All language subtitles for Deadliest warrior s01e02 Viking vs. Samurai.eng

>> the viking,
battle-crazed berserker

Who terrorized europe.

Samurai...

Japan's lightening-fast dealer
of death.

Who...Is...Deadliest?

>> go.

To find out,
our world-class fighters

Are testing history's
most lethal weapons.

>> go.

>> using
21st-century science,

We'll see what happens

When the two warriors
go toe to toe.

No rules,
no safety,

No mercy.

It's a duel
to the death

To decide who is...

The deadliest warrior!

This is the fight club.

A hi-tech battle zone

Where we've assembled
scientists,

Doctors, and combat experts.

>> [shouting]

>> plus a stunning
arsenal of weaponry.

We're gathering data
for a virtual face-off

Between two of the greatest
warriors ever known.

A samurai.

Japan's most disciplined
and skilled fighter.

Versus the viking.

Bloodthirsty ravager
from the icy north.

>> [grunts]

>> to see just how deadly

Samurai and vikings are,

We'll put their weapons
and combat styles to the test.

>> how's that?

>> biomedical scientist
and karate black belt

Geoff desmoulin rigs
the dummies

To collect battle data.

>> what's cool about this
match-up for me

Is I get to bring all my
scientific tools for the field.

>> e.R. Doctor armand dorian
will analyze

The lethal potential
of the weapons.

>> the spinal column here
is cut in half.

>> computer whiz max geiger
enters test data

Into a simulation program,
which will ultimately

Decide the victor:
The viking or samurai.

>> these two warriors never met
on the field of battle,

But today we're gonna
rewrite history

Inside of this computer.

>> samurai weapons will be
tested by tetsuro shigematsu,

A master of kyudo,
japanese zen archery.

He is a direct descendant
of a samurai clan.

>> the only way to enter
the samurai class

Was to be born into it.

And the only way to leave
was to die.

>> samurai skills will be
demonstrated by stuntman

And four-time martial arts
black belt brett chan.

Brett showcased
his sword skills

In the feature film
the last samurai.

>> every move
is gonna be precise.

Everything.
There's no fail.

Failure's not an option
for the samurai.

>> the term "samurai"
means "to serve."

The samurai serve the daimyos,

And they were the feudal lords
in medieval japan.

It was the samurai
who did the fighting--

Who protected the nobility.

Going into battle and dying
for his master,

Dying for loyalty,
dying for honor--

This was the best possible fate
that he could embrace.

>> a samurai's fighting style
was a fusion

Of the savage
and the civilized.

>> he would find
a worthy adversary

And continued fighting
until he killed him

Or he was killed himself.

>> [grunts]

>> among the pantheon
of warriors...

>> yah!

>> the samurai is surely
the greatest.

>> [shouts]

>> [shouting]

>> but how will the samurai
fare against

One of the most powerful,
brutal warriors in history?

>> the samurai has no chance
against the viking.

>> casey hendershot will test
the strength of the weapons

That viking raiders used
to plunder and pillage europe.

Casey is
a professional stuntman.

And world-class expert
with the viking long sword.

Matt nelson teaches
viking combat techniques.

His lineage can be traced
to viking raiders from denmark.

>> this harsh environment
of freezing cold,

Howling winds, and icy seas

Forged these people
into iron-hard warriors.

>> because where they lived,
you really couldn't farm,

So they pretty much
had to pillage,

Plunder other areas of europe,

Which they did.

>> the viking raids--

When they
dismounted the longships

And charged ashore,

Were like
the battle of armageddon.

>> [shouting]

>> a whole horde
of screaming, roaring vikings

Would sweep
through their village,

Take their women,
their children, their slaves,

Burn the village,

And they would be gone
just as quickly as they came.

>> [screaming]

>> the viking's whole purpose
was to die in battle

So they could fight
alongside their gods.

Their whole culture
was built around war.

>> [grunting]

>> so how would history's
most brutal invader,

Fare against the world's
most disciplined warrior?

>> the viking would
conquer and crush him

Just like they did
everyone else.

>> [yelling]

>> the viking's just
bigger, meaner, nastier.

>> I have to give the edge
to the viking 100%.

>> I'm giving it all
to the samurai right now.

We've got superior steel
versus iron.

I think the samurai's going
to cut the viking to pieces.

>> [groan]

>> the samurai's primary weapon
is the katana.

