Japanese Sword Styles Vs Greek Sword Styles

[h2o]

Yeah, you Swedes would use an unfair advantage - you'd send out all those women to distract our soldier-boys, then while they were otherwise "occupied", you'd strike. But then, all's fair in love and war......

Yes, and after the distraction, we send in our elite troops consisting of trained polar bears.

But seriously, these kinds of threads are really boring.

[geeunit000]

Which type of swordsmanship would win? That of the Japanese, or that of the Greeks(that whole region that used a short sword and shield. Spear being the primary weapon).

Sadly enough, I thought this up after watching Troy in class today. It got me pretty curious, and I would like to know your opinions.

i didnt think the greeks really had a sword style. i thought they just used spears, and then bashed each other with their blunt little pieces or metle.

[Hai_hai]

Some of the posts got off topic and started focusing on spears, bow and arrows, and large scale battles. The question was about sword styles.
Without this actually occuring in history, we can only come up with a hypothesis on which was better and why.
One Greek soldier with a Greek sword and shield vs. one Japanese samurai with a Japanese sword. On a first time confrontation without studying the other person's fighting style, there are too many variables.

Which is better, pork souvlaki or tonkatsu? Depends on the restaurant.

[tamaki]

1.the greeks had sword style2.films like troy are not to be believed as historical truth
3.there was a weapon called sarissa that pretty much looked like a naginata

[D'Artagnan]

Which is better, pork souvlaki or tonkatsu? Depends on the restaurant.

Perfect Analogy!