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@erff4361

Жыл бұрын

Why have a safe new years when you can have a happy one Though you could have both

@st0rmrider

Жыл бұрын

VPN helps you avoid... stinky breaches...

@ezrafaulk3076

Жыл бұрын

I honestly *love* your point about you don't have to *bash* the other side when talking about how much you like your side. I also like how you listed *axes* as one of the weapons Samurai would wield, *debunking* the myth that Japanese warriors didn't use battle-axes; by the way, I think a video on the top 10 *obscure* Japanese weapons, including the Masakari and the Tsurugi, would be a *great* watch. PS: It'd be cool if you visited your Discord server again.

@cjwars2828

Жыл бұрын

did masters bang the whole yard or was it a hi honer few got his secrets

@au9parsec

Жыл бұрын

My little warhorse

I think the dumbest thing the guy in the museum said was that knights couldn’t ride horses because of their armor.

@colbunkmust

Жыл бұрын

Or that he said they couldn't get onto the horses, like that the implication was that thousands of knights carried wooden platforms with them on campaign to be able to mount their horses before battle. hmmm 🤔

@mastathrash5609

Жыл бұрын

Agreed, many Cultures that used armoured cavalry of any kind do as well.

@rafaelrodrigues7971

Жыл бұрын

Oldest weeb

@ravenous-wolf3115

Жыл бұрын

He probably watched "that" movie with "that" infamous scene and took it as historical evidence.

@lucasgamezz140

Жыл бұрын

Our german word for knight, "Ritter" literally comes from "Reiter" which means Rider.

I am reminded of the other museum worker who did cartwheels in a full suit of Plate armor

When Metatron uploads, there could be the President of my country in the same room and I wouldn’t freaking care.

@DobleWhiteAndStabley

Жыл бұрын

Depending on the president, I can totally get that. Cough treudaeu, cough Biden..

@DobleWhiteAndStabley

Жыл бұрын

That being said, I agree man.

@metatronyt

Жыл бұрын

Ahah thanks

@kaltaron1284

Жыл бұрын

@@DobleWhiteAndStabley We have Olaf Scholz, a man who can probably put himself to sleep and can't remember anything that might inconvenience him.

@PC_Simo

Жыл бұрын

@@kaltaron1284 We have Sauli Niinistö, who had the golden opportunity to really take charge, and maybe even become the next Kekkonen, with the COVID-19-pandemic, but was too cowardly 😅.

"Samurai didn't use guns..." Actual samurai the minute guns were introduced: So anyway I started blasting!

@Predator20357

Жыл бұрын

As Shogun 2 basically said for the Otomo intro “Sure it was somewhat dishonorable but who cares? Victory is more honorable”

@georgeprchal3924

Жыл бұрын

@@Predator20357 "Winning isn't everything, it's the ONLY thing." -Vince Lombardi

Metatron can you make a video about medieval First aid and medical care? This field have a lot to be spoken about and is very intriguing. A hug from Brazil my friend.

@Riceball01

Жыл бұрын

That would be a great topic since there are a lot of mythgs and misconceptions about the state of medical care during the Middle Ages and the Reaniassance.May people seem to thing that there was no medical care back then outside of leeching/bleeding and prayer when in reality there was more than that. Specifically, the fact that a young Henry V survived and arrow to the face that had to be surgically removed showed is proof that they knew more about medicine than they're commonly given credit for.

@corvoadrian6970

Жыл бұрын

@@Riceball01 yes indeed, glad you understand the point.

@tommeakin1732

Жыл бұрын

@@Riceball01 I'm aware of what you're referring to with Henry V (the surgeon also used lavender to treat the wound which has anti-bacterial properties, I believe), and it's definitely important for people to know what they could do; but at the same time we shouldn't use the apex of medical care to generalise in the same way that we shouldn't use the worst examples to generalise. I think we just don't know what was the "medical standard" in society throughout the period was - which is what I want to know lol. Like every village would have had a person everyone went to if they needed help; I want to know what the average of that persons knowledge was over the course of the period

@chrismath149

Жыл бұрын

Geschichtsfenster has a video about this topic (or rather a video debunking another video about medieval surgery). But that is a German speaking youtuber.

@charlescrocco7896

Жыл бұрын

I would like to suggest an addendum to this idea -- videos on first aid/ medical care throughout feudal Japan as well as in Ancient Rome. I think that the similarities and differences would be most enlightening.

Something (in addition to the stuff mentioned) that we should remember about "knight armor versus samurai armor" is specialization. Knights were shock troops (not all knights fought mounted), while samurai were more hybrid ranged/melee troops, thus samurai would have to sacrifice a degree of protection for a degree added mobility in order to use bows/guns better, while knights preferred the added protection because they fought pretty much exclusively in melee. This is what is often forgotten (or ignored) knights or samurai didn't design (or more correctly have their armorsmiths design) their armors so that someone centuries in the future could "win" an Internet debate but rather those armors were designed for the battlefield role the warrior was suppose to use it in. Neither the Samurai nor the knights were idiots after all. Armor is always a compromise between several factors and the battlefield role often determines what factors are favored over others.

