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Originally posted by Greg700
Um actually, not really
First off, it's important to note that the samurai were still around until the late 1800's.
The samurai of the 1500's had really, really crappy steal blades. Eurpopes stealmaking ability was far superior.
That being said, samurai lacked something crucial that every night worth a damn had: A big ass shield.
It is easy to discount the sophistication of midieval nights and think of them as big guys hacking at each other, but they actually trained constantly and were very advanced in their combat techniques. Their training was different, but comparable to that of a samurai would be likely to recieve.
Since the europeans had better weapons and armor, they would most likely win the fight.
Some of my friends have proven this time and time agian in the SCA by whipping the snot out of the SCA's 'samurais'
Don't get me wrong here with the sword stuff: Japanese swordmaking techniques were exquisite, they just didn't have much to work with steel wise.
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Some samuris had shields, but they were often light and wooden if they had them at all. I don't think a knight would've been able to out manuver a samuri, they dressed lightly and were very nimble. Then again a samuri sword woudn't penetrate a noble knights armor therfore knight who is redicoulously strong, and nimble in his own right > samuri