I don’t think a katana can defeat European armor or chain mail so let’s throw out metal armor. Could an elite Samurai beat and equally skilled European sword man with a shield, but no armor for either fighter?
- Samurai
- Euro guy with shield
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A man with a spear beats both, with ease
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I heard a guy with a spear beat Musashi but that isn’t discussed. Spears are difficult to defeat if you are fighting in an open area
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On a side note there was that suit that was supposed to register death blows but protected the person. I was hoping for some medieval fighting to end these hypotheses
There was a story about Portuguese swordsmen defeating samurai in duals. The article had stated the samurai had a dual sided katana made to be able to counter whatever move the Portuguese were using as the samurai were too slow having to turn their blade in the rotation.
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Did the samurai win after?
Having a shield is a huge bonus for the euro swordsman
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I want to say yes but I had read this over 10yrs ago while working a slow night shift. Remember it stating the Portuguese had one a few individual matches prior.
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I love the samurai aura as much as anyone, but a heavier double edged sword beats a katana all day. With a shield it’s really almost unfair.
Probably the biggest edge a Samurai brings to the fight isn’t the sword, but clothing hiding his leg movements.
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Three other real issue is the quality of the weapons. The broadsword / rapier / shield it’s going to be made from steel, whereas most katanas were made of iron.
Iron doesn’t cut steel. A katana will be bent to shit after a few shield strikes.
Katanas are not great at stabbing, the arc limits their reach. A rapier would be hard to overcome with two sides and superior stabbing ability.
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Samurai were 5’3 overrated midgets
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So the questions is, who wins: a guy with one weapon vs a guy with 2 weapons?
Spear IS the king.
I learned that as a kid yard fighting my brothers using a mop handle.
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Samurai. Because I want to believe.
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Katanas were mostly effective on prisoners and peasants.
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Dual Sai
No can defense
dual means 2 not to “duel” mi pata lol the sai was a mele or brawl weapon not one for dueling