Knight vs Samurai

Do we now?


As Tom said, it's all a matter of time and place. If we picked the year 1500 or so, we would be left with exactly what is thought of when people think 'knight' and 'samurai', respectively. In 1500, the samurai were in the middle of the Sengoku Jidai, or Warring States period, where the samurai was more or less at the height of his time as a soldier. Conversely, it was also the peek of plate armor usage for the knight. As a result, we have two cultures whose weapons excel at defeating their enemies, who are similarly armed and armored.

The knight would be wearing a combination of mail and light plate, carrying a shield, and most likely wielding an Oakeshott Type XVIII (or one of its subtypes), which are characterized by a slender point meant to penetrate their enemy's plate, while also being able to cut, as plate was slowly dying off at this point in time because of projectile weapons. Given that the samurai armor is mostly rounded, a cut (or a thrust, when dealing with the breastplate) would deflect off of it, however, the effectiveness of a knight's shield and sword techniques would more than make up for this.

The samurai would be wearing full plate, carrying a katana, a wakizashi/tanto, a yumi, and possibly a naginata or yari. The katana and naginata are fine slashing weapons, but are a little lacking in the thrust, which was the main way to defeat plate armor (by thrusting into the gaps or bludgeoning it open). The yari makes up for this to a point (no pun intended), but it has a rather broad tip compared to what is seen on the knight's swords of the era. Where the samurai would excel is with his favored weapon, the yumi, with which a samurai of skill (i.e., just about all of them) more than likely place an arrow in all the little slots of a knight's plate as he charged and is more than capable of penetrating chain mail.

In short, it's entirely the skill of each combatant that decides the outcome, as a knight could wield a morning star and crush his way through a samurai's armor while a samurai could employ jujutsu to wrestle the knight to the ground and kill them with a well placed thrust under the helmet with a tanto. The only way to know for sure to win would be to travel back in time, kidnap two of them, and have them fight it out gladiator style... That, or have recognized masters today in full armor duke it out with wooden swords, though that would be a little difficult to rate, as you would need to know what constitutes a fatal blow whilst in armor.

Shootermike for the win!

You beat me to it Slayer, dangit.

Blake- You know how to make youtube groups, right? :?: Of course you do! I'm a member of your 'Real Swords' one... So... you know what I'm thinking... Shootermike!



Sorry for disrupting the epicness of your thread, guys.

-Slayer

Knights, Samurai, Chuck Norris, and Vladimir Putin? Oh brother. Here we go again...



Ah, screw it. I'll bite. Bear would win...

Hmmmm Knight or Samurai? I choose the Canadian Forces Sniper!

Paging Sir Richard Of Rollington!!!!!

........ SanMarc.

Um, yeah, well ya got to put that in a link under, "KnightVSamuri" Like criss B did, then that would work cuase in the end The Knight Sir Richard Of Rollington Wins!!

...SanMarc.

Hmmm, well Ya never know.

Wot! No Rick Roll!?

Knight vs Samurai...


The Dark Knight wins every time!