30 inches of folded steel,

Sharper than any razor.

>> the katana represents
perhaps the greatest weapon

Mankind has ever produced.

>> [grunts]

>> we have this beautiful
diamond-hard edge.

>> [grunts]

>> the samurai believe
that the katana

Contains the samurai's
very soul.

>> unsheathing the katana
with lightning speed

Became it's own martial art

Called iaijutsu.

>> the japanese studied
for years

To go from point a to point b

In the shortest
possible movement.

As it's withdrawing,
he takes down his enemy.

>> that's pretty good
from here.

>> to measure the legendary
speed of the samurai quick-draw,

Brett sets up
three rolled mats

That represent
the lis of attackers.

>> three opponents,
three vikings.

This here is tatami.

This is the equivalent
to human bone.

So I'm gonna attempt
to show you a quick-draw

Cutting through three.

>> high speed ready!
>> ready!

>> three, two, one, go!

>> ha-ah!

>> there we go.

>> that's the money.

>> were you guys happy
with the speed?

>> yes.
>> hell yeah.

>> [laughing]
>> yeah.

>> okay, so we're just gonna do
a quick calculation here...

>> all right.
>> on how fast that was.

>> so you had three kills
within 296 milliseconds.

And our rule of thumb is that
it takes a quarter second

To perceive that you need
to get out of the way.

>> so that's three vikings
[clicks tongue].

>> in less than a third
of a second.

>> there actually
was a better way

To test the true sharpness
of the katana.

And that was to use it
on human bodies.

If you were caught stealing,
off with a hand.

Guilty
of a more serious crime,

They'd cut you
straight in half.

>> [yelling]

>> if the sword were shown
to be capable

Of cutting
straight through a man,

Then it would be called
a one body blade.

Yet in history,
we read about two body,

Three boy,
four body blades.

>> instead of testing
on vikings,

The team go
for the next best thing.

>> you'd like to explain
something to me?

>> yes, this is a little bit
more like the real thing here.

>> we teach our
up-and-coming doctors

How to suture, how to operate,
using pig tissue.

So using a samurai sword
on this pig

Will actually be
a very accurate representation

Of what that sword can do
to a human body.

>> this is the real deal.

>> go!
>> hi-yah!

>> oh, brett!

This man...Two pigs,
clean through.

>> oh.

>> you went
right through the bone.

>> two sets of vertebrae.
That's amazing.

>> two's all I needed, right?

That was casey and matt.

>> exactly, we got
our two vikings right here.

>> viking's a done deal
right there.

>> so that's a two pig--
>> two body blade.

>> if the katana
can cut through this pig,

The katana can
cut through a viking.

>> vikings, do you want
to take a look at this?

>> let's see here.

>> oh.

There's no resistance.
>> whoa-ho-ho.

>> wow.

>> just blew through that body
like it was nothing.

>> perhaps you could even have
got to three or four pigs

If you'd used a weapon
like our broad ax.

>> if I'm not mistaken,
this is precisely

How vikings nap together,
isn't it?

>> [laughing]

>> in order to conserve
body heat.

>> when I need
some pork tenderloin,

I'll call you, buddy,
it'll be a good time.

>> tomorrow for breakfast.

>> and if we catch you
sleeping in,

We'll give you
a nice wake up call.

>> I don't think it's gonna be
so easy

When you try to cut through
this viking ring mail.

I wasn't impressed
with the katana.

For the sole reason
that it's a slashing weapon.

Chain mail is designed
to stop slashing weapons.

>> feeling confident,

The viking team challenges
team samurai to another test.

Katana sword
versus viking chain mail.

>> go!

>> yah!

Ay-yah!

>> see, you guys spent
so much time talking

About the legendary power
of the samurai katana,

And it was just stopped
in it's tracks

By the viking chain mail.
>> look at this.

>> yep.

>> so besides a few
nicked chain mail rings,

There's absolutely
no damage here.

It took a full strike from
your most formidable weapon,

And he's walking away
from it.

>> coming up...

>> go!

>> the vikings launch an attack.

And the samurai fire back.

who will be...

>> deadliest warrior.

>> in southern california,

We've assembled
a team of scientists,

Doctors, and combat experts.
>> [grunt]

>> they're here
to answer the question

If a viking fought
a samurai,

Who would win?

