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by gadders 2054 days ago
>> it's unclear what the non-mounted training was for this sort of thing for most times/places.

That would be the Melee [1]:

"Tournaments often contained a mêlée consisting of knights fighting one another on foot or mounted, either divided into two sides or fighting as a free-for-all. "

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tournament_(medieval)#Melee