Samurais And Knights: Similarities And Differences

Even though samurais and knights are a bit alike, I think that they are more different than alike for many reasons. First of all, the training of samurais and knights are quite different. Samurais received received training on spiritual discipline. They also learned poetry. They studied Kendo, which was the art of fencing with bamboo sticks. They learned the code of the samurai, Zen Buddhism. At age 14, trainees officially became samurais. This happened in a ceremony called genpuku. The training of knights was different. Knights received religious instructions because they were Christians. At age 7 or 8, a knight started serving a powerful relative. They were called pages. They ran errands and learned how to use a sword. They also learned how to ride horses. At age 14, they had the chance to become squires. Squires would accompany their masters in battle. They would feed, dress, and look after the horses and hope they would become knights. If a squire was approved, then he would usually become a knight by the age of 21. Not all squires became knights. As you can see, the training of samurais and knights are very different.
A samurai’s master is another samurai. A knight’s master is a lord or king. Knights have to be respectful to women and they give mercy to those who ask for it. They were not supposed to participate in a wrongful quarrels. Samurais were devoted to their duty. If there was a problem between a samurai’s family and the person he serves, the samurai would help the person he serves. They would punish those who committed