Talk:Amazoness/@comment-30850838-20170125054731/@comment-26419174-20170125210717

@ Lion: while I agree with the base point of a samurai being (on average) inferior a warrior to the amazoness, your description is not accurate. For one it fails to give the samurai his primary weapons aka yumi (the bow) and yari (the spear). Katanas were, for all their fame, nothing but sidearms in war. Also I disagree with you assesment of the armor. For one, studded leather never realy existed, as adding studs to boiled leather wouldn't improve the protection in any way. For two, maile (= chain mail) is arguably more flexible then the armor you are describing and even full plate (if properly fitted ) would not actually be particullary restrictive. Here is an interesting video on the subject.