The Templar knights weren’t exactly the kind of sect I would have seen practicing something like parkour, but in a video about the quest for the holy grail it seems like a fun story all the same. The Templar knights were known to be extremely tough, experts in the ways of war, and capable of handling themselves in many situation. The video is pretty accurate in regards to the Templar order in that they did not wear huge, cumbersome suits of plate mail, otherwise none of the moves you see them perform would have been possible, and the survivor would have sank like a stone to the bottom of the moat when he escaped. Plate armor made a person a walking tank in theory, but it was just as often the kind of thing that could tire a person out after wearing it for more than a few minutes.
Parkour is cool to watch but there are some flips and movements that don’t seem to make a lot of sense. They seem evasive but when performed without anyone around to make them necessary just look a little showy. It still looks amazing though, especially considering the garb that they’re wearing and the fact that they don’t ever trip on their robes. Wearing chainmail however would still tire a person out after a while since it does add to one’s weight. The one thing though is that carrying a sword, or anything bigger than a dagger, would be out of the question, so this is why you don’t see the guy that rushes inside first grab up a sword until he’s up against the head honcho. And obviously the boss man is the strongest within the keep, since he bats the two Templar knights around quite easily.
The knights however were usually sworn to put their mission first and their lives and those of their comrades second. It was a harsh way to live but it was a part of their code and their beliefs. So long as the mission was completed it wasn’t a total loss. As much as I doubt that knights back in the day knew any types of moves such as these the inclusion of it is something that’s really fun to watch and brings to mind images of Assassin’s Creed immediately, save for the fact that the assassin’s usually fought against the Templar order and were still considered the lesser of two evils. The Templar knights were highly utilized during the Crusades, but were disbanded around 1312, when they’d already become far less than they’d been during the wars. They were essentially disgraced and cast aside by Prince Phillip IV of France.
After that time their order became shrouded in legend as well as myth, eventually succumbing to history as various factions kept their name alive and used it sparingly to bolster their own causes. To this date the term Knight Templar is still used in reverence in many parts of the world, almost as a fond remembrance of a time when honor was everything.
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