Weird Medieval Sports

[@AndrewPonti]

Jousting is the official state sport of Maryland, and it's the only state that uses heraldic colors and coat of arms from England (Lords Baltimore). It was given to the Calverts as an almost feudal land grant in the Americas as a Palatinate for them to rule directly.

[@Axrtone500]

Ok

[@AndrewPonti]

@@redred7289 you mist be blind. It’s the best flag of all!

[@TheNinj47]

@@AndrewPonti yes its the best american flag ive ever seen indeed greetings from germany

[@TheStapleGunKid]

Medieval sports are so weird. Now excuse me, I'm off to go watch a bunch of guys kick a ball back and forth for three hours, hoping one of them might hit a net with it once or twice.

[@blingn27]

Have you ever watched a live coverage of golf....?

[@isaacgonzo]

I prefer the one where they throw and carry the ball, trying to avoid being hit, with the occasional kick through two giant poles

[@Themanwiththeplan1899]

I am quite fond of the game where you roll a ball into wooden pillars

[@loverofteaandspice]

@@blingn27 Have you ever watched a live coverage of darts?

[@ryanbauer3680]

Say what now? Sorry I was busy watching a bunch cars go around in circle for 500 laps. MURICA!

[@bernardorios9948]

Ah yes. 0:04. The Road to El Dorado is my favorite childhood movie since my older brother and I were kids. 😏. It brings me back memories.

[@657449]

I saw a video of an old Finnish contest where men had a foot race carrying their wives over their shoulder. The winner got his wife’s weight in beer.

[@pvt.potato1943]

Sounds about right...

[@Shawa_Skibidi]

Finnish ppl in a nutshell

[@IDKeknow]

And the masters are Estonians

[@slaggerthord31]

Literally the most finnish thing ever

[@mikkovaittinen3835]

It is not so old sport. Invented during my lifespan. I am Finnish.

[@PhoenixGamer9613]

It's awesome that in the first second of this video he references DreamWorks Road to El Droado. That's awesome. Btw. That movie was a masterpiece of comedy and humor.

[@RRswag70]

A masterpiece? I think you have life misunderstood..

[@Fugazidawg]

@@RRswag70 why?

[@Axrtone500]

@@RRswag70 what is that supposed to mean

[@watchulookinat23]

The thumbnail clickbait is unreal

[@CCSABCD]

Why is that so funny?

[@followernumber1]

Was the owner of the dead horse compensated or was there any kind of prize, because in any medieval culture horses were extremely valuable.

[@lonehiker6648]

good point, back then horses were literally the equivelant of car in value

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

I believe you would be arrested and lose all your titles and lands.

[@thepunisher8676]

I once went to a few horse fights in Mexico they were more brutal than what I had expected

[@tigerbatman7881]

I fought a horse but lost

[@paleoph6168]

6:40 "...because who doesn't love beating a dead horse?" Lmao

[@Axrtone500]

Lol

[@Captain23rdGaming]

The fact that you used Road to El Dorado 0:04 couldnt have made me happier 😄

[@Axrtone500]

Yep

[@Thomas-rl9xd]

Please do a video on the battle of Delville wood. As a South African it would be truly amazing to see our troops remembered on this channel. Thank you

[@Lupinthe3rd.]

love this. As a suggestion for another video you guys should do one about the naval battles in the roman colosseum. Many people are unaware that the colosseum use to host mock naval battles.

[@alfrancisbuada2591]

Yeah they did it with Gladiators. I always loved that one when I read about it.

[@tigerbatman7881]

I went to one, it was epic

[@mumu135mumu554]

Think there already is a video on that

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

It's pretty well known at this point

[@scaredofghosts6813]

The Aztec ball game in the first segment usually ended with the decapitation of the losers..there are ball courts found lined with skulls of entire teams

[@poetymology9280]

Yeah stone carved skulls.

[@Axrtone500]

Yep

[@L.P.1987]

I heard that in the mayan version of the game, only the captain of the winner team was killed.

[@poetymology9280]

@@L.P.1987 been to chicken itza, stones carved like skulls line the ball court. Winners were sacrificed..... Only the best for the gods.

[@dragon12234]

It very much depended. IIRC the vast majority matches and games played for fun and prizes. The ones that had sacrifice as part of it were generally only reserved for very special occassions

[@zeopharn6153]

Naval jousting is still a thing in various places in France, especially in the south. Among the famous ones, the joust of Sète, combining the charming streets, the crowd excitement and the traditional white-robed fighters.

[@Complete_Stranger7050]

Naval Jousting with motorboats lol

[@ethanmcgowan6926]

Visited Sete a week ago, can confirm.

