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Of course your movement in a plate armour is bad if it doesn’t fit... Most of the armour on YouTube aren’t custom made to fit your body and are often of poor quality and only available at one or two sizes….Originally Posted by Mlacis Go to original post
The best thing is that the video advertises for a seller for a seller of samurai armour. How is the plate armour heavier than the Samurai Armour in the video, both should weight about 25,8 kilogram.
If you really think a samurai armour is superior than a plate armour you are just ignorant. And the video you are posted are only stupid promo videos for a seller from Samurai armours.
I would fight you to death if you buy me a fitting high quality plate armour, padding and weapon. And you are using an authentic Samurai armour and a Katana or Naginata. I’m pretty sure I live and won’t have any serious injuries unlike you.
Look how slow the arrow is. Looks like 5lbs draw from a toy bow. The best thing is the arrowhead. Japans used something like these.Originally Posted by Mlacis Go to original post
I’m pretty sure a sharp arrow head with enough speed would just cut through the fabric. Unfortunately there are no other videos of the Horo where the testing is more realistic. These first air bucks are still impressive and useful. But they only protect you if you are running from the fight…
Japan were really lucky. First Invasion 1/3 of the ships sank by a storm and second Invasion a typhoon destroyed many ships. Most of the attackers where Chinese and Korean with mostly non ocean-going ships. If Japans would have lived in China they were defeated by the Mongols horde.Originally Posted by Mlacis Go to original postFor education purposehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmXghaxTfTo
Defending an Island with castle and fortified coastal lines is so much easier than defending on Mainland. And how did the Mongols attack Japan castle and walls. Did the Mongols go on land to build siege weapon or did they have them on their ships?
I still think that you can say that some are better than others. I practiced many material arts like Kung Fu Kempo, Karate, Jui Jutsu, Judo, Kickboxing, Boxing, Thaiboxing and MMA over 11 years.Originally Posted by Mlacis Go to original post
Kung Fu and Karate have so many useless and stupid moves. They only look fancy and you need much training to do it. I still think simple things are the best, like Boxing, Thaiboxing with a bit of practicing in Grabbling.
You can make some of the fancy material arts like Tiger Kung Fu work but you need to invest so much more time into it than in material arts that I considered to be good. If you would invest this time in useful material arts you would have been a much better fighter. Most modern material arts are good, because they are mostly uses easy and effective moves.
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Unless you're suggesting they can also control the weather, I'm not sure why you'd post that as a rebuttal. The commentator, while acknowledging the Japanese's skill in defending themselves, says that had it not been for the storm, the Mongols would have probably won. He also acknowledges that most of Kublai Khan's forces were Chinese that had little battle morale to begin with. If the entire army were Mongolian intent on conquering the island and/or remove the storm, Japan would have lost.Originally Posted by Mlacis Go to original postFor education purpose
On another note, does anyone else actually remember when TLC stood for The Learning Channel and showed documentaries like this instead of being wall-to-wall reality shows? I miss that.
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I found a better video which compares Knight and Samurai armour.Originally Posted by Mlacis Go to original post
As you can see the range of motion is really similar. The knights mail shirt isn't properly tailored, so it restricted his movement. With tailored mail shirt the knight would be more maneuverable.
I would say both armour doesn't restict the the movement you need to fight.
But the protection of an european is much better. European armour has lesser gaps, are out of steel or harden steel vs Lacquered iron, more rounded parts, has bigger plate parts (for example the arm protection) and is sometimes fluted.
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I'm not sure if this has been mentioned but there is a documentary series on Medieval weapons and armor that could help inform some people. I don't recall the name of it but the presenter, Mike Loades(?), does a pretty good job at debunking some myths. Dude literally tosses himself off a horse, while wearing full plate, and is back on his feet in no time. The episode dealing with plate armor in general was really neat and shows how well someone with properly made armor could move about while also highlighting the issues of vision with certain helmet styles.
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I'll just leave these here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TNjKg18VPo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeEVSYZbnO4