>> [grunt]

>> the advantage
the vikings had

Was their size, strength,
and total warrior mentality.

Their livelihood
depended on them

Being able to beat
in battle

Any group they came
into contact with.

>> the samurai prize
intelligence, timing,

Strength, reflex.

You might have
an interesting battle

If you had
history's greatest viking

Against japan's
weakest samurai.

>> each team is confident.

And each comes equipped
with a lethal arsenal.

The samurai yields the katana,
naginata, yumi, and kanabo.

The viking carries
the great axe, long sword,

Spear, and battle shield.

>> when the viking
came into battle,

He came loaded with weapons.

They were all designed to do
the same thing,

To cleave, to crush, to chop.

>> the vikings
made chopping weapons.

The great axe...

Perfect for cutting wood.

Or dicing humans.

>> these are going to be
samurai killers right here.

>> what it's designed to do
is let gravity take it

In an overhand chop.

On the shoulder, collar bone,

Or right on the crown
of the skull.

>> how far out are you going
to be when you strike?

>> the vikings were
the largest people on earth.

If a viking came down
with a strike like this,

There's no way a little samurai
is going to reach that far,

>> well, talk is cheap,
casey.

Let's see
what this thing can do.

>> my pleasure.

>> to measure the striking force
of the weapon,

Jeff attaches
an accelerometer.

>> okay, let's test
this thing out.

Do a rotation for me.
>> okay.

>> fake swing.

Looks good, man.

>> good?
>> we got it.

You ready casey?
>> yes, sir.

>> go!

>> [exhales]

>> four inch piece
of wood there.

Let's see what a samurai sword
does against that, eh?

>> according to these numbers,
that's 11,000 newtons,

Which is about
2,000 pounds.

>> that'll probably
sever an arm.

>> or a leg, maybe.

>> it's like taking a jackhammer
to somebody's head.

>> nice!

>> I say we find out
on a ballistics gel torso.

>> cool, much more fun.

>> enter the samurai.

A victim made from gel

That matches the resistance
of human flesh.

>> go!

>> argh!

>> oh, my god.

>> argh!

[chuckling]

>> be careful with that blade,
I'm behind you.

>> yes, sir.

>> this is obviously
extremely devastating,

You've literally chopped
this body down to size.

>> nice.

>> in my ten years of emergency
medicine experience,

This type of injury
happens when,

Like, a train
runs over somebody

>> what do you think guys?

I don't think
he's gonna make it.

This dummy's a little bigger
than your average samurai,

So, I mean--
>> yeah, he's a lot slower too.

Samurai's are known
for speed.

>> bring it on, no problem

>> check this out guys.

>> here comes the pain.

>> it's amazing
how you see the rib cage

Kinda absorb all that pressure,
but unfortunately--

>> it can't absorb all of it.

>> yeah.
It goes beyond that.

And it does
the damage it does.

>> so can the computer count
for body parts leaving the body?

>> no, it does not.

But maybe
we'll do something custom.

>> yeah, the slow motion
really captures

Your complete lack
of technique very nicely.

Surely you would
kill your usual victims:

Women, unarmed children,
a baby.

But you have
to understand the helmet

Not only covers the head,
but the neck.

So no damage, my friend.

>> even if the viking hits you
with your little armor on,

He's gonna
break the shoulder,

He's gonna break your neck--

Even if you have
the helmet on.

>> all right, let's add some
realism to this experiment.

Now, this is the kabuto.

He'll be lucky
if he hits it square.

Even if he does,
it's nothing but angles,

It's gonna deflect offward.

>> it's time for you
to go to town on this guy.

>> three, two, one, go!

>> it looks like
there's some chip damage there.

>> yeah,
there's definitely a dent.

>> so exactly as I predicted,

As soon as the axe came down,

It found an angle,
deflected off.

>> all right.
Watch yourselves.

>> I don't see
anything substantial

On the torso
or the skull itself.

Um, but we'll need to look
at the high speed photos

To see how much energy was
transferred to the spine.

[upbeat music]

>> there's definitely
some transfer there,

But from the angle
of that blade,

It starts to turn as soon

As it makes contact
with the helmet.

>> yeah, some whiplash,
some minor head trauma,

Maybe a minor concussion.

But l in all,
I think the helmet did it's job.

>> this fight's coming down
to who's armor

Is gonna last longer.

>> the viking chain mail, I have
to admit was impressive.

