Every 2 lords have somewhat 10 or 20 seconds to knock the enemy of the horse through Crouching.They are interrupted by a railing in the middle.If they don't manage to knock each other down,there's a draw.The first jouster to knock off the opponent,and defeat him in melee,wins the round.
To partecipate,you have to buy tournament equipment at the Ticket Spot,comes in 3 packages(Each of these is a single item either with a wooden crate either with a barrel icon on the inventory):
Light Jousting Set: Heralic Mail with Tabard; Full Helm; Mail Mittens; Mail Boots; Knightly Heater Shield; Blunted Sword;
Medium Jousting Set: Surcoat over Mail; Great Helmet; Mail Mittens; Steel Greaves; Knightly Heater Shield; Blunted Sword;
Heavy Jousting Set: Surcoat over Plate; Heraldic Great Helmet; Gauntlets; Steel Greaves; Blunted Greatsword;
Sarranid Jousting Set: Mamluke Mail; Sarranid Veiled Helmet; Scale Gauntlets; Sarranid Boots; Oriental Jousting Round Shield; Blunted Scimitar;
Khergit Jousting Set: Khergit Jousting Armor; Strange Helmet; Lamellar Gauntlets; Lamellar Boots; Blunted Two-Handed Sabre;
But you must also have any horse equipped.