Comments by "TheEvertw" (@TheEvertw) on "The Art Of A Samurai Bow | Ancient Japan | Timeline" video.

What a start. "The samurai sword is beyond compare". What nonsense. European weapons of the era were superior in many aspects, or at least as good. The only reason that we have so much regard for the Japanese weapons is that they were still being made and used long after Europe had moved to more modern weapons and tactics, and most European martial arts had been lost and forgotten. In most eras, samurai would have been helpless against their European peers. Better steel, better designs, better training, better techniques and better tactics. For example, lets put a 10th century Viking with an Ulfbert sword against a samurai of the period.... No contest.
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