mounted combat
Fighting from horseback
Mounted combat is fighting conducted from horseback or another animal, or from a vehicle.
The term appears in military history, fantasy games, and martial arts that preserve cavalry traditions.
The knight trained in mounted combat with lance and sword.
In video games, mounted combat often involves different mechanics than fighting on foot.
- warhorseSeasoned campaigner or mount
- cavalryMounted military force
- cavalry chargeArmed riders attacking en masse
- joustingMounted knightly combat sport
- knightHonored mounted soldier
lance · tournaments · medieval warfare · cataphract · horse archer · saddle · warrior ethos · samurai · barding · stirrups · swordsmanship · spear throwing · heraldry · reenactments · role-playing games · reins · archery · armor
- chivalryknighthood, knights, chivalry, medieval knights, honor
- medieval warfareknights, siege warfare, castle, castle siege, siege
- knight trainingjousting, swordsmanship, horsemanship, weapons training, chivalry
- warrior traitsswordsmanship, archery, bravery, valor, honor
- combat artssword fighting, swordfighting, boxing, wrestling, grappling
- horse historywar horses, chariot racing, cavalry charges, jousting, horse breeding
mounted combatinfantry combat
Fighting by foot soldiers
ground combat · infantry · hand-to-hand combat · close-quarters combat · trench warfare
mounted combatsiege warfare
Surrounding fortifications to force capitulation