{"id":5989,"date":"2017-01-04T16:37:20","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T15:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/?p=5989"},"modified":"2017-02-27T11:53:53","modified_gmt":"2017-02-27T10:53:53","slug":"introducing-medieval-jousting-the-latest-addition-to-the-activity-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/introducing-medieval-jousting-the-latest-addition-to-the-activity-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Medieval Jousting &#8211; the latest addition to The Activity People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The excitement of Christmas and New Year may already be a distant memory, but here at Activity HQ we\u2019ve got some news that\u2019s guaranteed to banish the January blues! So saddle up for some serious fun, because we\u2019re welcoming in the new year with a brand new activity.. and it\u2019s guaranteed to get your heart galloping. That\u2019s right, you can now try your hand at the art of <a href=\"http:\/\/theactivitypeople.co.uk\/en\/venues\/oAct-233\">Medieval Jousting<\/a> at our new venue in<a href=\"http:\/\/theactivitypeople.co.uk\/en\/venue\/oVenue-IQ20255_oVenAct-233\"> Warwick!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This truly one-of-a-kind experience transports you back to time when knights ruled the realm and jousting was considered the sport of champions, but you won\u2019t just be watching the medieval action unfold, you\u2019ll be living it! So get ready to call upon all of your courage, as you learn all the skills necessary to defeat the dreaded Black Knight and earn your knighthood.<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of this full day <a href=\"http:\/\/theactivitypeople.co.uk\/en\/venues\/oAct-233\">medieval masterclass<\/a> you\u2019ll not only act like a heroic knight, you\u2019ll dress like one too, and once you\u2019re fully kitted up in authentic armour it\u2019s straight down to action. With the help of an experienced instructor you\u2019ll learn a variety of basic jousting skills, including how to use your lance to dismount an opponent, as well as how to collect rings from the tilt.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6005 alignleft\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/pic2.jpeg\" alt=\"pic2\" width=\"636\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/pic2.jpeg 800w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/pic2-300x212.jpeg 300w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/pic2-768x543.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Like a true knight you\u2019ll also learn essential longbow and sword skills, so if you\u2019re a fan of films such as Robin Hood or a Knight\u2019s Tale you\u2019ll have the perfect opportunity to recreate some of their most famous scenes. But do you have what it takes to conquer the \u2018Gauntlet Challenge\u2019 and defeat the notorious Black Knight? There\u2019s only one way to find, and you\u2019re in for some serious fun trying!<\/p>\n<p>To find out more about this incredible experience, and our brand new venue<a href=\"http:\/\/theactivitypeople.co.uk\/en\/venues\/oAct-233\"> Medieval Jousting Warwick<\/a>, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/theactivitypeople.co.uk\/\">The Activity People<\/a> website today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The excitement of Christmas and New Year may already be a distant memory, but here at Activity HQ we\u2019ve got some news that\u2019s guaranteed to banish the January blues! So saddle up for some serious fun, because we\u2019re welcoming in the new year with a brand new activity.. and it\u2019s guaranteed to get your heart &hellip; <a href=\"\/blog\/introducing-medieval-jousting-the-latest-addition-to-the-activity-people\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Introducing Medieval Jousting &#8211; the latest addition to The Activity People<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[165,1020],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activity-profile","category-jousting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5989"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5989"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6011,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5989\/revisions\/6011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}