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Featured Videos, Photos & Interactives

  • Inside the Joust: Knowles vs. Hiltman
    Inside the Joust: Knowles vs. Hiltman

    Video Clip (4:35)

    Knowles and Hiltman battle it out for $100,000 in a heavy-hitting championship joust.

    Video Clip (4:35)

  • Meet Matt
    Meet Matt

    Video Clip (1:27)

    Matt Hiltman has jousted before, but it's never been quite like this

    Video Clip (1:27)

  • Meet Joshua
    Meet Joshua

    Video Clip (1:40)

    Joshua Knowles knows he's big and strong, but he says it's his toughness will make him champion.

    Video Clip (1:40)

  • Black and Blue
    Black and Blue

    Video Clip (2:10)

    Jousting is a violent sport. This segment reveals the very real dangers and injuries that can happen during the training and competition of Full Metal Jousting.

    Video Clip (2:10)

  • Horse Safety
    Horse Safety

    Video Clip (1:54)

    In Full Metal Jousting the safety of the horses involved in the competition is of utmost importance. Shane explains the lengths to which they go in order to protect the animals during the jousts.

    Video Clip (1:54)

  • The Armor
    The Armor

    Video Clip (2:01)

    A modern twist on jousting armor keeps the jousters safe and prepared for anything.

    Video Clip (2:01)

Full Episodes

  • Full Metal Jousting: The Ultimate Extreme Sport
    Full Metal Jousting: The Ultimate Extreme Sport

    Full Episode (44:14)

    History's first extreme sport is back. There is more than honor on the line as 16 of the nation's toughest riders compete for cash.

    Full Episode (44:14)

  • Full Metal Jousting: Unhorsed
    Full Metal Jousting: Unhorsed

    Full Episode (43:55)

    Jake struggles with his form, while Jack takes a brutal blow to the head during practice. Later, the two face off in competition and one contestant is unhorsed.

    Full Episode (43:55)

  • Full Metal Jousting: Death Sticks and a Coffin
    Full Metal Jousting: Death Sticks and a Coffin

    Full Episode (44:13)

    The jousters' skills are improving and the competitions intensify. During practice both teams push themselves to the limit, and later two jousters compete in the most electrifying joust yet.

    Full Episode (44:13)

Featured Articles

  • About Full Metal Jousting

    About Full Metal Jousting

    HISTORY is bringing back the most dangerous collision sport in history and transforming it into a 21st-century event.

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  • History of Jousting

    History of Jousting

    While many associate jousting with the idea of chivalric knights and their adoring maidens, the sport's true roots are much closer to the physical, dangerous exploits on display in the new series Full Metal Jousting.

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  • Shane Adams and Full-Contact Jousting

    Shane Adams and Full-Contact Jousting

    Find out more about Shane Adams, host of Full Metal Jousting and one the creators of modern-day, full-contact jousting.

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