I've been really enjoying this show thus far. Reminds me a lot of Fight Science. What more, I mostly agree with their decisions. I do think the Apache take the Gladiators on almost arrows alone. Apache are like the ninja of the west.
For Samurai and Vikings, I disagree on the long axe taking the katana (even if it was "close") if not purely on the fact the sword would undoubtedly deflect 90+% of the axe swipes. I think they went axe simply because they wanted an even split of the weapons to build tension.
Also, I'm really surprised the Kanabo was included as AFAIK it was rarely wielded by the vast majority of samurai. I would think they'd use the Tetsubo even though also not common, more believable in my knowledge. Then again, yari or sleeve catchers make more sense.
I agree with the samurai winning, though. They made a life on maneuvering around armor while the Viking would smash their way to victory, thus giving the samurai the advantage.
As for next week, I think the ninja are going to take the Spartans. The Spartan worked as a phalanx, alone they fall to the ninja's trickery. For the Spartan, I imagine they'll measure the sword, spear, and shield. Maybe the bow? For the ninja, at least ninjato and shuriken, likely torinoko (eggshell bombs), fukidake (blowgun), metsubishi (blinding powder), and tetsubishi (caltrops), maybe the shogi, chijiriki, kusarifundo, or kusarigama.
BTW, LOVE the fact they got the narrator from 300 to do this show. I still find it funny he was the monk from Van Helsing when you see him all beefy in 300.
For Samurai and Vikings, I disagree on the long axe taking the katana (even if it was "close") if not purely on the fact the sword would undoubtedly deflect 90+% of the axe swipes. I think they went axe simply because they wanted an even split of the weapons to build tension.
Also, I'm really surprised the Kanabo was included as AFAIK it was rarely wielded by the vast majority of samurai. I would think they'd use the Tetsubo even though also not common, more believable in my knowledge. Then again, yari or sleeve catchers make more sense.
I agree with the samurai winning, though. They made a life on maneuvering around armor while the Viking would smash their way to victory, thus giving the samurai the advantage.
As for next week, I think the ninja are going to take the Spartans. The Spartan worked as a phalanx, alone they fall to the ninja's trickery. For the Spartan, I imagine they'll measure the sword, spear, and shield. Maybe the bow? For the ninja, at least ninjato and shuriken, likely torinoko (eggshell bombs), fukidake (blowgun), metsubishi (blinding powder), and tetsubishi (caltrops), maybe the shogi, chijiriki, kusarifundo, or kusarigama.
BTW, LOVE the fact they got the narrator from 300 to do this show. I still find it funny he was the monk from Van Helsing when you see him all beefy in 300.