The Jousting Life

Monday, December 1, 2014

Video Report on the Grand Tournament at Schaffhausen

The Grand Tournament at Schaffhausen took place earlier this year in association with a living history display and an exhibition of knightly arms and armour at the Museum zu Allerheiligen.The overall event was extremely successful and a German tv station decided to take an in depth look at why historical re-enactment and jousting are so popular.

Bavarian journalist Rainer Maria Jilg spent time with re-enactor Ibrahim Karabed and with jouster/tournament organizer Arne Koets during Schaffhausen to create a 45 minute video about the event. Unfortunately, the video cannot be embedded in this article, but you can see it by following this link. The dialogue is all in German, but even if you can't understand the language, the images speak for themselves. The jousting segment starts at 32:50 and shows highlights of the jousting and mounted melee as well as interviews with jouster Arne Koets.


Petter Ellingsen breaks his lance against Dominic Sewell, Schaffhausen 2014 (screen capture from the Bayerisches Fernsehen video)
Petter Ellingsen breaks his lance against Dominic Sewell, Schaffhausen 2014
(screen capture from the Bayerisches Fernsehen video)

The organizer of the Grand Tournament at Schaffhausen, Arne Koets, agreed to do an interview with The Jousting Life. It should be published soon.

Related articles:
The Grand Tournament at Schaffhausen in the News

Jousting in Schaffhausen a Success!

Arne Koets Comments on the Tournament So Far, Plus More TV News Coverage of the Grand Tournament at Schaffhausen

Toby Capwell's Third Blog Post About the Grand Tournament at Schaffhausen: 'Helmets Off'

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