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It's a shame that the only time armor is portrayed as an advantage in Game of Thrones is when Jorah fights Qhotho. Martin actually cared to validate the different approachs his characters have to combat, but past season 1, Westeros just has inferior fighters.
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The first actual battle sequence has amazing attention to detail in less than a minute: We get soldiers fighting on a line. At some point, the more experienced and well armed men breach the enemy lines. I like seeing a helmet dent under a fairly long hammer, but that it takes multiple blows to beat the guy senseless. Some close quarters action with comptent shoulderlocks and offensive use of a buckler. The infantry takes down stakes that the English have placed to block cavalry, and the latter approach slowly, by walking their horses.
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Some people are being gaslit by the show. The Hound's quote "Meryn won because he had armor-" doesn't change that Syrio was beating TF out of the armored Lannister household guards with a wooden sword. He never lands a hit on Meryn, the armor doesn't play a role here.
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The ARMOR designs were ABSOLUTELY INSANE for the standards of 2013. The historical inspiration is clear, we see close helmets, frog mouths, schembart visors and plenty of decorative techniques like embossing, blueing, gilding and blackening. (surprise at the end)
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"Alatriste" (2006) also uses primary sources to inform it's depiction of the battle of Rocroi (1643). Francesco Guicciardini claims that during the Battle fo Rávena (1512) the Spaniards crawled under the legs of the German infantry, wielding knifes and swords. It's not an accurate portrayal for Rocroi, but it does melee combat justice.
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There is a scene from the movie "Ballad: Na mo naki koi no uta" (which seems to adapt the same plot as Shin Chan) where they depict the exact same form of pike fighting. This is based on a historical source ( Zōhyō Monogatari) written in the 1660s, that instructs us to "not only thrust" as "it's better to strike. Raise your pike higher than the opponent's and strike in unison". This would definitely not be standard practice for most of the sengoku jidai. My friend Gunsen History will like me to state that, this advice is from a time where pikemen were there mainly to support the gunmen, and thus wouldn't take the central part of the fighting. It would make sense then, for these men to not be as used to fighting and to develop some sort of drill to effectively end the fights without a prolongued engagement. Still fascinating to see an interpretation of a primary source portrayed onscreen.
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