Item: Each combatant shall comport themselves bearing mutual responsibility for themselves and for their opponent. The safety of your opponent is your responsibilty.
Item: All combatants shall hold themselves in their respective quarters, ready for combat.
Item: As the name of the challenger is read by the King of Arms, they should advance to Charlemagne's Tree of Shields and smartly sound one to indicate the type of challenge they desire. This done, they should advance to the Companion they would challenge and offer persuasive words to both the Companion and to the Gallery.
Item: The shield purpur shall indicate single combat, one against the other, with a companion of the attacker's choice. Weapons may be of a matched type or of different types, according to the wishes of the challenger.
Item: The shield argent shall indicate single combats at the barrier.
Item: Combats over the barrier will not allow strikes below the waist, and there will be no strikes with excessive force.
Item: The Companions have provide matched warhammers for those who wish to use them in the barrier fights. It was a common practice in the days of our ancestors for tenans to offer arms and armour to those challengers who required them.
Item: The shield azure is for single combats bearing 'counted blows,' tallied by the Knight of Honor and by each combatant, in the number of blows thrown to one, three five, or seven.
Item: Fights with counted blows were common during the times of our ancestors, so we encourage the attackers to try them today.
Item: The shield sable will indicate group encounters, equal numbers, with the attacker serving as Captain for his side and the chosen Companion as Captain for the other. Each captain may choose his own knights.
Item: In the group combats, there will be no striking from behind and only single-handed swords are allowed. "Killing" from behind is expressly forbidden as this is a cowardly act hardly appropriate for knights such as yourselves.
Item: There shall be no thrusts to the face, as this was not generally practiced in tournaments.
Finally: There is to be no single victory this day-the prizes of chivalry will be offered by the Companions and by the Ladies who shall watch our activities and offer their opinions as to which combatants advanced the cause of chivalry this day.