent off of their horse. The rules were whatever the sponsor allowed you to do. Some of the common rules in which most Melee A Cheval sponsor would use are: to win the whole enemy team must be bested, all weapons must be blunted, and each side must consist of the same number of players. It was like Jousting and Dueling put together. This type of entertainment was also used to train the knights for actual combat, and was extremely scary and disorganized..
2.The Melee A Pied was the counterpart of the Melee A Cheval. Both were extremely similar. The only difference was that instead of being on horseback, the knights or players would be on foot. Everything else was pretty much the same. To see the other rules for this type of Melee, look up to read my description of the Melee A Cheval.
3. Today, many people still practice this crazy and unorganized sport. The rules for this sport however, have been slightly tweaked to make the sport less dangerous. Some of these rules are: all weapons must be blunted, armor must be worn at all times, once knocked down the enemy can not be attacked anymore, etc. Rules on the general concept of the sport however have been left as is. Even with all of these rules about safety, when playing this sport many people still get extremely injured. Luckily, deaths are extremely uncommon in Modern Melee, but this was sadly not true in Medieval Melee.
http://www.ancientfortresses.org/medieval-tournaments.htm
https://peachyk.wordpress.com/2009/05/06/medieval-tournaments/
http://sherwoodforesthistory.blogspot.com/2012/03/melee-and-jousting-tournaments-in.html
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