@SuperHongTay

Жыл бұрын

that is not true. Just as not all knights fought mounted, not all samurai were "hybrid melee". If they fought on foot in close combats. like they primarily did during the 15th, 16th century with spears they would wear heavier version of Tosei Gosoku and did not carry bows. The same is true for knights. Different suits offer different ranges of mobility and protection.

Wait a minute… white guy, hairy, samurai armor… Metatron, are you Ainu??

@metatronyt

Жыл бұрын

😂

@laughtercatz

Жыл бұрын

Would be even more funny to point out that the samurai clan in Hokkaido at the time was the one named Matsumae which has the same crest on his armor.

@luizgustavovasques4663

Жыл бұрын

@@laughtercatz He's getting rid of the armor now so people won't notice

@normanbraslow7902

Жыл бұрын

No. The crest is very, very different. The real one is half th crescent.

@bryanlahusky4478

Жыл бұрын

Are Egyptians white? I don’t see how Sicilians can be considered white. They’re the Mexicans of Europe

I still recall a historical tour through one of the castles here that the tour guide asked for estimates for the weight of the armors on display. And after my reply of 20 to 40 kilo, they went for the expected statement that these armors were so heavy and cumbersome that knights were unable to move in them. I bit my tongue because there's no point in trying to tell the guides their script.

@rafaelrodrigues7971

Жыл бұрын

To be entirely fair, decorative suits often were.

@l0rf

Жыл бұрын

@@rafaelrodrigues7971 the armor they used to explain this was pikemen half plate from the 17th century. So clearly meant for foot combat which they said wasn't possible.

@MT-jt5uo

Жыл бұрын

You would think guides would know more about what they're talking about. Pretty disappointing the whole myth of overly heavy armor needs to die off.

@maxlutz3674

Жыл бұрын

@@rafaelrodrigues7971 The problem is that it is often generalized. I saw some documentaries where they stated that the typical loadout of modern infantry soldiers weighs about as much as a typical full plate armour. They also raced a person in well fitted plate armour against a person with typical infantry soldier´s loadout on an obstacle course. They person in plate armour was more agile due to the better load distribution.

@l0rf

Жыл бұрын

@@MT-jt5uo Often they're not specialists with a historical background but people hired to read off a script and entertain a group of people while ensuring nobody sneezes on the oil paintings.

Ashigaru: That's a lot of talk for someone in Yari poking distance

In these dark times of education, we need People like you. Thank you, for your service.

Man, it takes a rather specific type of person to dig up some obscure study about the potential size of samurai noses but not make the effort to figure out what their standard equipment would have been.

@Sanguicat

Жыл бұрын

I also found that pretty strange lol

@adamsosna7263

Жыл бұрын

I think it takes an underpaid bored intern that needs to fill the word count grabbing random shit from diffrent clickbait articles and rephrasing it putting into a list and then considering themselves fact checked cause somebody else "done the research".

@Sanguicat

Жыл бұрын

@@adamsosna7263 Yeah that sounds it

@logicplague2077

Жыл бұрын

Things like that are important to woke racists.

@InfernosReaper

Жыл бұрын

It sounds like they just took a few descriptions of a few dudes and was like "yep, this is the norm" even though if Ainu *were* that prominent among the samurai and lords, they would *not* have been so easily ousted from Honshu, let alone ultimately subjugated later in Hokkaido Were there samurai of Ainu decent? Definitely, but the same could be said of the other 2 or 3 peoples who, combined with Ainu, made up what is considered Japanese people for the past several centuries.

I remember one of Shad's videos where he even debunked the whole illiteracy of the masses in medieval Europe. I guess one could elaborate with the degree of literacy in comparison to the elite classes but illiterate they were not.

@AnotherDuck

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, since literacy was measured in their ability to read and write Latin, not whatever language they were speaking in their daily lives. If you can speak the language fluently, learning how to read and write isn't actually that hard.

@sandrothenecromancer6810

Жыл бұрын

Didn`t charlemagne decree that the common people to be taught to read and write?

@edi9892

Жыл бұрын

Also, look at the Swiss today: I've seen official documents written in dialect, despite the spelling being not officially recognised and Germans being almost unable to read it! Back in the middle ages, there were so many more dialects and no unified spelling!