>> hi-yah!

>> both warriors
have battle tested armor.

So what's beneath the armor
may decide the battle

When they face each other.

>> the japanese culture
believed

That when it came to samurai,

There wasn't a moment to lose
in his training.

>> [yelling]

>> the earlier that the samurai
boy could get used

To killing
another human being,

The bettfr.

>> the viking warriors
also started young.

But their training
was less formal.

>> when a viking boy
became a warrior,

He was probably
12 years old.

And he was
literally baptized in combat.

>> [grunting]

>> violence was central
to the viking way of life.

Disputes were often settled
by duels to the death

>> it was a good way
of ensuring

That only the strongest warriors
stayed in viking society.

>> samurai trained endlessly,

Seeking perfection
of mind, body and weapon.

>> the samurai believed
that an educated warrior

Was a more lethal one.

>> a viking's education
was more basic.

You killed to survive and
to fulfill the will of the gods.

>> the vikings had
strong, powerful gods,

Which gave them
their sense of power.

The viking idea of heaven
was war.

>> [grunt]

>> you're expected
to be brave, to beearless,

To be an unstoppable
force of nature

That your enemies
flee in terror from.

>> [yelling]

>> the same thing's
gonna happen to the samurai

Is what happened
to everybody else

Who tried to stand up
against the vikings.

He's going to fall

And he's going to fall hard.

>> the vikings
would've been the equivalent

Of today's army reserve.

Plumbers who fight
one weekend a month.

But the samurai
were warriors 24/7.

>> after testing
the great axe and the katana,

Our experts can't agree
which weapon is superior.

>> katana versus great axe,

Katana all the way.

Pop, pop, pop,

In less than
a half a second.

>> I have to give the edge
to the great axe.

When a great axe hits you,

Whether you're wearing
chain mail or even plate,

Like the samurai is,

You're gonna feel that hit.

And it's gonna be a big hit.

>> max takes the numbers
and inputs the results

Into the simulation program.

>> [grunt]

>> it's a close call,

But the viking great axe
gets the edge...

In short range weapons.

>> coming up,

Samurai precision

Versus viking brute force.

Who will be
the deadliest warrior?

>> samurai.

Viking.

Two warriors
from distant lands

With fighting styles
worlds apart.

If they met in battle,
who would win?

>> the vikings
went into battle,

And they raped,
and they pillaged.

Thf samurai,
on the other hand,

Lived and died
by a code of honor.

>> for a viking, honor had no
place on the battlefield.

>> [battle cries]

>> a viking
would not fight fair.

He was there to win,

To kill you,
and to take your possessions,

And bring them back,
and feed his own family.

>> [yelling]

>> the samurai style of fighting
is built on skill and precision.

And nothing sliced
as finely as the naginata--

Seven feet of carving power,

Tipped by a razor sharp blade.

>> this fine blade
was first used

By the monks
in the monasteries,

'cause there used to be a lot
of raiding ithe temples.

>> in the hands of an expert,

The naginata delivers
death at a distance.

>> they have the big--
the big motions.

The hand changing
motions here.

The blocks.

And I can use it
as an attack,

Attack, block.

So it's definitely
a big sweepingotion,

And it keeps
a lot of people at bay.

>> okay.

>> you can see
how long it is,

So it doesn't matter
how tall a viking is,

It cuts them down.

>> so, what do you think
it's gonna do to the gel torso?

>> well, I think it's gonna
cut it up to ribbons.

>> let's give it a go.

>> okay.

>> three, two, one, go!

>> [battle cries]

>> holy crap, man!

You took the skull right off
and a piece of his brain.

One slice.

So as he's falling
down dead,

You're continuing
stabbing him

And another slash
across the face.

>> that part of his head
just doesn't exist anymore.

>> that's insane.

And, and that's after
this kill strike.

He's falling to the ground,

Slashing the face,
poke to the heart.

It's the fastest weapon
we've seen to date.

>> this is shearing bone
the entire time.

>> you can't see it, cause the
blade is so sharp and so fine.

But I can feel
that the rib cage is broken.

He's internally bleeding
right now.

>> this is the cleanest cut
we've ever seen.

>> and the fastest.

So guys,
little bit of skull.

>> what's that?

>> we've got hair, flesh, bone,
brain--all in one slice.

