Jousting is still done today at shows and things, not sure how accurate it.
I met a guy who was a professional sword fighting trainer at the Robin Hood show in Nottingham a couple of years ago - as in proper long swords, two handed Conan the Barbadian stylee sword fighting - and he explained the lengths he goes to get accurately made weapons and his collection of materials on techniques from the periods involved - dark ages mainly.
I didn't have a go at sword fighting, only longbow shooting which according to law as an Englishman I am supposed to practice every Sunday, just in case the French kick off again...
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Originally Posted by Thymeclock
...We get our word for dexterity and that of being right handed from 'dexter', and the word 'sinister' describes being anything other than that.
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Yep, it was applied to left-handers for a while.