Imagine sitting on top of a horse in full medieval armour, barely being able to move, charging head-on towards your opponent, and getting slammed as a wooden lance hits your body.

This is the very rare sport of jousting and it91裸聊视频檚 what Josh Tobey of Chilliwack has been doing for the past 10 years.

He91裸聊视频檚 part of a full-contact jousting troupe called Knights of Valour which puts on Renaissance festivals and brings jousting shows to places across North America.

Tobey calls it an 91裸聊视频渆xtreme91裸聊视频� sport.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 like driving into a brick wall every single time.91裸聊视频�

It takes about 1,800 pounds of pressure for the 11-foot long wooden lances to break.

91裸聊视频淭hat91裸聊视频檚 basically the force you91裸聊视频檙e getting hit with every time you snap it, and that91裸聊视频檚 right near your chest, over your heart,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檝e been told by a lot of EMS they91裸聊视频檙e surprised that none of us have had a heart attack or something, because you91裸聊视频檙e basically just re-jumping your heart every time you get hit.91裸聊视频�

Do people think he91裸聊视频檚 crazy?

91裸聊视频淥h yeah, all the time,91裸聊视频� he said.

Once his 120 pounds of armour is on, Tobey can barely move and he can hardly see through the quarter-of-an-inch eye slits cut into his helmet. He91裸聊视频檚 like a statue. He drops the reins and has no control of horse 91裸聊视频楽uperman91裸聊视频� as he holds on with only his legs.

Superman gallops about 30 kilometres an hour towards the other knight coming at the same speed down a 220-foot long run called a 91裸聊视频榣ist91裸聊视频�.

91裸聊视频淎ll you can see is your opponent. You watch that lance coming to you every single time.91裸聊视频�

And then it hits him.

His opponent91裸聊视频檚 wooden lance rams into the metal target that sits over his heart. His body bends backwards like a scene from The Matrix as wooden lance pieces fly through the air.

Tobey, still atop Superman, pulls himself back up.

What people see with Knights of Valour is real, not staged.

The knights get five passes per match to try and hit the target 91裸聊视频� called a 91裸聊视频榞rand guard91裸聊视频� which is about the size of a dinner plate 91裸聊视频� or knock the opponent off his horse. Points are only awarded if the lance hits the grand guard. It91裸聊视频檚 three points if the lance hits the target and doesn91裸聊视频檛 break, five points if the lance breaks when it hits the target, and 10 points if the knight knocks the opponent off his horse.

Tobey said it91裸聊视频檚 like getting hit with a sledgehammer each time.

So, why does he do it?

91裸聊视频淚 like the thrill of it, the joy, the fame you get at the shows, the spotlight, and the travelling that comes with it. Also it91裸聊视频檚 really cool showing people that a 2,000-year-old sport is still alive today.91裸聊视频�

Jousting has been part of his life for 24 of his 28 years. It started when his dad, Tim, was introduced to the sport in Ontario. He fell in love with it, and soon enough, Josh and his brother Aaron did as well.

He remembers as a kid, he and Aaron would make their own children91裸聊视频檚 suits of armour out of thin tin and his mom91裸聊视频檚 old cookie sheets, and use shorter lances.

91裸聊视频淲e would run at each other on foot91裸聊视频� with half a lance, and we91裸聊视频檇 still have the little target on our armour.91裸聊视频�

Today, he admits he doesn91裸聊视频檛 practice jousting.

Started by Shane Adams and based in Alabama, there are about 10-12 members with Knights of Valour who live mostly in Ontario, Alberta and Colorado. They travel as a group with the horses throughout North America putting on jousting shows and Renaissance fairs.

When he91裸聊视频檚 not jousting, he91裸聊视频檚 pouring concrete for his own business called Tobey91裸聊视频檚 Concrete, although he does get paid to joust. This year alone, he went to approximately 35 shows, 24 of which were over the course of 12 days at the PNE.

The horses they use are Percherons because they91裸聊视频檙e bigger and can handle when the knight gets hit. Reins are not held onto while jousting because if they91裸聊视频檙e pulled, it could potentially rip the horse91裸聊视频檚 mouth.

Tobey has suffered several injuries including multiple concussions, a broken collar bone, two broken ribs, a dislocated shoulder and a torn rotator cuff. His dad retired after breaking his jaw, but Tobey said he doesn91裸聊视频檛 think any injury could retire him from it.

Unlike football or soccer, there91裸聊视频檚 no defence in jousting.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 a mental game to sit there and put yourself in an accident every single time.91裸聊视频�

At first, he was not good at putting the fear and danger out of his mind. His dad would coach him and his mom would calm him down.

Now he can do it on his own.

To prepare himself for a match, he91裸聊视频檒l take a nap while sitting in full armour on top of his horse.

91裸聊视频淣ow I think I91裸聊视频檓 just not even doing it. I picture I91裸聊视频檓 on a beach or I91裸聊视频檓 doing something else. I don91裸聊视频檛 think. I shut my brain off and I let my body do it.91裸聊视频�

These days, Tobey helps others get in the zone.

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The people he jousts with are family. He said Adams is like a father to him, as was another knight he knew who died in a car crash.

91裸聊视频淚t shook me pretty hard,91裸聊视频� he recalled.

Tobey was only 16 at the time, and he told the knight91裸聊视频檚 wife at the funeral that he was going to start jousting in honour of her husband. Tobey asked her if he could wear her husband91裸聊视频檚 jousting colours. She loved the idea and now he wears blue, silver and gold feathers in his helmet and three gold stars.

And although he was practically born into jousting, he and his brother were never forced into competing.

91裸聊视频淢y dad never peer pressured us into it91裸聊视频� I always had the thrill of wanting to do it and I finally did and haven91裸聊视频檛 stopped.91裸聊视频