@Jinkypigs

Жыл бұрын

Total illiterate? Yeah no. But low literacy? That is so true dude. Don't swing to the other stupid extreme

@InfernosReaper

Жыл бұрын

@@edi9892 that's a huge part of what Charlemagne was pushing for, consistency in writing to make literacy more feasible

3:56 - indeed they do, because the "fact checkers" are more like wrong-think spotters or continuity advisers in a movie's credits, which are people that analyze the set, scenes and other things to make sure it goes along with the narrative (it probably doesn't exist in modern hollywood, because in order for that to happen, there needs to be care for the fan-base that isn't just a bunch of shills, or content addicts)

@starguardlux2874

Жыл бұрын

Or, they are just overworked minimum wagers just skimming to see if the article gets the gist. Not everything is subject to a "narrative". If you want my two cents, I think it is mostly a low-level scholar doing the fact checking (entering graduate work or just starting post-grad education). These folks are desperate for money but also not quite at the level to fully grasp their own material.

@PhoenixFireZero

Жыл бұрын

@@starguardlux2874 passion makes for a poor substitute for knowledge.

@ninjawannabe87

Жыл бұрын

​@@starguardlux2874 I would say that its rather optimistic of you to assume they even have the degrees to even be a "low-level" scholar, but I know what academia has come to nowadays and what qualifies as an academic these days, so it really isn't that far off to assume that. The narrative governs more than you think for the behind this rampant idiocy, but you are correct, not everything is subject to a narrative

@nikoc8968

Жыл бұрын

@@starguardlux2874 making minimum wage doesnt give you an excuse to be a shit employee...do your job or leave.

@nikoc8968

Жыл бұрын

@@ninjawannabe87 it doesnt have to be "subject to" the narrative to an objective product of said narrative...so i wouldnt even give that much to him. youre original comment was right, this IS a result of an agenda either first-handedly or second-handedly.

🍻 We cannot get enough of this channel. Well done, as always 👏

@metatronyt

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@AimForMyHead81

Жыл бұрын

@Metatron I need to address something with you. In your "black Africans in Rome" video, Why did you use Greek black-figure pottery as an example of black people being present in Greece? The Greeks used this style of pottery up until the 2nd century BC to represent themselves. It was purely stylistic. Equating it to black Africans is extremely disingenuous as well as claiming their presence there was "commonplace". Also, I noticed that a few of the images you used were taken from an afrocentric black revisionist website. Not a good look metatron.

Did that guy really just say that you can't get on a horse in European plate? How does he have the job he has??? You could do GYMNASTICS in full plate if you were in peak physical condition like a professional warrior such as a KNIGHT would be.

@metatronyt

Жыл бұрын

I know right? Curator of the armour and weapons section, it seems..

@alanmackinnon3516

Жыл бұрын

@@metatronyt he needs to go back to school or watch your channel.

@sandrothenecromancer6810

Жыл бұрын

Nepotism, sycophantry and (((academia))) basicly everything western is bad whilst everything nippon is good. The neighbouring nations were far more advanced than the japanese in the art of warfare which is why every campaing the japanese tried to invade someone they got their asses handed to them.

@logicplague2077

Жыл бұрын

He tows his lines and does as he's told, as most "educators" do these days.

@ungoyone

Жыл бұрын

I agree but I believe the reality was that most knights and samurai weren't necessarily in shape as the title had more to do with bloodline rather than earning the rank. So most knights and samurai were "rich kids". Of course there were those that took the role seriously but I think the norm was they were just folks with money and cool armor.

There is an old Perry Bible Fellowship comic depicting people of the future visiting a movie theater to watch a film titled "World War II". Within they watched two very colorful knights in axis and allied livery joust each other, with the allied knight's lance firing a rocket which blows the axis knight's head clean off! We are heading towards a similar complete misunderstanding of history if that article is any gauge.

Having Way of the Samurai 3 on the background is just slay

The fact that there is people who are allowed to work in museum with zero knowledge of what they're talking about is horrifying

you wear the crest of Shingen Takeda... 火林風山 -- the clan of my father in law -- love history and your vids n I am waing for more.

I'm currently writing a book series based in a fantasy samurai setting, I find your videos extremely helpful and keep me from falling into the popular misconceptions, please keep up the good work noble sir!

I'd love to see a video on the Ainu one day.

I thought the whole myth of "European armor was so heavy and clunky, tin can lolz" was dying out? I'm a little encouraged--the article is from 2013. That was almost ten years ago. We're not there yet, but thanks to people like you, we're making progress. Keep up your great work! :-)

Hi, Metatron. Could you please make a video about medieval First Aid medicine? People mostly focus about all these funny sub-alchemy medicines and other half magic half actual knowledge operations. But nobody talks about what if you broke your arms/leg, or get other type of common injury. I know something about that, but your take about that would be very helpfull. You always know something I didn't.

