The following articles, unless otherwise noted, are excerpts from the American Jousting Alliance Gazette, written by James Zoppe.

Palfreys, Chargers and Destriers

• The Need for a Heavier Horse

• Choosing a Jousting Horse

• Warhorses in Training

• Stallions in Training

• The Speed of the Charge

• The Warhorse Called Salazar

Historical

• Bertrand du Guesclin ~ 1320 to 1380

• Duarte of Portugal on Jousting ~ 1434

• The Teutonic Knights

Weapons and Armour

• Handling a Lance

• Chain Mail and Plate Armour

• Weapons of War

• Hitting the Shield - How Hard is Too Hard?

• Lighter Throwing Spears

• Armour Accoutrements, by Steve Choquette

Training Talk

• After the Impact

• Relaxing Your Grip

• Presenting the Shield

• Ground Fighting with Various Weapons

• Sword Fighting on Foot

Contemporary

• Horseback Jousting Becomes a Professional Sport
  (previously published at Renaissance-Central.com)

• Tournament Judging and Judges

• The American Jousting Alliance and the Sport of Jousting, May 2001

• Jousting Enraptured, by Cynthia Morrison

• Something about Judging

Tournament Reviews

• U.S. International Jousting Championships, Estes Park, CO - Sept 2001

• Age of Chivalry Renaissance Festival, Las Vegas, NV - October 2001

• The Tournament of the Round Table, Stroud, OK - October 2001

• U.S. International Jousting Championships, Estes Park, CO - Sept 2000

• Tournament of the Lake, Lake Tahoe, CA - June 2000

• Northwoods Jousting Tournament, Redding, CA - May 2000

• The Boar's Heade National Jousting Tournament, Muskogee, OK - November 1999

• U.S. International Jousting Championships, Estes Park, CO - Sept 1999

• Tournament of the Lake, South Lake Tahoe, CA - June 1999

• Northwoods Jousting Tournament, Redding, CA - May 1999

• U.S. International Jousting Championships, Estes Park, CO - Sept 1998

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