“Unlike the movies where stuntmen and fake armour are used and they have weeks to make the shot, at Full Tilt we do it for real – the lances are real, the armour is real, the horses are real and the hits are most definitely real,” Mr Walker said.

“You can’t fake it and it is all there right in front of everyone.”

Over the years those hits have led to plenty of injuries.

“Breaking your right hand is a common injury with the impact of the lance,” he said.

“Concussions from being hit and falling off – even dislocated shoulders.

“You are riding horses at pace, admittedly they are not big horses like Clydesdales or Shires, but they are around 15 hands, very strong and powerful and fast.”

The intensity needs to be seen to be believed.

The knights, dressed in full coloured flowing costumes with steel armour will charge at each other with lances in hand trying to shatter their opponent’s chest or head.

Riding some of the best trained jousting horses in the country, they will transform spectators back to medieval times.

Mr Wright will be one of the knights in action and he will take on, believe it or not a woman, Sarah Hay.

“Sarah is no easy opposition she’s very skilful,” he said.

The show starts with skills at arms, tilting at the quintain, picking up three inch rings with a sword and cutting melons to show off their skills.

Then they will joust.

All the while an entertaining herald will keep the crowd informed as to what is going on.

“We don’t go on who breaks the most lances as they do in competition, at this sort of show it’s all about public acclaim, whoever the crowd likes the most wins and the more they cheer the harder we try to get the crowd behind us,” Mr Walker said.

Walker became involved in the sport of jousting about 20 years ago.

“I always had an interest in history and met another guy who had horses and also had an interest in history,” he said.

“We just clicked.

“We started off mucking around with swords and armour and wanted to try to do it as realistically as we could and jousting is the ultimate medieval thing.

“That was back in the early ’90s, pre-internet and information was not easy to find. We did what research we could but made it up as we went.

“Then when the internet came along it opened up a whole new world, it’s amazing how many medieval-type organisations are actually out there.”

Full Tilt Jousting will perform two spectacular shows on Saturday night at 6pm and 8.15pm, with each contest to consist of five to six passes.