[@magnus7857]

Naval jousting is still a thing in the southern German city of Ulm (yes, the same one as in EU4). Every four years members of the old patrician families dress up as local historical figures and compete on the river Danube. The event attracts thousands of spectators and it is usually being broadcast on live TV. There's similar, but much smaller events in other parts of Germany, Switzerland and France

[@reijiminato8762]

I think the Japanese game show Takeshi's Castle (more popularly known in the western world as MXC - Most Extreme Elimination Challenge) was partially inspired by naval jousting

[@NovaNTS]

Im Irish and we always have known it as Takeshi's Castle

[@nouua6513]

@@NovaNTS we too, and I’m from Italy

[@cjclark2002]

Used to watch that as a kid almost every day after school.

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

I prefer Takeshis challenge

[@dotdashdotdash]

I visited Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire once, and learned they killed a dwarf jester by kicking him as a football.

[@Axrtone500]

Ok

[@ShivamR34440]

Bruhhhh💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@Axrtone500]

Ok

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

Thats odd jesters are usually hands off and the one person that can talk to the king however they pleased and served as a trusted advisor.

[@GusCraft460]

Knattleiker looks like a cross between ice hockey and lacrosse, which are both rather violent sports.

[@rootbeer2399]

what does it sound like?

[@howardbaxter2514]

That’s what I was thinking too. All that’s needed is a goal and it would be an exact combination of the two. Then again, maybe you could compare it to early lacrosse and hockey, cause some versions of early lacrosse didn’t have goals.

[@RoxoCara]

Mock battles reminiscent of stage plays involving story lines, costumes and audience interaction. Sounds like medieval wrestling to me.

[@thequietkid5178]

I loved history class in school ,but i love learning from your content.(keep up the good work)✍️🙂

[@lkcdarzadix6216]

falconry and hawking part has the most beautiful drawings

[@catsruleacbanonogismanbo6107]

Your Medievil/Middle Ages episodes are so good, please continue to make these.

[@Axrtone500]

@Don't Read My Profile Photo ok I won't

[@Axrtone500]

@Don't Read My Profile Photo ok bot

[@jasonflay8818]

Thank you for including Me so America, people tend to forget that these civilizations existed simultaneously with Knights and Vikings. Also you failed to mention the longest running sport Calcio which has been played in Italy since at least the 1400s.

[@howardbaxter2514]

Calcio is such a weird and chaotic sport.

[@nyx3635]

2:43 the detail is amazing!

[@dimaattila1630]

He just says calmly "Who doesn't love beating a dead horse," LOL

[@turdferguson9356]

El Dorado might have taken on a different tone if they had shown the Aztec version of the Mezzo American Ball Game :]

[@flyingninja1234]

The losers were killed.

[@turdferguson9356]

@@flyingninja1234 no, my dude... they played with a very peculiar pall...

[@dcptiv]

@@turdferguson9356 J K is right though. The losing team lost their heads.

[@dubuyajay9964]

@@flyingninja1234 I thought the winning team was sacrificed...

[@dragon12234]

@@flyingninja1234 It depended. The vast maority of the time sacrifices were not part of the sport. The sacrifices only came into play under very special circumstances, and were basically "THE BIG EVENT" for a number of years

[@fabricio-agrippa-zarate]

The "hand tennis" eventually evolved into several sports; in País Vasco, Spain, they still play with just their hands, not bare tho, as they use a special type of glove.

[@pabcu2507]

Girls: enjoying nature/picnics Me and the boys:

[@LucasIsHereYT]

3:50 "Imagine literally smacking the ball with your open handeeouch."

[@Axrtone500]

Ok

[@ViceN53X]

So... Volleyball?

[@imperator31]

A naval tourney still exist in Sète, France

[@czarbuscus1475]

Knattleikr looks alot like lacrosse that's so cool

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Modern sports: *EXTREME SLAPPING CONTEST*

[@funderman5758]

Boat jousting is still practiced in Sete France.

[@catsruleacbanonogismanbo6107]

I love your channel! I have learned so much from your channel. Thank you!❤❤❤

[@Axrtone500]

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[@clevelandbrown9202]

absolute madness

[@Axrtone500]

Yep

[@calmc]

8:00 in jousting you don't aim to unhorse the opponent, that is a chance ideal outcome it is far more difficult to unhorse a properly saddled rider than most people think, rather jousting knights aim to strike valuable points of the armor or if one or both break the tip of the lance on a hit which gives a lot of points depending on the damage to the lance.

