User blog comment:Thundrtri/Season 1 Episode 6: Samurai VS French Musketeer/@comment-3977304-20120928053006

I'm not going to be giving any weapons edges, because in close quarters only one will dominate. Samurai got this in the long range, but on short range i have to give it to the musketeer.

Samurai's tachi can't go through armor, and neither can the rapier. But, contrary to what people here are saying, rapiers were better weapons to go against armored opponents. WHY? becuase slashing weapons can't go through armor, rapiers were precision weapons designed to hit strike places without armor.

Another thing, KENJUTSU VS FENCING, in a battle with armor, fencing wins.WHY? because kenjutsu, or the samurai's way of cutting people, was meant to do slashing strikes. Fencing was made for accuracy hit combos with its thrusting. In an armored opponent, you have to go with how much a warrior can pin point strike unarmored parts. And fencing can help you hit those unarmored parts. How do i know all about this, because I've trained in this two kinds of martial arts, and for me, fencing is superior.

DEADLIEST WARRIOR: MUSKETEER

This is an age old debate. A lot of people already know that musketeers has this. The cause of this has been written in the comic book series Samurai: Heaven and Earth. In the story, A samurai got pawned by a musketeer many times. But as i see in this battle, people will be rooting for the samurai for the wrong reasons.