>> I think the samurai gave us
a pretty impressive display

Of speed and theatrical combat,
with a very light weapon.

But in a real
combat situation,

The heavy weapons
and armor of the viking

Are going to be too much
for him.

>> you're not cutting
any skull off

When you have
a nice metal helmet on.

>> here it comes.

That's ominous.

>> there goes casey's skull,

Right about...Now.

>> zip, zip.
>> ooh!

>> right off.

>> dah, come on.

>> was it going
through his body?

Or is that just a shock wave?

>> it went through the jaw.

>> yeah, it looked like it
got into his throat a bit.

>> that's the fastest weapon
we've ever seen.

>> yeah, absolutely.

And it looks like we're gonna
get the third one as well.

>> what?
>> here it comes.

>> oh, my god.

>> right through the heart.

>> that's a lot of blunt force
for a blade,

Which is pretty sharp.

>> well, that's the thing.

We're getting the depth
of the cut

And the blunt force
behind it.

So wicked weapon.

>> but vikings had a wicked
weapon of their own--

The long sword.

Three feet
of double-edged steel,

Forged for hacking,
slashing, and stabbing.

>> [grunts]

>> so we've seen
a lot of bladed weapons.

What's special
about the long sword?

>> wel the long sword
was a double-edged weapon,

So you could cut with
both sides.

You could run through
an opponent very easily

With this at close quarters.

>> what do you think
it's gonna do

To the ballistics
gel torso?

>> take that head right off.
>> I want to see that.

>> okay, casey.

>> three, two, one, go!

>> [grunting]

>> oh, my--casey.

What did you do
to this guy?

>> little damage.

>> I think the only thing
that stopped you

From getting through the neck
is that metal rod right there.

>> absolutely.
And even that's chipped off.

>> oh, my...

>> this is the first slice.

>> the first slice.
Right--right through it.

>> oh!

Base of the skull.

>> into the brain cavity.

It's completely shattered.

>> you figure this is
as clean cut as the naginata?

>> it went through a lot more
than what we saw

With the naginata too.

>> exactly.

>> sorry guys. Oh.
>> oh.

>> oho ho.

>> max,
look what you've done.

>> well, claim your prize and
let's go look at the footage.

>> chewahh.

>> oho ho ho.

>> it's through
the back of his head.

It's--it just seems
to spring back out,

We're watching
bits of brain flop

Outta the side
of his head.

>> if face tearing
was an olympic sport,

You guys probably'd
be bringing home the gold.

>> very viking like.

>> long sword
versus naginata.

Long sword wins
in my opinion.

>> got a lot
more devastating results.

>> viking long sword gets
the edge in mid-range weapons.

Coming up...

The samurai retaliate

By taking an eye for an--

>> the viking

And the samurai.

From opposite
sides of the earth.

Both courageous in combat,
but in very different ways.

The samurai entered battle
with focused awareness.

>> the samurai
always brought into battle

His cunning intellect--
his keen insight.

They would use strategy and look
for points of weakness

To take down his adversary.

>> vikings attacked
with a barbaric zeal

That made their foes tremble.

>> why were the vikings
able to defeat

So many different people across
all of the western world?

>> vikings were armed
to the teeth--

And wielded
their weapons savagely.

The spear.

This simple yet deadly weapon
was the viking's calling card.

>> warriors carried up
to four of these

Versatile weapons
into battle.

The sharp end was used
for stabbing and thrusting.

The shaft could
both block and deliver blows.

And the best warriors
could attack

Using two spears at once.

In our los angeles based
fight club,

Team viking and our experts
are preparing

To test the effectiveness
of the viking spear.

>> the whole purpose
of the viking spear

Was to take advantage of his
superior strength and height.

>> what kind of range
are we talking here?

>> about 60 feet.

>> okay, so the vikings fought
a lot of shielded warriors.

What if this missed its target
and hit the shield of--

Of the opponent?

>> he either has
to pull that spear out

Or discard the shield.

He can't fight with it.

>> and what about
samurai armor?

>> it's going to penetrate.

>> put it to the test and
watch what it can do.

>> okay.

>> so 30 miles per hour
on that one.

Nice, 31.

>> 31.
>> okay.

>> nice. 34 miles per hour.

>> from 25 feet?
Okay.

>> this one seems
to have gone the deepest.

Actually,
it's right through this target.

So we're looking at about eight
inches of penetration there.