[@2000Oberhonk]

That naval jousting, in Ulm we call it "Fischerstechen" and do it every 3 years am Schwörmontag

[@oliversherman2414]

I love your channel keep up the great stuff!

[@twowheelunicycle8603]

My high school biology teacher was the only person I ever knew who practiced falconry, which to me was badass and he absolutely loved his hawk he even brought her to class one day and showed her skills off it was super cool.

[@USSBOAT]

2:18 I watched a knights tale so I get this reference

[@richardgonzalez6409]

I'm surprised you guys didn't mention tzykanion, the Byzantine version of polo that they adopted from the Sassanid

[@demarcusfaulkner7411]

Thank you simple history I've learned a lot from you. Keep up the awesome work

[@TudorMickeyMouse]

I like how DreamWorks was referenced

[@razormc954]

So tournaments basically became like medieval professional wrestling?

[@XX-sp3tt]

3:07 So pokemon training! COOL!

[@angbandsbane]

Kind of an amusing anecdote for Army Mock Battles that also show how brutal it could be. The "greatest knight" William Marshall (if you played "Vampyre," THAT guy) rose to prominence as a young man on the competition circuit, winning his first tournament despite taking a blow to the skull so severe it bent his helmet onto his head. Come the award ceremony, no one can find the champion until they look in the blacksmith tent. There's William with his head on an anvil, having the smith try to hammer his helmet back into a shape that will actually let William take the thing off. (Is it any wonder this man fought a battle at age 73 in a time when average life expectancy was probably closer to 55?)

[@ChrisKane-]

7:40 BOOM HEADSHOT!

[@space4166]

Sniper elite be like

[@benlarsen4602]

This is fantastic.

[@Axrtone500]

Yep

[@ayoisthatliltra9547]

History class < watching this channel I swear these vids make me smarter

[@williamromine5715]

Hand ball is still a sport. Similar to racquet ball, the palm of the had is used instead of a racquet. Generally, the player wears a glove with a tough pad in the palm, but some don't wear a glove at all.

[@DeNihility]

Knattleiker looks like a combination of Lacrosse and Hockey.

[@v0dka885]

you missed quite possibly the most weird yet interesting, The Atherstone Ball Game. The game started in 1199 in England, when a bunch of rich people got board on shrove tuesday and decided to organise a ball game where there were no rules with the exception of one rule and that is you can't kill anyone and the objective is to be the person holding the ball when the 2 hour timer is up. it was meant to be a one off game but the rich people and the poor enjoyed it so much they made it an annual thing and yes the game is still being played today in Atherstone on Shrove Tuesday

[@sixpest]

Happy birthday dad! you can now add lord legally anywhere you want in your name now and actually rule over something that isn't the couch.

[@ThrottleUp488]

great history

[@joshuabessire9169]

That Klaplinger sounds like alot like Brockian Ultracricket. Wonder if lacrosse might be related, through contact in Vinland.

[@paulredinger5830]

The tennis one in France is closer to handball then tennis.

[@nyimdewan3353]

The Mesoamerican ball game was brutal...The ball was extremely heavy and in one varient of the game the ball had to be put through a loop as high as 30 feet...Like the game of basketball but with legs

[@SW-ms5pu]

Could you please do a video about bicycles used in the world wars? I'm sure the german Wehrmacht used them and there are many more armys which used bicycles in combat

[@isaacgonzo]

Medieval tennis seems alot like modern day hackey sack, but swapped out hands for feet

[@howardbaxter2514]

Hackey sack or spike ball

[@angbandsbane]

Oooh, I saw a documentary on this. "A Knight's Tale," I think it was called.

[@oe3567]

I really like the graphics in this video

[@CartoonHistory]

If anyone gets a chance you have to watch the Netflix documentary "Home Game". Its got an episode on Calcio - the game played in Florence since the middle ages. Its basically rughy mixed with MMA - its unbelievable - and they still play it.

[@Kaiserreich2.0]

@8:20 not quite what i imagine when i hear the phrase "ramming speed" but i suppose it does still check out

[@Dumpstermuffin1]

There is a Knattleiker scene in the movie The Northman, it's pretty brutal

[@jawsomeben]

Could you make an animated documentary of the US Indianapolis and how it sink and people on it were eaten by sharks

[@toucanphoenix1629]

In Sweden(Gotland) we still play a very simular sport that reminds me of the old tennis sport. We call it pärk and we also use a cloth ball or a ball that resemble a cloth ball. And you hit it with an open hand or kick it!

[@russellstorm804]

Fun fact: Football(soccer in this instance) was banned in 14th century England due to people always getting hurt.

