Quote Originally Posted by Cataphract_Of_The_City
So Komnenian cataphracts (were there any after Manzikert?) charged like Western knights? But it seems there is unaminous agreement that Nikephorian cataphracts did not charge because Phokas appreciated order and discipline more than charges. How can he have introduced the couched lance technique?
Yes, they were.

Couched lancing was known by the Arabs and the Byzantines. Wizzy(Baba Ga'on) presents very well the fact that the Kats sometimes charged with the couched lancing.