That one has my vote! <img src="/forum/images/icons/grin.gif" alt="" />
I have fought against several supposed kendo experts and always found their form to be very sportified and lacking in dealing with anything other than their style.... often it came down to them trying to "instruct" me on the proper way to hold my sword or make my advance. But, as has been said there is a difference as great as that of sport fencing to what we do as there is between kendo and traditional japanese swordsmanship. I have had the pleasure of going edge to flat with someone who was a gifted practitioner of iado and we noticed many similarities in the east and west mas, again as has already been stated. If, in theory, the knight and samurai were ever in a duel there are just too many factors to determine the winner....... just like a fight between anyone. Now if we are talking surperiority of weapons and armour and training we could probably do that. But what periods? There are such variants within our western master's disciplines while keeping the core ideas similar why dont we just compare them? And really, despite the different tools, would the technique of the samurai vary that much? Those core fundamentals apply to all true combat arts. I think the east vs west debate is interesting but ultimately flawed and pointless. I would much rather compare/contrast meir and ringeck.
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