Never clicked so fast

In the Bujinkan we called the chokuto the tsurugi or just the ken. One year in the 2010s, Hatsumi Soke designated it as the weapon of the year and we all went out and bought them and trained with them quite a bit. Hatsumi Soke also said the weapon was very ancient and predated the samurai. Googling tsurugi only turns up some poorly preserved artifacts. We trained with chokuto/tsurugi as a way of exploring how body mechanics changed when using a straight double edged sword. It was similar to using a Chinese jian sword.

@InfernosReaper

Жыл бұрын

Chinese blades definitely influenced Japan a lot, especially before Japan worked out how to turn the poor supply of iron in Japan into something actually usable.

Wasn't the European Literacy based on whether you could read or write in Latin instead of who could do the same in their language

You're doing God's work, Raph, keep it up! Much love and appreciation for what you do, especially your patience with these goobers🤣

@metatronyt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you friend!

Samurais, the topic that made me discover Metatron!

So glad to see more of your content. I’ve haven’t seen your stuff in a while and thought you might have quit KZread because I couldn’t find you. Is there anywhere else I can find you so I don’t have to worry about KZread refusing to promote your content to me?

@metatronyt

Жыл бұрын

I have a Patreon page. Alternatively I also have a Metatron facebook page. Thanks!

@swissmilitischristilxxii3691

Жыл бұрын

I think he's demonetized or shit like that. I don't get notifications anymore when there's a new vid. I have to check every 2 weeks.

I'm still waiting for some historical movie that will include at the end "Factchecked by Metatron". That would make me believe that we are moving somewhere in positive direction.

Thank you very for such content ! It is really needed ☺️ !

Great video! Sadly there is much misinformation in all eras of history, but the crusade must continue! Keep up the great work sir

@lovisericachii4503

Жыл бұрын

misinformation is everywhere... In every other academia fields. So it is best to first educate urself on ur topic of interest.

@sengokusanada2690

Жыл бұрын

Wassup Leonidas!

Your presentation style is so pleasing and I can’t for the life of me pinpoint why

i deeply respect your goal to educate and debunk myths with fact and examples and experience.

Thank you for always giving us much details. I have a great deal of respect for the Italian culture.

I'll talk about what I know, and I know that for making the semi rigid space-suits for the apollo program, the requisite was to protect from micrometeorits on the lunar surface, Nasa after trying to desingn something from the start and without much success, went back and looked at europen plate armor, especially the gountlets, and took that design to the spacesuits for its mobility; that's quite an archivement for the XV-XVI tech. So the fact that even the most heavy european armor of those centuries gave good mobility should be quite accepted, there is even an old black and white video of a researcher from the eraly 1900 showing how freely he moves in armor

2:27 is the perfect reaction to the entire article.

Two aesthetic martial cultures. European and Japanese. Ive been fortunate to watch your content about these empires for 3 years. I just got another katana for my birthday 3 months ago, its quality. I use my old beat up wakizashi as a machette in the woods.

Omg yes! Thank you for preaching this! As a history teacher that sees the result of this stuff on kids, teens, and even the exams and textbooks we use, it really does my head in.

im binging ur content again, i just love how cracked said here that "their soul lives in the katana" and how "katana is their most valued weapon" but in the other article from ur video yesterday they say they were ashamed of them :D no timescale, periods, region, nothing, they all loved it and were all ashamed of it... top notch reporting right there....

Great video as usual! (Mic broke down btw? 😄)

4:15 Victorian Tropes have done so much damage to research on Armor. Even the Dendra Armor was not too heavy for foot combat, and that stuff was quite a bit more tin can-y than almost all other armor. EDIT (#1 because there will probably be more as I watch more) The Chokoto, as I understand, was an Infantry sword, with the Ainu using larger, longer swords from horseback alongside their mounted archery. The adoption of the Ainu swords coincided with their expulsion/assimilation into Yamato society. 13:52 No, it's not fantasy. In fact, it is quite correct, as the Samurai are indeed the descendants of the Ainu "traitors" during the Yamato wars of Conquest.

@InfernosReaper

Жыл бұрын

They are descended for the *various* peoples that made up ancient Japan, which *includes but is not limited to* the Ainu. There were centuries of cohabitation and interbreeding was inevitable. If the only greatest, strongest warriors were Ainu, they'd never have been ousted from Honshu even with some "traitors" among them

@pacesettenbrino2065

Жыл бұрын

@@InfernosReaper It's not a matter of "some" traitors. It was the two largest clans, who were significantly outnumbered still by the remaining Ainu, but broke the unity of the Ainu clans against the Yamato Invaders. Besides, the idea of large-scale intermarriage among the warrior classes is not only unlikely, in that time period it would have been laughable. It is not that the Greatest and Strongest warriors were Ainu, but that their fighting style was by far superior to the Yamato style, namely Guerilla Warfare based off of Horse Archery as opposed to heavy blocks of infantry. The Ainu could easily avoid engaging the Yamato infantry so long as they held the major cavalry advantage. Once the two largest clans changed sides, a different outcome was inevitable.

