Who would win Knight or Samurai?

Answer 1

To analyze the outcome, we have to analyze the two warriors:

Training:

Knight - Consists of training since childhood learning how to master the long-sword and horse-back riding. Martial Arts and wooden equipment were used. First squire (assistant) to knight then an actual knight. Only the wealthy could have knight sons. Religion, reading and writing were also taught

Samurai - Training since childhood how to master the katana and wakizashi swords, the yumi bow and arrow, naginata and yari spear and many more. Martial arts and wooden equipment were used. Many could be a samurai and training for the difficult task of firing accurate arrows from horseback was intense. The sword training was also intense.

Winner: Samurai because of the bow and arrow use, no waste of time as assisting knights and variety of weapons

Code of Honor:

Knight - Loose code of chivalry. Many did not follow it but its values were courage, mercy and Christianity

Samurai - Bushido "The way of the bow" was very strict and because it was programmed from childhood into the minds of children, it is rare to find a bushido-less samurai. The values are loyalty to your daimyo (lord) to the death and the next life. Avenge him or her. Commit seppuku (special suicide) is dishonored yourself to redeem yourself. Sometimes it prevents having some advantages like sheilds.

Winner - Tie. Although samurai might not live to fight another day after committing seppuku over something, knights have proven to be cowards, rapists and disloyal to their leaders too many a time.

Armour:

Knight - A heavy plate armour provided excellent frotection but definatley not indistructible to swords specifically made to destroy another knight's armour. It is heavy but provides excellent protection. Chainmail was lighter but was uncomfortable and offered less but surprising protection.

Samurai - A very sophisticated armor made of metal scales joined by leather, one on top of the other. The horseback armour was heavier and more protection provided but the foot soldier armour was lighter and less protection. Although waterproof, when soaked in rain, the armour can get much heavier. The more popular armour is light but has strong halmet but lighter shin and shoulder gaurds.

Winner - Samurai. Although it has less protection as the metal plate knight armour, the knight's lack of long-range weapons besides a crossbow means the armour can take less damage from the crossbow to make it not fatal. It will also be devastating in sword combat since the katana can penetrate knight armour with samurai strength and the knight will be too slow to give out good damage. Knight armor is too slow to prove effective against a fast and powerful opponent like the samurai.

Swords + spears

Knight: Longsword. Designed specifically to break through knight armour like butter.

It is great against slow-moving targets.

Samurai: Katana + Wakizashi are considered very sharp for a sword and still has the inertia to break through knight armour with enough force, which the samurai has. Samurai keep it in motion to provide the most damage. A skilled swordsman can literally cut a human in half with one. A naginata was a poled weapon with a 2-4 ft blade on a 4-5 ft shaft. It can cut through bamboo (deadliest warrior).

Winner: Samurai's many swords. While the knight has only one weapon suited for 1 opponenet, samurai weapons can be used against anybody including the knight. Infamously sharp and powerful swords and spears can cut through bone, flesh and even bamboo.

Winner: Samurai. Knights are tough but samurai are strong. Knight's defenses can be penetrated by the samurai before the knight penetrates the samurai. It would be the knight's armour against the samurai sword. Knights' only long range weapon is the crossbow that unless aimed at a inmobile target, is likely to hit a non-fatal region in samurai armor if the yumi cannot penetrate the knight armour. In the end, the samurai is a pocket knife with tools ready to fit in any situation while the knights can only beat other heavily armoured opponenets. Did I mention the kanabo club would probably be able to disarm and incapacitate the knight if needed?

Answer 2

Chuck Norris!

But seriously, folks:

Knights and Samurai were very similar. Both lived in a feudal society, had codes of honor, they were both horsemen, all that stuff, but Samurai would take all. Samurai is the deadliest warrior before the invention of firearms. The knight is a slow and easy target because of all its armor. It's halmet alone has the weight of a five-year old! It would suck to be a knight's horse! The Samurai's armor is about as strong and way lighter. One hit with the Samurai's kanabo and the knight won't even have enough time to get up before the Samurai slices the knight precisley on point blank. A knight's weapons were made for short range. It's longest range weapon is a bowcaster. A samurai has a bow and arrow called a yumi. World's first sniper. It has been tested that it can hit your eye from 15 yards! True, the knight has a halmet with eye-guards, but do you really think the guy can see a thing with that much armor on his head?! I don't care how buff you are tin-man! Nobody can carry that much armor on his whole, body and be able to run with it, much less fight with it! Go back to Hollywood! Gee, no wonder you need that horse. Another thing! When Samurai were three, they started training, had to protect their family and were taught directly from their masters. They were also taught at schools. Knights were taken at age 7 and were taught how to manage an estate, dance and make poetry. POETRY! When they they did start to train, they did chores for their master,then trained, and hoped to learn something from their masters in battle (which rarely happened) by the end of the day. They were squires. Some did not go into knighthood, some stayed squires forever! Knights also had a code called chivalry which was not used in wars. One of the main reasons they went on crusades was the Arabian riches they would steal. Samurai wanted to bring honor to their family and protect their master in this life and if possible, the next. Plus, the weapons the Samurai used were wicked! They had two swords that could slice through three bamboo mats in 1/3 of a second (see deadliest warrior samurai vs. viking). It is flexible and non-brittle (not very stiff and easy to break). The knight had a heavy and brittle sword that matches their armor: slow and huge. The samurai had a club called a kanabo that could break swords and bones and needles to say, knock the knight off his feel, knock off the weapons on his hands, and dent armor. he had (as I said before) snipe eye-sized targets from 15 yards with the same size of a longbow (sometimes, longbows have the strength to peirce some armor). The knight has a crossbow, taking whatever strength the knight has left to reload it for a limited range. They left the bows to the peasants. They had a mace called the morning star which might be considered a good weapon with all its power, but the Samurai's Naginata could go as fast as the samurai's swords and with more range (spear-range). Plus, it requires less control than a weapon that can actually hit you. So there you have it: why the Samurai wins all. Better weapons, armor, training, and motive.