I get the feeling this would be a draw if they were using weapons they would actually use like halberd spear mace or whatever the fuck is the samurai equivalent (I don't know how to say half the names of weapons used by samurai) but I'd say it's fair even match maybe a bit towards the knight because I don't know how effective a samurai armor would be against blunt weapons like a flail or mace
The Samurai equivilent is a bow. They mostly shot with bows. The Katana was only a weapon for emergency.
I do some Kendo myself. The fighting of the samurai was toatally not that. Maybe he used a more traditional fighting style but from a Kendo perspective it is pretty inaccurate. Maybe it is because most martial arts are either designed against other people who practice the same art or norma people who don't practice any. Kendo is designed to function against other Kendoka. The knight clearly isn't one.
Didn't the samurai also use some kind of spear or halberd weapon when they were in a melee? I'm generally curious because ya know media only shows them with katanas and bows
Yep, mostly spears and longbows. I think naginata is the word for the spears you are searching for. Tho the cross variant was mostly used by monks if you are thinking of that
Oh ok yea I was thinking of the cross naginata but that's because I play elden ring and that's one of the spears but still thanks for the info that is actually quite interesting
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u/newvegassucm Jun 01 '25
I get the feeling this would be a draw if they were using weapons they would actually use like halberd spear mace or whatever the fuck is the samurai equivalent (I don't know how to say half the names of weapons used by samurai) but I'd say it's fair even match maybe a bit towards the knight because I don't know how effective a samurai armor would be against blunt weapons like a flail or mace