>> that is textbook
armor penetration.

>> is this equivalent
to armor though?

>> look how thick
that wood is.

>> eight inches of wood,

Less than an inch of armor.

We're talking the same degree
of penetration.

>> what I want to know is can
you get that kind of force

If you're throwing two
at once?

>> absolutely.
>> all right.

>> here we go.
See what two can do.

>> let's see
if he slows down any.

>> [chuckles]

>> fantastic.
>> who said it couldn't be done?

>> 22 miles an hour again.

>> god, I like that!

Mm.

>> see,
two spears, two hits.

>> two spears, two hits,
two kills.

>> yeah, this one went about
three or four inches through.

>> all the way through.

And from that range, there's not
gonna be enough time

For him to react.

>> he's got to think
about it,

Increasing the effectiveness
of the double spear throw.

>> yeah.

>> so if that viking spear
did that much damage

To a target log,

What is it going to do
to a samurai's body?

>> but the samurai team
is not intimidated.

Long before the katana
became the soul of the samurai,

The japanese warrior perfected
the lethal sting of the yumi.

Taller than the archer
who aimed it,

Its seven foot length
gave it great firing power.

The samurai
were master archers

And in battle, targeted their
enemy's eye for a fatal strike.

>> we're gonna back things up.

And we'll see if
we can inflict more precise,

More laser-guided,
lethal action.

>> I've seen a lot of guys come
in here with a lot of bows.

And they all
claim pinpoint accuracy,

But if you can
actually deliver the goods,

I'll be impressed.

>> well here,
we'll be calling our shots.

Viking on the right,
rib cage.

Viking on the left,
right shoulder, sword arm.

Left pectoral.

>> man.

>> right viking, shield arm.

Arrow to the throat.

In the throat.
>> actually got it.

>> guys, what I'm seeing
with those shots

Is chain mail, helmet.

I've seen what the katana did
against the chain mail,

I was not impressed.

I wanna see you get in there.

>> well,
how about an arrow straight

Through the eye
of the viking?

>> I'd like to see it.
>> do it.

>> to give team samurai
a smaller target,

Geoff sets up a gel head
wearing a viking helmet.

>> all right, let's rock.

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

>> nice.

>> no way.
>> holy shit.

>> I had no doubt.

>> game over viking.

>> wow, this is very
impressive.

>> our team
removes the viking helmet

So dr. Dorian can assess
the damage underneath.

>> we're seeing
unbelievable accuracy.

And unfortunately,
you're feeling this.

>> what?
>> because--

This is going to go in, you're
going to feel the pain

Until you hemorrhage to the
point where you're no more.

>> that's the most [bleep]
up way to die possible.

How long does that take?

>> it's pretty quick,

But you'll probably remember the
arrow going through your eye.

>> [gasps]

>> the world's toughest man
would not be able

To take an arrow
in his head.

Yeah, this is eyeball kabob
at it's best.

>> now I realize for the viking,
brain isn't a vital organ.

But, he can't fight
without his eyes.

>> absolutely.
This is game over.

Let's go look
at the high speed.

Oh, it actually
hit the bridge of the nose.

>> look at the way
it's shaking.

Wouldn't that be moving the tip,

And wouldn't it be tearing
further into the brain?

>> I think that would
be causing further pain.

>> excruciatingly painful.

Here comes the second.

♪ sh-di-di-di ♪

Chaw! Man!

That's just ripping,
and tearing, and digging

Its way further
into the brain.

>> from 75 feet, your accuracy
isn't as good as this.

But in close--20 feet--the
viking doesn't stand a chance.

You just punched--
double punched--

A one way ticket to valhalla.

>> [laughing]

>> a rushing viking,
with a yumi in your hand,

At 20 feet I think,
is an ominous situation.

If you miss, you're
in deep trouble in my mind.

>> in the yumi
versus double spear match up,

The results are close.

>> between the double spear
and the yumi,

It's double spear,
hands down.

>> I have to disagree
with that completely.

The last skill demonstration
with the yumi...

It blew me away.

>> you saw it went
through the palm target.

>> no no, we saw--
we saw the strong arm

Went through
the palm target.

>> one's the target spear,

The other one's
the distracter.

>> it doesn't matter.

I'm running up to you
like this,

In order to go waahaah,
what do you see?

You see all of this.

>> I'm giving a slight edge
to the viking.