While the idea of Samurai being “descended from Ainu” is certainly ludicrous, I’d be interested if there’s evidence that people in northern Honshū had any significant amounts of Emishi heritage. Or maybe if Jomon blood was more prominent in older Japanese populations. Btw are you wearing new kote sleeves? I don’t think I noticed them before, they look awesome

@jmgonzales7701

Жыл бұрын

i would like to learn more about the ainu. They didn't drastically look different from the Japanese right? plus from what i know there are prominent japs like hiroshe abe and kazuki kitamura who have that jomon aesthetic, probably have ainu anecestry.

@valentinmitterbauer4196

Жыл бұрын

@@jmgonzales7701 The Ainu have a destinctive phenotype, often the men have full, long beards. Raciologists (scientific racists) of the 19th an 20th century even had the theory that the ainu are some kind of "lost white tribe", which turned out to be an idiotic idea.

@jmgonzales7701

Жыл бұрын

@@valentinmitterbauer4196 I have heard that the Na zi tried to find a link between the ainu and the aryan race. But that that begs the question, what even are the ainu?

@ZunaZurugi

Жыл бұрын

@@jmgonzales7701 The Ainu are related to ancient sibirian east asiatic groups which are also related to people like the Native North Americans (altough the link goes back a long time like Patheoltics). The Ainu have a strong resemblence to western eurasians and genetic link too so the "lost white tribe" is not as idiotic beside the fact that eh those terms like "White" and whatever are omega outdated and not used by any modern country beside one ...... which has not even paid sick leave so i doubt its fair to call it first world country beside its military. But in general ainu also have strong connection to the yamato and okinawa people. But i also read they are strongly connected to the indian people (altough i cant find that link anymore so not sure). Genetics and ethnicitys are for sure interessting and complicated because there is not simple black and white but alot of genoms and some ethnicitys have more than others of some :D Or you can be a Redneck and says "the ayre yellow.... that kinda look white abit" or how ever americans talk about ethnicitys in their colouring system.

@jmgonzales7701

Жыл бұрын

@@ZunaZurugi only one country uses term white? if we should not use the term caucasian, white etc then what term should we use since "white" is oudated. if you are speaking of America, as the non first world country beside its military? i think its unfair since they have the largest economy, great tech innovation and have great cities as well. It definitely fits in being a first world. Speaking of the ainu, i heard that Japanese who had more of a Jomon appearance might be because of ainu mixture? guys like hiroshi abe and kazuki kitamura.

Once again Metatron you have stroke a mighty blow against idiocy . Your masterful use of the fact was spot on and the use whit in you delivery a bullseye. Kudos lad and continue on producing grate content.👊👍

It always triggers me when people spread misinformation about full plate armor. These misconceptions about full plate have been disproven already right?

@neutronalchemist3241

Жыл бұрын

Many times, both from sources and reconstructions. In general, a knight in full plate armor had more mobility than a modern day infantryman in full gear. But unfortunately this, and others, mith on Middle Age spread during Victorian Era, where "middle age = bad" (heavy and cumbersome armors, heavy and dull weapons, illiteracy, superstitions, filth...). So it's deeply routed.

@logicplague2077

Жыл бұрын

Doesn't matter when you simply ignore or slander anything that disproves your beliefs.

The entire armour dispute can be resolved with “there were different types of armour for different types of warriors eg:swordsmen,horsemen,bowmen and musketeers, some armour was built for mobility like the swordsmen and the bowmen but the stereotypical knights armour was usually designed for horsemen, but all and all there are several armour classes and classes of warriors with specific armour” but a more simplistic way of saying this is “do actual research”.

I think that honestly the East vs West comparison usually brings out the worst in people. Personally I love armour period, full stop, so I can appreciate it all. BUT I do feel I have to point out that knight fanboys can be and sometimes are more toxic than Samurai fanboys. Kinda am wanting to make a video on it and give my opinions. I'm just not sure I wanna open that can of worms either.

@sengokusanada2690

Жыл бұрын

Awesome to see you here! I'm a Samurai and Knight fanboy, and i think it would be fine for you to make a video about your opinions!

12:38 My thoughts, exactly 😅. Comparing nobility to peasantry (or the entirety of the population, who were mostly peasants, etc.) is nonsense 🤯.

