I posted more than one link. Furthermore, a minority of Samurai even owned swords. And, Knights also had their own forms of martial arts (look again to the fechtbuchs). Also the knights, in general, would have had better armour and the iron found in Europe was of a higher quality. Also, think about this, Before Admiral Perry steamed into the harbour, how many different peoples had the Japanese fought against? 2 plus fighting themselves? the European knight would haven been an expert at fighting against people who didn't fight like him, after all he probably would have fought wars al across Europe, and then there's the crusades. (perhaps we should set a time line here? I mean this is a pretty broad period. Say 16th century?) That would mean that European generals would have a greater sense of tactics.
You asked about European knightly icons, how about Balien of Ibelin. The hero of Jerusalem, He was iconified in a rather recent movie. or King Richard the Lionheart, he was quite famous for his actions in battle.
but like I said, we should set a time-line, I say 16th century, because after that the gun becomes more prevalent in Europe, and that would just make it unfair.
You asked about European knightly icons, how about Balien of Ibelin. The hero of Jerusalem, He was iconified in a rather recent movie. or King Richard the Lionheart, he was quite famous for his actions in battle.
but like I said, we should set a time-line, I say 16th century, because after that the gun becomes more prevalent in Europe, and that would just make it unfair.
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