Two professional jousters, currently working at the Ohio Renaissance Festival northeast of Cincinnati, Ohio (USA), hope to take their skills from Renaissance Faires to the world of professional sports. [photo]

Jousting troupes like the Knights of Valour and the Knights of Mayhem travel around Renaissance Faires performing their full-contact, unchoreographed equestrian martial arts. Lauren Bishop from the Cincinnati Enquirer interviewed Shane Adams and Charlie Andrews at the Ohio Renaissance Festival.