>> in a battle
that's being decided

By skills of the fighters,

I think I have to give
the edge to the samurai.

>> the samurai yumi takes the
edge in the long range weapons.

>> coming up, our battle tests
get primal

When viking shields
meet samurai clubs.

>> yah!

>> stay tuned to see who is
the deadliest warrior!

>> in a battle between
a viking and a samurai,

Who would win?

Our experts are recording
the killing power

Of each warrior's weapons

And plugging the results into
an advanced computer program.

Ultimately,
samurai will clash with viking

In a virtual combat zone.

>> as warriors, vikings and
samurai were like fire and ice.

The samurai were known

For their cool intellect and
cunning combat tactics.

Vikings were infamous
for their barbaric ferocity.

Most vikings wore
chain mail and brandished

The indispensable
battle shield.

Made out of wood and iron,

The battle shield repelled
oncoming attacks

And allowed norsemen
to charge in for closer kills.

>> you ready?
>> let's strap up here.

>> every successful army used
shields because they worked.

The shield is the best item
you can carry for defense.

>> ready?
>> go get 'em!

>> the shield was designed
to deflect any incoming strike

And allow me to follow it up

With those powerful
overhand strikes.

If he came high:
High block, strike.

Low: Low block, strike.

>> and is this a purely
defensive weapon?

>> offensive weapon as well.

I can strike with the shield,

I can backhand,

Or I could crouch down and put
my full force behind

This spiked iron boss
to drive him back,

And follow up with one of those
powerful overhead strikes

That you saw earlier.

>> let's see what that shield
can do as an offensive weapon.

>> you got it.

>> geoff sets up
a high-pressure sensing system

To gauge the punching power
of matt's shield attack.

>> how's that?
>> got a reading.

>> nice.

>> okay, matt?
>> okay.

>> on yourark.

Go!

>> [grunting]

>> nice.

>> okay, we got 127 psi
on that last one.

We can pop
an eyeball with 12 psi.

150 psi we're cutting right
through the skin to the bone.

And with the mass
of your body behind it,

Possibly breaking ribs.

If we lacerate a lung,

You definitely disrupted
the samurai's game plan.

>> and that's not
even the primary weapon.

>> so, what kind of damage
can I put in?

Am I going to get
to internal bleeding?

>> it's possible.

If a rib breaks over the lungs
and punctures the lungs,

That's definitely going to
incapacitate the samurai.

Is it a killing blow?
I don't think so.

>> the samurai team is unruffled
by this show of force.

>> we believe that the shield

Is a manifestation
of weakness.

In bushido, we have a saying.

"go into battle determined
to die, and you will survive.

"go into battle hoping to live,
and surely you shall not."

>> the samurai have one weapon
that just might

Be a viking shield stopper.

>> in western mythology,
your demons carry the pitchfork.

The japanese demons carry
a far more evil weapon.

This is the kanabo.

>> the kanabo
could break swords,

Crush armor,
and shatter bone.

>> the metal studs would

Effectively crack open
just about anything.

>> [battle cries]

>> the kanabo could break
swords, crush armor,

And shatter bone.

>> whoa, that's heavier
than I expected.

>> yeah, they're
about 30 pounds, this one.

>> essentially,
it's a wrecking ball

That you hold in your hands.

>> all right,
going to break some cow femur,

And, uh, some viking bones.

>> we're going to
see some marrow too.

>> yeah, let me slip
that up here.

>> what do you think
it's going to do to that bone?

>> just break it
right in half.

Pulverize everything.

>> ok, so what we've got here

Is a three-dimensional
orientation sensor.

What it allows me to measure

Is the pitch, yaw, and roll,
of this weapon.

Give me a roll to--
to the right.

That looks great.
Looks great.

Okay, I think we're ready
to go.

So on my mark.

Three, two, one, go!

>> [grunting]

>> oh...Oh, dude!

Holy [bleep]!

>> you believe it now?

>> I don't wanna
make a soup out of that,

But yeah, I'm a believer.

If this happened
to a human being, you know,

The leg would be gone.
It'd be smashed.

I think that's a bit
of an understatement.

>> I imagine if there
was three or four femurs,

You would have the same result.

>> this was actually
going a little bit slower

Than the great axe,
but it's double the mass,

Which gives it
twice the momentum,

And that's really
what we're seeing here

Is the momentum transfer
into that bone.

