Training Battle Technique

The Knights of Europe and the Samurai of Japan shared quite a few similarities; however, they do also share many differences. One such similarity would be that both the Knights and the Samurais were brave, strong, and loyal to their cause, especially due to both of their trainings starting at a very young age. An example of a difference would be the samurais having a much lighter armor than knights. This allowed for a more agile army. They also ascended to their titles at separate ages, with samurais being at a mere 14 years of age, and knights being 21.

Imagine a knight, jousting in an arena in Europe during the Middle Ages. Surprisingly, across the world during approximately the same time period, samurai warriors fought in Japan. During the time period, 1000 to 1600 CE, the samurai and knights fought in battle in many different ways. Many differences between the samurai and knights included codes, armor, training, and religions. Without a doubt, the differences between the samurai and the knight overshadow the similarities.

Samurai and knights are not identical, they do have a good amount of differences. For instance, after going through training, samurai were awarded their title and responsibilities at the age of fourteen while knights took on their full responsibilities at twenty-one. Document B points out that although loyalty was important to both Japanese and European warriors, “loyalty towards the feudal lord in Japan was hereditary” but it was not in Europe. This means that in Japan “service of a feudal lord went from father to son” so the relationship between the lord and his warrior lasted for generations. Along with that, although both groups wore full body armor, Document D states that “a knight’s armor could weigh forty

The first way that the samurai have an advantage is their armor. In document D written by Terry Bennett ; Knight from Art Recourse, it says “Samurai did not wear armor on her right arm so they could easily draw their bow.”. This piece of evidence is important because they could easily shoot their arrows and be faster than the knights. Also by using picture evidence Samurai carried a lot of weapons and knights only carried one sword. Another piece of evidence that supports the claim is in document D written by Terry Bennett it states, “Knights began to

In my first reason, I believe that a knight would win against a samurai because a knight focused more on training and fighting

The first reason why the differences are greater than the similarities is because of the social order in feudal Japan and Europe. ”Historians and other scholars use social pyramids to show how societies were structured” (Document A). The samurai owned loyalty and military service to daimyo 's for land or regular payment while on the other hand knights owned loyalty and military service to the lords. Another difference about samurais and knights was the population. Samurai with families took about 10% of Japan 's population and in Europe, there was estimated 12,000 knights in England and Normany France in the 12th century. One more difference is that there are four people above the knight in the social order but only three for samurai.

The similarities between samurais and knights were greater than the differences due to the similarity in the hierarchy and the armor they used to protect themselves. The Samurai were “warriors who owed loyalty and military service to daimyos for land or regular payment.” They made up about 10% of Japan’s population. Similarly, knights were “warriors who owed loyalty and military service to the lord for land.” (Document A) There were about 12,000 knights in England and Normandy, France in the 12th century. Even though Japan and Europe had no communication or access to each other, both areas placed the warrior classes in the middle of the hierarchy and owed loyalty/military services. This shows that the social order of both Feudal Japan and Feudal

Can you imagine a world without protection.In this essay we will discuss the differences and similarities between Knights and samurai.These are the three differences I'm going to talk about religious practices,views of women, and types of armor.

Hey, Have you ever learned about the Samurai and Knights?? Well they had a few big similarities but lots of differences. Also in that era Samurai and Knights they had to be very loyal to their lord. I have a question for you. Were the similarities greater than the differences? No I don't think the similarities are greater than the differences between the Samurai and Knights. So no I think there are more differences than similarities. I’m going to be talking about the Samurai [Japanese Warrior] and Knights [European Warrior] is there Social position, Training and Armor, and Life and death.

The first reason why the knights and the samurai are more different than alike is because of their code of honor. Document E states that there are two different codes of honor. The code of honor of the samurai was called Bushido. In Bushido, samurai are loyal to their family and to friends. They devote themselves to helping others. In chivalry, knights were to be helpful to ladies. They always had to be loyal to the king. People may think that just because they both have codes of honor and they are loyal to others means they are the

There is a dispute on whether knights or samurai would win in a battle. The samurai come from Japan, the knights come from Europe. Clearly they were not close to each other which means that they have different customs, armor, training, beliefs, etc. Although this would never happen, in a one on one battle, the advantage would be to the knights and this can be seen in training, armor, and beliefs from various documents.

The first way that samurais were superior in battle through their way of living. In document A1 written by Christine de Pizan, it states, “Therefore it is not doing wrong if he does for himself the same right he is obliged to observe for one other-which is to say, he avoids his own death.” This shows that in the midst of battle, a knight would be more focused on surviving than trying to kill the samurai, therefore he would be more cautious and have more defense than offense. The knight would be more careful while in battle to try to make sure he would get out alive.

Samurai and knights, the age old question of who would win in a battle. Both warriors have been looked at as some of the best warriors to ever grace this earth. There is good evidence for both sides such as training, weapons, and armor. The knights may have good features but in battle the samurai would come out in triumph over the knights because of mental readiness and the will to fight.

To start, both samurai and knights had a code of honor that they followed. The knight’s code was called chivalry, and the samurai’s code was called bushido. The main idea of chivalry was to always be loyal to your lord and the Catholic Church. Knights also had to promise to do no wicked deed (Doc. E). To dishonor knighthood was the greatest disgrace. The main idea of bushido was to alway be loyal to the shogun. For example, if the samurai had family problems, he would have to serve his master before his family (Doc. E). As you can see, the main idea of both chivalry and bushido way loyalty towards their master and that both the samurai and knights were very similar.

The samurai the warrior for Japan, they were determined to defend their ruler no matter what the cost is for example torture, Death or imprisonment. The knight was the warrior for Europe. They kept order in Europe when there was none. Even though samurai and knights have many similarities, in a one on one battle, the advantage would be to the samurai and this can be seen in their armor, training and beliefs.