Shot of a man in armour on horseback riding the length of a jousting barrier ... being counted as dead where people just simply lost. (Medieval music plays) On-screen text reads, 'Splash live!

Plumes for the Joust. “A homogeneous suit of medieval armor is much rarer than a medieval castle or cathedral,” says the Met’s Arms and Armor Curator Stephen V. Grancsay. But the few suits ...

But now when he rides a horse, he puts on 70 pounds of armor and gallops with a lance toward an opponent in the medieval sport called jousting. And he is competing among the best in the world.

The image of a medieval knight moving slowly and stiffly under the tremendous weight of his costly armor as he readies for battle or a joust is firmly fixed in people’s imagination. But ...

he is a seasoned joust competitor with nine years of experience under his Italian export, Milanese armour belt. Mark Caple (England) A jouster of 19 years and member of the famous medieval cavalry ...