>> you know, cave men killed,

Uh, animals
with big clubs too.

I mean,
it's not that impressive.

>> hold on,
aren't vikings cavemen?

>> no, no, no.
A bit different, my friend.

>> I think
the speed and precision

Of your guys' earlier weapons
was your only chance.

Once you pick up
a heavy weapon like this,

You've stepped into our court.

I say [knocking]

It won't even crack
this shield.

>> bring it on.

>> okay, boys.

So viking shield for you
to smash with a kanabo,

A two thousand pound
load cell in behind there.

>> looks like
a big tonka toy.

>> that's
the biggest piece of wood

Your samurai has ever seen!

>> [laughing]
>> guys are just delusional.

>> well, this is
what we're going to find out.

You're either going
to smash his shield to bits--

And if it
doesn't happen we're going

To record the force to see if
you break his arm behind it.

>> okay, ready, man.

Go!

>> [grunts]

>> holy jesus.

>> doesn't look
like its much though.

Look at that.

>> I think once again,
the thunder god

Is laughing at you,
my friend.

The best you can do
is chip the edge of the shield.

>> chip the edge?
The whole shield's busted off!

>> it's still
a fully functional shield.

This shield could
go through ten more battles.

>> well, based on
these numbers, we got 475 pounds

Cong down on that shield.

Is it a killing blow?
No.

But certainly
with numbers like this,

I'm seeing at least
one bone broken in the arm.

>> the samurai kanabo gets
the edge in special weapons.

>> the viking and samurai teams
are each convinced

Their warrior will win.

But our experts
are conflicted.

>> in the beginning,
I was all samurai.

>> hands down, straight up,

I was going to
give it to the viking.

>> but after these--these last
few days of testing...

>> it's like two for Tuesday

With the amount of murder
that we're getting here.

>> max and geoff
are on the fence.

But after a grueling day
of testing,

Max will enter the data into a
cutting-edge computer program

That will simulate
the battle a thousand times.

Winner take all.

Coming up,

Samurai versus viking--
the ultimate battle.

>> our experts have completed
their series of tests.

Now we'll find out once
and for all

Who is the deadliest warrior:
Viking or samurai.

They tested
four viking weapons:

The great axe, the long sword,
the spear, and the shield.

>> they also tested
four samurai weapons:

The katana, the naginata,
the yumi, and the kanabo.

At long range, we tested
the samurai yumi bow

Against the viking spear.

>> because the yumi bow
can hit

From a much further distance,

Hit with precision accuracy, and
deliver devastating damage,

I have to give the advantage
to the yumi bow.

>> edge: Samurai.

At mid-range, we tested
two razor-sharp weapons,

The viking long sword
and the samurai naginata.

>> one hit, one kill.

I'm giving it
to the long sword.

Oh!

>> edge: Viking.

For close range weapons,

The viking great axe took aim
at the samurai katana.

>> [grunting]

>> the katana was good,
but the axe was great.

>> as we saw, it could split
a man in two.

I'm giving it
to the great axe.

>> edge: Viking.

Finally, our experts had
two choices in special weapons:

The samurai kanabo
and the viking shield.

I have to give the advantage

To the samurai kanabo
over the viking shield.

>> edge: Samurai.

>> in a battle
that's being decided by armor

And the skills
of the fighters,

I think I have to give the edge
to the samurai.

>> in the beginning,
I was all samurai,

But after these
last few days of testing,

I'm sitting at dead even,
the viking versus samurai.

>> it's a battle of opposites.
Speed versus strength.

Brains versus brawn.

The computer will take all
the test results and decide

Who is the deadliest warrior.

>> the numbers are in.
Let's go ahead, let's run it.

>> lock and load.

>> yah!

>> [grunts]

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

>> the samurai won
because he had better armor,

Better weaponry,
better technique.

>> but it was close.

Out of a thousand battles,
the samurai won 522.

The vikings weren't
far behind with 478.

>> even thought there were
certain tools and weapons

That really impressed me
with the viking...

>> [yells]

>> I kind of expected
the samurai to win.

>> superior skills,
superior weaponry.

The best man wins.

>> perhaps we relied
a little bit too much

On brute force.

>> the only person
that could possibly stand up

To a samurai
would be another samurai.

So viking,
there is no shame in losing

Against history's
greatest warrior.

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