BoarSpear

WHHAAA?? now you want directions to my fishin hole??

Hardball

I got it all printed out and will post comments after i read it. FYI, it came to 26 pages on 8 1/2 X 11.

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Hardball

I gotta lot of respect for you. Just tell me if they are Biteing.

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Hardball

Boar, I read the 26 pages over the weekend (I confess some was speed reading) It seems some of the Knights history was not recorded in writing. You have to conclude that the Knights were just as well trained as the Samurai but do not have the REPUTATION. Sort of like contemporary gunslingers and warriors, REPUTATION can make or break you. Did you ever see Johnny Ringo in the gunslinger movie? Every young gunslinger in the west was looking to make a reputation off of the famous Johnny Ringo.

Samauri's got the reputation. Another modern day analogy. Soldiers vs Marines. A soldier (especially a special unit) may have the same training as a Marine but Not the Marines reputation. Reputation is everything.


Footnote: The Knights are never going to catch up in the poll vote.

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speedbag

... a similar question was posed to my grand master, years ago in hapkido training. If the greatest Hapkido Master had to fight the greatest TaeKwondo master, or KungFu master (any animal style...) who would win?

His answer was:

If they faced each other in combat, the outcome would be determined by:

who was the better trained and most prepared in his art.
who was the most experienced in combat
who knew more about the others style, (or person)
who had the lesser, or no hangover that day
who was the healthiest that day
perhaps: who had the most to lose..

IF all things were equal, top shape professionals, well trained, fed and both with a good nights sleep....

then it would be 50-50. Both arts or styles are equally deadly. an unplanned slip or missed block by either could determine the outcome.
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that was his answer, and all things considered, it is probably still true.

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Shiteuke

I believe that the Japanese Samauri were infinately more well trained than the Knights for theese reasons,,, The Samauri perfected the art of war over thousands of yrs,,,whereas Knights were only around for a few hundred... In my opinion the Samauri made self defense and war a way of life,,,Knights did it for glory.

Hardball

Yep, I agree and welcome to the forum. Congrats on your first post, you picked and excellent thread to start on.

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jubaji

All the other issues with your thread aside, if you are going to repeat the word over and over you could at least bother to spell it in the standard way.

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MatthewAlphonso

you said nothing about why you think they were infinitley more trained, and indeed knights have also been around for thousands of years, they may have been known by other names (ridder in Germany for example). Also, there are glory hounds to be found everywhere, Samurai were no exception. Knights too made combat their lives, indeed it was required by their feudal lords that they always be prepared for combat at a moments notice.

Also consider this point for the Knights, they had to be better trained against various types of enemies. After all Europe would have had many more feudal lords and varied geography to fight on and against than Japan. so the enemies they fought would have been much more varied than the mostly standardized Samurai warriors. meaning they would have had to be more flexible.

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Shiteuke

hey butthead,,, big deal so i spelled it wrong,, thought this was a forum to discuss views,,, sorry mine arent as good as yours. Must be a boring life if all you have to do is run spell checks lmao pathetic.

jubaji

If you are not going to bother to express yourself well, no one is going to bother to take you seriously. That's just the way it is. Make your decisions accordingly.

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