[@ShivamR34440]

Nice video

[@knightdaemon4836]

We still have horse fighting where I'm from. It's freaking savage! Though it's not a fight to the death. Horses are expensive.

[@oontgrad]

Cnutlicker sounds fun

[@kevinkocher9347]

Henry the 8th loved tennis

[@chuckmiester2698]

Wow love the content

[@orenges]

Simple history make a sandbox game

[@Axrtone500]

Yep

[@bricksnation3160]

very good the video

[@Axrtone500]

Yep

[@poil8351]

melee was common all over europe in the middle ages/medieval era and varied quite abit between countries, they all had different rules and who were allowed to participate.

[@luisemoralesfalcon4716]

Nice, this is an interesting video showing the starts of soccer.

[@henryscarhead6119]

It means tennis evolve to two sports, tennis it self and volleyball?

[@DPM_Portraits]

I wonder if they get sponsorship from Crimson Bull if they are good.

[@nefariouspixelblood8514]

your midevil tennis sounds alot more like handball to me.

[@WhitneyDahlin]

fascinating! thank you!

[@howardbaxter2514]

You should have brought up lacrosse. It is estimated to have originated back in 1,100 AD and was used to settle disputes between tribes.

[@shrek8636]

these arent weird i do them daily

[@pabcu2507]

I now understand why girls live longer than boys

[@Axrtone500]

@IMY123 what's finally here

[@trygveblacktiger597]

Hoped you would talk more of like diffrent sports from all around the world. Like i love European Medieval stuffs but i love to know of others sports too

[@Slycarlo]

We have modern weird sports like American Football or Handegg

[@NikiSikiri]

Ive been watching your videos for 3 or 2 years. So can you make something like "operation oluja 1995"

[@jackrogers9660]

You should make a video on Chris McCandless

[@dimitriofthedon3917]

Falkenry is still a thing today in England so are mock battles but that's all over the world

[@JangianTV]

06:44 Oo-er! That might win the missus over! 😛

[@chlorophyll6154]

Medieval : violence Football : any touch is violence Hotel?? Trivago

[@gyromurphy]

That's ah...that's quite the thumbnail you guys got there.

[@Axrtone500]

Yep

[@organizedchaosmark]

You mean the clickbait?

[@patrickkeenan8908]

Painful sport are you familiar with traditional Hurley which is basically like rugby a excuse to beat someone senseless

[@bloodbushcraft2467]

The winners of the Mayan games would get sacrificed.

[@bactrosaurus]

Not the loosers?

[@Axrtone500]

Idk ?

[@bloodbushcraft2467]

@@bactrosaurus according to the researchers, it was an honor be sacrificed.

[@L.P.1987]

@@bactrosaurus No. I heard the captain of the winner team was executed.

[@dallonperry3639]

Should actually talk about lacrosse's origins with Native Americans. And how it was even used to take Fort Detriot

[@howardbaxter2514]

Lacrosse is such a cool sport. It’s history is very intriguing. I’m hoping the IOC can figure out a way to get an Iroquois lacrosse team to compete in the Olympics in 2028.

[@ViceN53X]

That'd be fun. Boat jousting. As long as I can swim... ...and I can't

[@Eagle-EX]

Can ya’ll do a video on Operation Entebbe?

[@aldeanhernandez2940]

The first one he missed the most intresting thing about that sport.The winner got sacraficed

[@RyanCoomer]

I am a zookeeper in chicago and I regularly feed the hippos day old sausages so they have a taste of their home. I put strings on the sausages and swing them around the hippos they get so mad at me and scream but it's an obsession sometimes the hippos try and break out of their cages but I keep swinging those hotdogs in wide circles over their heads. Luckily my boss doesn't know I do this or my coworkers

[@Axrtone500]

Ok

[@tamarakepreyeomgbuayakimi.1379]

Now the world knows, you're smart.

[@ghostsmoke11]

I went to one of the temples in mexico where they played that game. The tour guide told us whoever was the champion was sacrificed so they could play against the gods.

[@borzoicoursing2230]

Those heathens worship SANTA MUERTE and still sacrifice to devil's, their "women."

[@howardbaxter2514]

I did too, but said rule varies from location to location. I personally went to Uxmal, and they were much more tame in their sacrifices.

[@kenratacha3794]

0:41 that ball game wasn't fun!!! The losing team were all killed!!!

[@danielcurtis1434]

Now dog fighting is cruel and awful but horse fighting??? I think that could work!!! But how exactly do you cause a horse to be violent against another to the point of death or serious injury???

[@fliegendeluftwaffeli835]

3:46 very french philosophy.