The samurai and the knight, honorable fighters form history long gone but not forgotten. The legacies of both honorable fighters live on in modern martial arts and ethics. I have of course mentioned bushido and chivalry, in addition to that we now have kendo, jiu-jitsu, and fencing and boxing as available to us, all of these are part of the samurai and knight legacy. What else though do we have now to remind us of each fighter? the arms and armor of course.
The knights typical arming included heavy armor with a shield and a straight double sided sword along with knowledge of hand to hand combat
the samurai typically had lighter armor two curved single sided swords one longer than the other, a spear, a bow and of course hand to hand combat
So who has the better equipment, well in weapons the samurai have a wider range giving them that advantage. The knight's armor is heaver and gives better protection but it is considerably heaver (I know because I have done side to side comparisons) so both fighters have an advantage and disadvantage there
well one cant get away with a good comparison with only talking about weapons I will add in other important things like the amount of battles that give the experience to the fighters and advancements to the sword styles and most importantly honor
first of all the Japanese clans fought almost continually with other clans up until the Edo era when japón was united under the Tokugawa family, up until the Meiji era of japón in the 1860s japón had only had two wars with amries outside of japón including the war with the feard mongals, this caused japón to be able to fight very well but not so good against forgen armies like if they where fighting a knight
The knights have fought les often but with más different kinds of weapons but at the same time the knight doesn’t know much about the Japanese sword styles. I think that the knight has an edge in fighting through being able to fight in a más diverse environment but the samurai would have más refined techniques.
In honor the samurai puts honor above life and would kill himself for dishonoring his family, the knights do have honor and very good honor but the samurai would win in an honor to honor comparison
just so tu know I’m not here to label ether one better because that just isn’t right, the truth of the matter is that in a one on one fight it depends on the skill of either fighter not the armor of equipment o past wars o mask appearance and it would be impossible to rightfully say that a samurai would always beat a knight o a knight would always beat a samurai
The knights typical arming included heavy armor with a shield and a straight double sided sword along with knowledge of hand to hand combat
the samurai typically had lighter armor two curved single sided swords one longer than the other, a spear, a bow and of course hand to hand combat
So who has the better equipment, well in weapons the samurai have a wider range giving them that advantage. The knight's armor is heaver and gives better protection but it is considerably heaver (I know because I have done side to side comparisons) so both fighters have an advantage and disadvantage there
well one cant get away with a good comparison with only talking about weapons I will add in other important things like the amount of battles that give the experience to the fighters and advancements to the sword styles and most importantly honor
first of all the Japanese clans fought almost continually with other clans up until the Edo era when japón was united under the Tokugawa family, up until the Meiji era of japón in the 1860s japón had only had two wars with amries outside of japón including the war with the feard mongals, this caused japón to be able to fight very well but not so good against forgen armies like if they where fighting a knight
The knights have fought les often but with más different kinds of weapons but at the same time the knight doesn’t know much about the Japanese sword styles. I think that the knight has an edge in fighting through being able to fight in a más diverse environment but the samurai would have más refined techniques.
In honor the samurai puts honor above life and would kill himself for dishonoring his family, the knights do have honor and very good honor but the samurai would win in an honor to honor comparison
just so tu know I’m not here to label ether one better because that just isn’t right, the truth of the matter is that in a one on one fight it depends on the skill of either fighter not the armor of equipment o past wars o mask appearance and it would be impossible to rightfully say that a samurai would always beat a knight o a knight would always beat a samurai
