In a tournament two knights would
                    line up 100 yards away. In these areas were the
                        safe areas were the squires had water fot their
                     masters and an extra sword if his broke. When the
               herald give the sign to go the 2 knights charge
               at each other with a lance or a spear trying to knock
               off  there  each other, if both the knights would
               be knocked off then they would use their sword till
               one knight gave up.
 

                The origins of jousting was first started in the times
                of Roman rule , but it became more popular in the
                1400s. It all involed battles in which knights fight on
                hoarseback, and assisted by foot soldiers.
               Sometimes the losing team were held for randsome
               and sometimes took there armor as a payment. Also,
               they used jousting to prove which knight would
               be better of 2 knights.

                        1. Why do you think Knights
                entered   tournaments? Explain your
                answer.
               2. Why do you think people in the Middle Ages call
                jousting a sport?
                3. If  you had a choice to be a joust or a knight
                       which would you chose which would you be and
                      why?