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A Essay -- The Knight vs. the Samurai
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<blockquote data-quote="barsoomcore" data-source="post: 1305923" data-attributes="member: 812"><p>The linked essay on rapier vs. katana is equally interesting. It's good that groups like thehaca have emerged, but I find a lot of these efforts are really damaged by the perceived need to overcome "katana-worshipper" misconceptions. What you end up with, especially in the knight vs. samurai discussion, is a definite trend towards extolling the virtues of European combat while "cutting down" the virtues of Japanese.</p><p></p><p>Thehaca is honestly quite balanced and their scholarship is generally excellent, but it still disappoints me that they feel they have to make those sorts of cases. I don't really blame them -- anyone who's had to withstand japanophiles going overboard can certainly sympathize.</p><p></p><p>I faced off against a Renaissance cut-and-thrust fighter once with my katana and we both agreed that it was incredibly easy for us to kill one another almost simultaneously. I pretty much always took a thrust through the body, and he pretty much always got his head cut off.</p><p></p><p>Best tactic for the samurai in this case: press the rapier aside and charge forward, pulling the katana across in a fast draw cut. Best tactic for the European: circle and make cuts from a distance, looking for the chance to lunge.</p><p></p><p>Good fun, though!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="barsoomcore, post: 1305923, member: 812"] The linked essay on rapier vs. katana is equally interesting. It's good that groups like thehaca have emerged, but I find a lot of these efforts are really damaged by the perceived need to overcome "katana-worshipper" misconceptions. What you end up with, especially in the knight vs. samurai discussion, is a definite trend towards extolling the virtues of European combat while "cutting down" the virtues of Japanese. Thehaca is honestly quite balanced and their scholarship is generally excellent, but it still disappoints me that they feel they have to make those sorts of cases. I don't really blame them -- anyone who's had to withstand japanophiles going overboard can certainly sympathize. I faced off against a Renaissance cut-and-thrust fighter once with my katana and we both agreed that it was incredibly easy for us to kill one another almost simultaneously. I pretty much always took a thrust through the body, and he pretty much always got his head cut off. Best tactic for the samurai in this case: press the rapier aside and charge forward, pulling the katana across in a fast draw cut. Best tactic for the European: circle and make cuts from a distance, looking for the chance to lunge. Good fun, though! [/QUOTE]
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