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World Championship Jousting Tournament, Orangeville
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The World Championship Jousting Association (WCJA) hosted a jousting tournament held in Orangeville, Ontario, Canada during July 13-15th. The event included open ring spearing, quintain, distance spear throwing, light and heavy armoured jousting events. AEMMA was invited to provide a demonstration at this event on the Saturday. The resulting demonstration was that of a 14th century armoured judicial duel. The combatants would fight for their honour and of course, God would side on the one that was righteous. AEMMA delivered two duels, which included the surrounding "trappings" of a medieval duel including coffins, banners, squires, herald and martials. The actual fight was entirely un-scripted nor rehersed. The duel provided the spectators a unique opportunity to witness medieval martial arts in the context of a judicial duel.
For more information on the Academy's 14th century armoured judicial duels demonstrations and possibly hosting duels in your area, click here.
A summary and videos are provided below for reference. The video file sizes range from 5.7MB - 7.8MB. The files will require QuickTime (download the free player) and are compatible with most Windows and Mac systems.
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The Duel: begins with the Queen's Funeral March, and insertions of armoured fighting into the procession into the lists in preparation for the judicial duel. The combatants were Free Scholler and Scholler . This excellent video was recorded by AEMMA's video chronicler, . |  (5.7MB) |
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Rules of Engagement: Scholler , one of two martials administering the duel, ensures that the arms and armour and the engagement is understood by both combatants. David utilizes a spear to assist in the administering of the engagement. | (6.6MB) |
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The Battle Rages: beginning with longsword fighting. The swords "sing" when struck and parried, the fight is brutal and the spectators cry out in anticipation of the final blow. It is during the longsword that David's vambrace is compromised by a blow from Anton's sword. A temporary fix is made by the second martial, Free Scholler . | (6.6MB) |
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The First Disarm: The fight continues after the temporary repair to the vambrace. Neither combatant appearing to yield and the intensity of the engagement heightens. It is here that David deploys the first disarm, and relieves Anton of his trusted longsword. Anton, not intending to give up, resorts to his rondel dagger. | (7.0MB) |
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The Second Disarm: The fight continues with David striking Anton with the longsword, and Anton, defending himself with only his dagger, manages to snag the longsword and delivers a surprising thrust to the visor, stunning David momentarily. David, now swordless, also resorts to dagger. However, God is on the side of David, and Anton is defeated with a take-down and dagger to the head. | (7.5MB) |
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Conclusion: The duel is over, David is the victor and the vanquished is draped over with a coffin cover by David Murphy and Brian McIlmoyle. | (7.8MB) |
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Credits: Video Chronicler: Peter Yu, Coffin Construction: David Murphy, Coffin Covers: Lilith Muramasa, Banners: John & Liz Woods, Herald: Phil Groff, Coordination & Assistance: Mary Desrocher. | (6.3MB) |
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| Free Scholler Brian McIlmoyle and Scholler David Murphy carry the biers into the lists as part of the opening for the armoured judicial duel | Scholler Phil Groff, playing the role of herald, announce to the spectators the context of the judicial duel and the charges laid. | David Cvet, one of the armoured duel combatants makes his entrance into the lists shortly after Phil's introduction followed by his banner bearer. | David and Anton Cvet are informed on the rules of engagement by the marshal David Murphy. |
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| David and Anton are engaged in a brutal fight to the "death", initially beginning with longsword and depicting distance and close-quarters fighting, including an attempt to disarm the weapon. | |||
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| The combat continues with David disarming Anton's sword, however, the combat continues with Anton attacking David with his dagger, hits his head, and David drops his sword and continues to fight with dagger. In the end, Anton loses the combat and is draped with the red and white cross. Brian points out the bent dagger as a result of the combat. | |||
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| Close-up candid shots of (L-R) David Murphy, Brian McIlmoyle, Anton Cvet and David Cvet | |||
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| Other candid shots of the event, setting up our arms & armour tent, David Murphy with his wife Jen, and Brian, missing the sounds of "coconut shells" and finally David being harrassed by a young man with a green sword. | |||