Who would win in a fight between a knight and a ninja?

Answer 1

The Knight --- because he was real.

There's actually alot of historians who think ninja never existed. At least, not in the form that we in the west imagine them. These are creations of a later time period that romanticized the past. In reality regular Samurai would be engaged in the kind of scouting and sabotage and intelligence gathering activities normally given to Ninja. It was just a specialized subgroup. But they wouldn't have dressed in black or done any of the stuff we associate with ninja.

But let's pretend they exist. I would claim that the question depends on circumstance. A knight is heavily armored to survive on the battle field where there's a ton of mayhem going on. A ninja is lightly equipped for mobility and stealth. If they met where the ninja had the element of surprise or perhaps in some kind of wide open arena where there were no other threats, he could simply wear the knight down until the opportunity to strike a vulnerable spot came along. But if they met in a castle with restricted movement or in a battle where the ninja couldn't just play cat & mouse all day, the knight is better equipped.

Answer 2

They say it's not the size of the man in the fight, but the size of the fight in the man. That said, the Knight would have technologically superior weaponry and armor, and would have the advantage of a 1,000 plus years of fighting tricks that he might know, but the Trojan could not.

Answer 3

A ninja would win because they are mostly light and agile, while a knight wearing over 50lbs of armor would be slow and open for quick attacks. Knights were very good fighters but became obsolete after quicker and more skilled fighting styles were introduced to mid-evil warfare.

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I disagree.

A fully equip knight in late period plate (ie about the same time period as the early Samurai and Ninjas) is pretty fast moving as well as armoured - shape of plate rather than weight being the key - and he has a shield, a longsword (which is a good weapon, designed for fighting on foot or horse and in a long melee), and probably a mace of some sort for close in work.

What removed knights from the top of the food chain wasn't lighter, better troops it was decent projectile weaponry which didn't require long training from childhood to use, ie Guns and Crossbows, and the training and drilling of cheaper more numerous troops, Pikemen especially. This leads to mass armies rather than household troops and the end of the single combat that knights were best at.

They become Heavy Cavalry, drilled soldiers rather than individual heroes, that still have a place in warfare for another 700-800 years. (The last charge of lance armed cavalry in the British army being successfully delivered during the opening stages of the First World War!).

Answer 4

Night