Jousting

I slipped out of the seminar over the weekend to catch a little jousting at the Royal Armouries.  

I had a chance to chat with one of the seminar participants, who's a jouster.  It was really interesting to hear how he got involved in jousting.  (You know you've entered a different realm when you're talking to someone who says that when he met his current jousting partner and was asked if he already purchased what he needed to get started, his answer was, "Of course, I own my own armor!").

After returning to the States, I finished my course, took some others, and finally joined a sword guild.