Always enjoy your work Metatron. When I was much younger, say from 12 until my eary 20's I practiced a style of Okinawan karate called Uechi Ryu. Every few years a small group of experienced practitioners would come out to Australia and stay with us and from memery I want to say every 4 years a group of us would go to Okinawa and some would compete in an all Okinawan world championship including full contact kumite. My instructor Karl Ailif actually took out this title a couple of times and another good friend and teacher of mine Scott McLaren placed well too. Unfortunately I never travelled to Okinawa as I worked, studied at University and played rugby union at a high level as well and just didn't take the opportunity. My sister who was also very good did travel widely overseas though. I remember most of the Okinawan guys were quite a bit shorter than most of us except one sensai Higga. He was six foot four inches very athletic and a skilled karate-ka. Some of the Okinawan sensai favoured Australians and I remember one in particular had a strong like for Americans. At the end of each training session we would kneel and bow to the instructor and thank him for teaching us but there were also pictures of the founder(drawing) and old photos of previous masters and we would clap twice and kneeling bow to the floor thanking them for teaching us as well. Sorry I don't remember correctly all of the Okinawan terminology and I don't want to butcher it as even though I went on to practise more modern martial arts these people will always hold a dear place in my heart. There was even a written component to our black belt grading and I suppose the ritualised clapping and bowing to previous masters was linked to something akin to Shinto ancestor respect or even worship and though I had an understanding of this at the time I couldn't have articulated it nor did I fully comprehend the deep level at which I was participating in another culture. All of which is pretty cool upon reflection. Hope anyone that bothers to read comments finds my little story interesting. Have a great day guys

I actually really like how it is in thaumcraft, where at first you get your modern samurai armor and then later upgrade to europian resnesanse knightly armor, fully satisfies the cool factor and also realistically portrays the protection you get versus arrows and swords.

Those guys watched entirely too many "historical drama" movies, and couldn't keep their centuries straight, as you pointed out.... And although the bit about literacy rates might be vaguely true as teaching commoners to read, write, and do math was permitted to samurai during peacetime, and commoners included merchants as well as farmers (who often had small workshop/factories in their back yards) and fishermen.. and the merchants had futures trading in the Osaka /Kobe area for the rice / salt / etc. exchanges there, so they were VERY good at math & accounting. In peacetime, the samurai needed the school fees as cash income, and there was a free market in 'terakoya' private schools teaching commoners. The bit about Ainu was absolutely ludicrous... like saying that European knights were taller than the farmers, so they must have been descendants of Africans.. NO. .. Thank you for taking on those spurious assertions!

@AnotherDuck

Жыл бұрын

Technically we're all descendants of Africans.

How about a video yari vs naginata? Would like to See this from you

3:25 Maybe, his source was T. H. White.

The last part is interesting: what we know of ancient japanese culture and etnic groups? I know that the Yayoi were of chinese ancestry and Ainu do not share the same origin of other japanese groups. I also have the misconception that Jomon period is the only culture present in the arcipelago in ancient time...

I have no doubt that the upper class of Japan were paler than those that toiled in the sun all day but I find it strange that anyone would assume that it was genetic rather than environmental.

@logicplague2077

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Thank wokeness for that, people today are more obsessed with skin colors than they were during Jim Crow.

Yay, samurai content. Been missing it on your channel.

I recall back when the history channel did some history shows, they did one on Samurai. How sophisticated they were, warriors who did poetry and wore silk I guess the writers never heard of Vikings and conquistador, or Troubadours of that Homer guy from Greece. I can’t think of any warrior culture that didn’t go for the good life in between cutting off heads

Thanks for doing this video. That article was a bit on the offensive and silly side. Especially the Ainu crap. Hairy Samurai. What the hell hahaha Also, fun fact, On the Oyoroi. What westerners seem to miss while drooling over the front of the armor, if you peek around back just between the shoulder plates there is a solid loop where everything ties together. It's also the point where the armor was hung from a hook and rope and could be used to both place the armor on the owner and used to assist in mounting horses. Which Samurai usually had a steeping stool for. Getting on and off horses in all that was tricky and some times dangerous. Especially if you fell off in battle. Mobility didn't mean shit then. What incense you used in your helmet that day mattered more at that point hahaha On that note why don't Westerners ever bring up that Samurai where also head hunters and took great care in how their heads where to be taken and presented when losing battles? It's all Bushido this and Bushido that. Japanese warfare was brutal AF with little to no quarter given. As a foot soldier you were lucky if your commanding officer didn't invite the winning party to kill you as they retreated. Which happened. Please feel free to kill my flank as we retreat. Honor and Zen. Honor and Zen hahaha Pure fantasy.

Sometimes even anime is more accurate about samurai than "fact checked" clickbait articles. And I'm not saying anime is accurate.

great video as always just gotta ask do you still play warhammer fantasy with that army in the background?

@metatronyt

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Yes, occasionally. Last time I played against my wife. High elves vs dark elves.

@MrScorpionov

Жыл бұрын

@@metatronyt nice what edition you play? I assume judging by that armybook it is 6th,7th ed?

