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It should be noted that rapiers were civilian weapons, notorious for breaking in duels and not taken seriously by contemporary military minds. Rapiers became popular for deciding affairs of honor in duels to first blood, because of reach and precision, not killing potential. Ren soldiers used backswords, broadswords, and cut and thrust weapons of a sturdier make- rapiers are fast, and a great weapon to draw first blood with, but when used against an opponent on the battle field usualy got one killed- other problem was that the rapier produced a small puncture wound- often fatal in the long term, but it did not cause enough trauma to put a man consistantly down and out, thus even a lethal strike with a rapier resulted in the rapier user getting struck down too.
The samurai trained well, and so did kinights, the question would, I think, be one of equiptment and armor- Do they have their armor, horses? is it a one on one duel or a melee?
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Thought the harder, Heart the bolder,
Mood the more as our might lessens
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