Jaakko Nuotio Wins the Finnish National Championship of Historical Riding

Press release from the jousting troupe Rohan Tallit:

Weather didn't stop the competing mounts at the Finnish Championship. The Finnish National Championship for jousting and mounted skill at arms was held on March 28 at the Rohan Stables in rainy spring weather. The competition was organized by the Historical Riding association of Finland.

Jose Bernardes(left) and Anu Nuotio (right) joust during the Finnish National Championship 2015
(photo by Marjo Lunden)

Class 2 Mounted Skill at Arms - Hunting
Ivan Lopez - Horse Brasil - 26 p
Jaakko Nuotio - Horse Fere - 24,5 p
Anu Nuotio - Horse Gitan muisto - 23,25 p
Jose Bernardes - Horse Alecto - 15,25 p

Ivan Lopez spears the beast during the Hunting MSA competition (photo by Marjo Lunden)

Class 3 Mounted Skill at Arms - War
Jaakko Nuotio - Horse Fere - 29,5 p
Anu Nuotio - Horse Gitan muisto - 18,75 p
Jose Bernardes - Horse Alecto - 16,25 p
Ivan Lopez - Horse Brasil - na

Anu Nuotio jumps the "dead bodies" during the War MSA competition
(photo by Marjo Lunden)

Class 5 Jousting
Jaakko Nuotio - Horse Fere - 12 p
Anu Nuotio - Horse Alecto - 6 p
Jose Bernardes - Horse Gitan Muisto - 3 p

Jaakko Nuotio (left) jousts his wife Anu Nuotio (right) during the jousting competition at the
Finnish National Championships 2015 (photo by Marjo Lunden)

The national champion in 2015 is Jaakko Nuotio with total score of 66 points.
National silver goes to Anu Nuotio with total score of 48 points.
The bronze medalist is Jose Bernardes with total score of 34,5 points.

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A Video about Mounted Skill at Arms by Rohan Tallit

A short video produced by the Finnish jousting troupe Rohan Tallit on how to properly perform mounted skill at arms in their troupe and at their tournaments. The demonstration is performed by Jaakko Nuotio, one of the leaders of Rohan Tallit.

Jaako Nuotio of the jousting troupe Rohan Tallit (photo by Sipo Foto)

While there is no international standard set of rules for jousting, mounted melee and/or mounted skill at arms, the techniques demonstrated in this video are widely accepted within the jousting community, however, they only specifically apply to those who will be participating in Rohan Tallit's tournaments. Overall, it is a very nicely done informative video, and since the information is presented completely visually, there is no language barrier to learning the techniques.

Post by Rohan Tallit.

The jousting troupe Rohan Tallit will be hosting the Finnish National Championships in jousting and mounted skill at arms on March 28 - 29 at the Rohan Stables, Västanfjärdintie 911, 25830 Västanfjärd, Finland. For more information about this tournament, check out the March 2015 posts on the Rohan Tallit Facebook page.  For more information about the jousting troupe, check out the Rohan Tallit website.

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Courtly Games & Fun: True melee and Jousting in Hämeenlinna

The jousting group Rohan Tallit recently put on a display of jousting, mounted skill at arms and mounted melee in Finland.

Post by Rohan Tallit.

According to Jaako Nuotio, the leader of Rohan Tallit:

"It is an event held yearly in town of Tavastehus in Finland. Selected jousters will compete against each other in skills & jousting & melee. And to keep people interested there is also quite much visual elements in place as in later medieval times. There is around 20000 spectators each year."