Let's Play Mount and Blade Warband - Spunty's Tale 12: Tourneys on Foot

Each place has different preferences to how they hold tournaments. One only has lances on horseback, some mostly have axes and shields. Some - and thankfully it's not many - have only archery and javelins. Fighting tournaments on foot is good practice for when your horse is killed from under you. It does happen and when it does, you want to be ready.