jousting is the official sport of the us state of kentucky.
jousting is the official sport of the us state of kentucky.
jousting is the official sport of which us state?
kentucky
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today, tent pegging is the only form of jousting officially recognized by the international federation for equestrian sports. ring jousting became the official state sport of maryland in 1962 and was the first official sport of any american state.
combat reenactment
"the knights of valour" was a theatrical jousting group formed by shane adams in 1993. members of this group began to practice jousting competitively, and their first tournament was held in 1997. adams founded the world championship jousting association (wcja) as a body dedicated to jousting as a combat sport, which held its inaugural tournament in port elgin, ontario on 24 july 1999. the sport is presented in the 2012 television show "full metal jousting", hosted by adams. the rules are inspired by "realgestech" (also "plankengestech"), one of the forms of "stechen" practised in 16th-century germany, where reinforcing pieces were added to the jousting armour to serve as designated target areas. instead of using a shield, the jousters aim for such a reinforcing piece added to the armour's left shoulder known as "" (also "stechtartsche"). a number of jousting events are held regularly in europe, some organised by arne koets, including the grand tournament of sankt wendel and the grand tournament at schaffhausen. koets is one of a number of jousters that travels internationally to events.
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