Sir James Acuff hails from the state of Tennessee. He is currently semi-retired after 37 years in the land surveying business. Seems hard to remember a time when he was not on or around horses. Never cared for just 'riding a horse" for the sake of riding, but riding a horse with the thought of the horse's role in history such as the great Warhorses rode by the Knights of old or the calvary horses used by the great Armies of the World. He became very interested in Jousting over ten years ago and in 2004 attended a two week school geared toward becoming a jouster. Since then, he has jousted in Maryland, Florida, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Virginia and will be jousting in Colorado in September. He rides his 2000 pound, 18 hand Percheron War Horse named Hercules the Magnificent which he has raised and trained since Hercules was six months old. His goal is to bring Honor and Chivalry back into the original Sport of Kings, the Tournament Joust. He jousts under his actual family crest as Sir Ijams Von Ackahoff of the Rhineland.
We represent a group of knights that believe in the days of old when knights were bold, and chivalry was a way of life. Well maybe chivalry did exist in medieval times or maybe it did not. But for some of us that grew up reading King Arthur and his Knights, and watching Roy Rogers, Gene Audrey, and Hopalong Cassidy save the day every Saturday morning, we now aspire to bring those days back into the lives of all who care to believe. We are professional heavy armour jousters that can bring to your equine event or any event a Jousting Seminar, Jousting Demonstrations, or a Full Contact Jousting Tournament. Some of our knights have competed in tournaments from the state of Maryland to California, Canada to Florida, even in Europe. We train, and ride our own War Horses, 2000 lb. Percherons to Clydesdales, Belgians and Shires. Our armour weight is over 100 lbs and made of stainless steel patterned from authentic medieval armour. We are also professional business people with many years at the same job. A few of us are semi-retired or retired. We are family oriented, too; one of our knights has a new daughter, and another is celebrating 30 years of marriage. Our main show area right now is between the states of Tennessee and Maryland, but we can go just about anywhere. So if you would like to have us at your next event, please give us a call for a price. ((WARNING)) If you want to see people with bad attitudes, hollering, and cussing people who, in general, don’t make good role models, DO NOT CALL US!
CONTACT: In Maryland Sir Paul Schneinder 410-474-0890
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