14th February 2003, 3:02 PM
No they didn't have lances, but they did have all sorts of spears.
The samurai armour was better than the traditional Knight armour. It was lighter and tougher, believe it or not. According to the discovery channel, at least.
And it's not impossible to figure out which one would win. The samurai would be an expert in at least two or three different forms of martial arts (most likely Jujitsu, Kendo) while the Knights would only have learned their primitive (in comparison) sword-fighting. Or are you now going to suggest that Japanese martial arts are inferior to European fighting?
The samurai armour was better than the traditional Knight armour. It was lighter and tougher, believe it or not. According to the discovery channel, at least.
And it's not impossible to figure out which one would win. The samurai would be an expert in at least two or three different forms of martial arts (most likely Jujitsu, Kendo) while the Knights would only have learned their primitive (in comparison) sword-fighting. Or are you now going to suggest that Japanese martial arts are inferior to European fighting?