Hey Metatron could you do a video about the Bisento? The last time I read about one it said that no examples have been found. I'm really interested in this pole arm.

Oh I love when you do this

Amazing video! I think the Knight and the Samurai should be viewed differently. both of them are AWESOME!

Even more sad is the heaviest medieval European armor was specifically made for tournament jousting. You know the thing that REQUIRES YOU TO RIDE A HORSE.

13:37 Interestingly, I payed attention to a lot of details like this when I went to Leeds Armouries and I was actually surprised (not necessarily rationally) by how "normal" the average suits of armour were in height (granted, being on display a few inches above the ground can perhaps somewhat alter how accurate your perceptions are). I remember expecting Henry VIII to be short, but the guy was like 6ft 2. A couple stood out to me as being particularly short, but most were, well, pretty average. One in particular really stood out to me as being a damned giant. If you put a 6ft 4+ man of athletic build in full harness it's seriously intimidating lol. But considering all of these people would have been very wealthy, they'd have had comparably nutritious diets to modern people, and we've not changed enough genetically speaking for that to make a difference.

@SampoPaalanen

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Well on average medieval people were short but "on average" is the average over the whole population meaning it includes those who didn't eat as well, nobility typically wasn't much shorter the modern people. Medieval people were all short is one those myths people spread by not fully understanding what they read and generalizing things.

@tommeakin1732

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@@SampoPaalanen Well I'll be honest, I don't have a fundamentally solid reason to believe the average medieval european was shorter than the average modern european, other than it just being a "common knowledge" thing. I have heard people (who are interested in this specific area and claim to have done the research) even say that the diet of many peasants was *healthier* than that of many of the nobility, and that rather implies sufficient nutrition prior to the lack of a lot of the unhealthy extravagance. Peasants would have been most effected by things like famines, so there would no doubt be generations of poorly developed people, but yeah, I'm not sure the average would have been poorly developed

@petriew2018

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@@tommeakin1732 i thing a big reason for the perception of people being short is that the diet of the average city dweller in that time would have been pretty bad, all things considered. Bad diet leads to short people, on average, and this was true of cities like London all the way up until the industrial revolution. So a lot of accounts of 'medieval life' from the perspective of urban centers around the mediterenean would give you a rather strangely slanted view of 'average'. if you're talking about the 'average' medieval peasant, who's got to farm his own land and maintain his own home.... yeah, his diet's gonna be pretty high in calories, even when compared to modern people, so they'd have been decently large people on average. Nobles, especially knights, would likewise have had very calorie heavy diets to maintain a very active lifestyle

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@Metatron So where did you get that kanabo? It looks really nice.

Thank you 🙏.

Metraton, can you make a video about the Ainu? I see very few depictions of them, both in pop culture and in places that try to spread historical knowleadge. Like with Okinawa, most of what seems to be believed about them seems to be poor generalizations. I would love to learn more about them from more credible sources.

Thank you Magister and have a Happy Christmas and wonderful New Year. I love hearing bunk history being exposed. The lunatic saying that a knights armour weighed in over 100lbs and he was basically immobile has never seen a knight or felt armour. A study in the 2010s by the British Army found that soldiers on modern battlefields carried the most weight ever in history. Just the Front and back plate weighs in over 45lbs. Add helmet, weapons, ammo, water and medical kit (let alone communications) the average infanteer carries around 80 to 100lbs and can still run, jump, climb and fight. A medieval warrior, trained since birth, is an impressive sight.

All love brother ❤️

0:17 this is why I watch this channel: to be called a Noble One. The rest of the content is good, too. I guess...

Love the wargammer empire army in the background

Thank you for, as always, keeping the facts straight! Appreciate it a LOT 👍

Hey RAF... is that your first Tennessee snowstorm... I'm guessing that was from recently. It kinda looks like that area of the country

Very interesting. Could you make a video about John Ziska?

@Tyresio12

Жыл бұрын

Y'mean Jan Žižka?

I am heading to Italy next year and I was wondering if you had any suggestions for museums that have weapons and military equipment from Ancient Rome.

"Don't believe every article you read on the internet" - Tokugawa Ieyasu

9:06 *CURVED SWORDS*

Modern military armor is built on two principles: mobility and protection. It's always held true through history from what I've seen. The "perfect" or ideal kit is one that offers the most defense without compromising dexterity and range of motion. It's why composites, segmented plates, open joints, etc. Are so revolutionary after the smallest of adjustments. Look at the difference between 2001's plates and PARACLETES and today's kevlar, ceramics and ablative coat steel cores. Shaving carry weight, allowing flexibility, but maintaining the same ballistic protective properties and then some, with still more advancement on the way.

