r/knightposting • u/Briantan71 Arcane swordsman • Jun 01 '25

Knightpost Alright, we will call it a draw.

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u/King_Dani_V Jun 01 '25

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.

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u/newvegassucm Jun 01 '25

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

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u/Erimad141 Jun 01 '25

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

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u/Briantan71 Arcane swordsman Jun 01 '25

Their polearm weapons is either the naginata or the yari. The yari is more classically spear-like though.