English longbow or yumi?

[Strichev]

For us, who get roflstomped in close combat due to the lack of proper coordination and brute physical strength the bow is the answer. Why bother at close range when you can just shoot them?

Yes, the entire debate is pointless. Just the same as with the swords...

[Jack_Henderson]

What is a Yumi?

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[Stoat]

Japanese bow. There are three or four different types iirc.

For me the english longbow takes the prize, simply for their immense power. The biggest war bows were around the 180lb draw at 30". Long term users of bows of this stature were deformed simply because of the strength required to even draw the bow, let alone fire it accurately.

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[Benjamin]

samurai were archers, but in England the peasants used bows... yumi probably had better table manners

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[SummerMcLovin]

Japanese bow that was about 2 metres tall (so taller than a person). I'd say the longbow as it seems to be less awkward, but the Yumi was excellent for horse-mounted archers (which the samurai favoured). Longbows were not suitable in their design and use for Europeans to use on horseback, with shorter bows (until they started making composites, particularly the Mongols and their raiders) not having the required draw strength.

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[Stoat]

samurai were archers, but in England the peasants used bows... yumi probably had better table manners

The English peasants were no less archers just because they were poor. They trained every day, from childhood. Their effectiveness in the many wars with France are testament to that

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[Benjamin]

oh yeah, I was just making a pithy comment on their relative social class. there's that great quote about how if you want to make a good (English longbow) archer, first start with his grandfather. evidence for it, I'm pretty sure there's no one around today who can really properly use the size/draw weights of the bows you mentioned above

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[JaaY]

I googled "yumi". Found an asian girl. *scratches head*

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[Soul Reaper]

For us, who get roflstomped in close combat due to the lack of proper coordination and brute physical strength...

Actually, considering the fact that English bowmen trained with the longbow since childhood and afterwards when the used a real longbow, the strength required to pull the thing back would be enough to make them extremely strong men, even more so than sword-fighters probably.

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[Reid]

Longbow, because without it Henry would have gotten his head kicked in at Agincourt

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