@vojtik135

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It makes quite a bit of sense. A soldier that dies too quickly or can't move is not very useful

Knowledge is not power, it is only potential. Applying that knowledge is power. Understanding why and when to apply that knowledge is wisdom - Takeda Shingen

In your opinion, could the Goon and Hoko system or even the Goseibai Shikimoku created during the reign of Shikken Hojo Yasutoki established by the Kamakura Bakufu be interpreted as a form of Bushido? Obviously what you said about Bushido is correct but still.

I find it a little strange that they went with the chokuto specifically in that segment. I covered the origin of the Kogarasu Maru in a video of my own, and honestly, the term tsurugi seems more appropriate based on the time period they seem to be discussing

Hey Metatron, I always wondered, did the samurai wear padding under their armor like european knights?

@GomaGamingverygoodchannel

Жыл бұрын

I think they only wore a hakama under armor, but dont trust me on this.

Man that armor of yours looks fragging' good ! 😆 Debunking dumbass video's always +1 !

Even for Western Knights, the sword became a side weapon for the battlefield.

In terms of armor mobility, I feel like pointing out one thing. This is nitpicking though, so feel free to correct me, but I wouldn't say "every single one type of armor was designed with mobility in mind" - we had later tournament armors, that sacrificed parts of mobility for greater protection, or renaissance parade armors, that focused more on good looks, and could be bulky sometimes. Granted - this probably isn't what the author of the article, nor Metatron had in mind, but just for consistency sake I thought I'd point it out

@Justin-pe9cl

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I think their just talking about combat armor.

The literacy argument is not just unfair, it's untrue. New information shows that literacy rates among the non-nobility is nearly all cultures with a written language was much higher than anyone previously thought. It's unlikely that the poor were reading the great works at the time, but most of them had enough letters and numbers to do sums and calculations, and enough ability to read to read publicly posted announcements and send and receive letters.

Renaissance Nobility end Edo period Samurai mythologized swords because they were bureaucrats at that point, carrying swords in cities where it became the last symbol of their lost glory. These guys were practically civilians and swords are the best weapon in a civilian setting

Thank you.

@Metatron I have to wonder about that bit about heights (ie- 180cm - 196cm). Now I would agree that a general census of height across all of (medieval) Europe would produce numbers similar to height averages of today (perhaps a bit less), however, I can't forget the mention of the Germanic tribes of Ariovistus and how the legions of Caesar were afraid/ hesitant to fight them because they stood (on average) a head taller than Caesars men (or so we're told). _This is the part where Caesar makes his speech favouring the 10th legion, announcing that he too had heard of the size and ferocity of these Germans and that the legions didn't need to fight them if they didn't want to. He then says that he's sure that the 10th legion would never abandon him, however, and that he'd fight the Germanic hordes with just the 10th legion if necessary. This is about when he dismounts his German and Celtic cavalry and mounts the entire 10th legion on horses and thus where the 10th legion got its name of Equestris from._ Anyway, if these stories about the size of the Germanic warriors were true, as well as stories of the Vikings/ Nords (who were also Germanic people) ALSO being giants were true, then perhaps the average size of a German or Germanic warrior WAS 180 to 196 cm... Anyway, it's things like this that make it hard for me to entirely dismiss claims like the one made in that video.

@neutronalchemist3241

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Those stories don't match with actual archeological findings.

@Exgrmbl

Жыл бұрын

the romans have a tendency to oversell their enemies. By making your enemies sound especially frightening, you also elevate yourself. Were germanics taller than italic romans? maybe, but probably only by a few inches.

It's videos like these (AKA: all your vids) that make me wish that we're friends in real life. Or at least on social media. 🤣🤣🤣

Nice video, I have only a very late nitpick: "Bisento" as a bigger naginata is a modern invention, the actual Bisento was just the Japanese reading of Miejiandao, a chinese glaive inspired by the naginata of all things

12:37 Remember in the viking vs roman video where Metatron pitted an armed civilian norseman vs a trained professional legionaire?

Tell me if I wrong, but for samurai katana was a "civil" weapon, at war they used tachi, which was carried different to katana and was a bit longer.

It's only been 13 days? I just checked because I watched this when it came out and I'm having withdrawals 😂 I thought surely it'd been two years

2:50 Per Nive Incendendo (Yuki no Shingun, XD)

@timmyturner327

Жыл бұрын

これはすごい歌だ。僕はすき。

I have seen the reverse where whenever Asian mostly Japanese armor, fighting styles, weapons are brought up the European medieval people tend to shit on them. As stated that each has its pros and cons and the choices are made to produce the best outcome depending on the circumstances.

@joshuawagner2590

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It's as though ALL cultures knew that warfare was dangerous and that your weapons and armor needed to be as effective as possible...huh.

The European armoured knight couldn't ride or get on a horse? To quote Val Kilmer in Top Gun, 'Cough-bullsh*t.' I think that might be referring to knights in a joust... in combat.