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Who is the greatest warrior of all time?

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Calamari41 said:
The Viking at Stamford Bridge definitely deserves a shout out in this here thread.

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"Filled with bloodlust by drinking his potion and praying to Odin, the berserker took on the whole English army only by himself (which numbered 15,000). The English charged the Viking to gain access to Harald Hadrada, but the berserker killed many of them with his great axe and sword. He held the bridge for a considerable amount of time and killed over 40 English soldiers single-handedly. The berserker, however, finally succumbed to the English when a soldier rowed to the bottom of the bridge, and stabbed the Viking in the groin, mortally wounding him."
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It's so strange how these seemingly powerful people are easily hurt. Miyomayo mushashi was knocked out after a peasant threw a rock at him
 
Fat4all

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why did he put the sword in the sheath just to take it back out
 
Mortemis

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I love KD but it's gotta be Steph Curry.

Well, Wilt too thinking about it.
 
Laughing Banana

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Depends on what you think as a "warrior".

Like, how about generals who have never lost a single time during time of great warfare? Like Li Mu from the warring period between kingdoms in China. I don't think even Musashi can compare to people like him in terms of accomplishments.
 
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Laughing Banana said:
Depends on what you think as a "warrior".

Like, how about generals who have never lost a single time during time of great warfare? Like Li Mu from the warring period between kingdoms in China. I don't think even Musashi can compare to people like him in terms of accomplishments.
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Yea because when I think of warrior I'm thinking of man to man fights either bare hand or with swords and knives

Guns are like cheat codes anyone can kill someone with a gun
 
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Deepthought_ said:
Yea because when I think of warrior I'm thinking of man to man fights either bare hand or with swords and knives

Guns are like cheat codes anyone can kill someone with a gun
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Lol what do you mean by guns.

The people during the warring state period don't use guns, lol. The guy I mentioned? He was undefeated in so many helpless battles concerning hundreds of thousands of soldiers, so much so that a superstate needs to use backhanded methods to eliminate him from the equation since they can't get rid of him through battles, even though by all means he is no position to actually win those battles.
 
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Laughing Banana said:
Lol what do you mean by guns.

The people during the warring state period don't use guns, lol. The guy I mentioned? He was undefeated in so many helpless battles concerning hundreds of thousands of soldiers, so much so that a superstate needs to use backhanded methods to eliminate him from the equation since they can't get rid of him through battles, even though by all means he is no position to actually win those battles.
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The gun part was just me responding to when you said depends on what warrior means to different people

I do think the guy you mentioned was a good strategist and tactician taking nothing away from him
 
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Spenny

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Alexander the Great. They say there wasn't a weapon in the world he wasn't injured with. Dude fought on the frontline and his army decimated everything they came in contact with.
 
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Rhomega said:
Audie Murphy, the guy who got the Medal of Honor. Along with every single other medal, and two foreign ones.
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Yeah, he has my vote.

He received every military combat award for valor available from the U.S. Army, as well as French and Belgian awards for heroism. Murphy received the Medal of Honor for valor that he demonstrated at the age of 19 for single-handedly holding off an entire company of German soldiers for an hour at the Colmar Pocket in France in January 1945, then leading a successful counterattack while wounded and out of ammunition.
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Deepthought_

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Spenny said:
Anyone with any weapon can kill someone easily. That's what weapons were made for.
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A 5 yr with no effort at all could kill a trained UFC fighter with a gun by the hair of a trigger

A 5yr old with a knife or sword would be hard press to do the same

To get out gunned by someone takes skill but I wouldn't be afraid to fight the guy. Take his gun away and hes not a threat like a trained fighter or even a guy with a sword or knife
 
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subpar spatula said:
It's so strange how these seemingly powerful people are easily hurt. Miyomayo mushashi was knocked out after a peasant threw a rock at him
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I think getting stabbed in the groin would take out pretty much anyone.

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Snipers are cowards tho
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Well he racked up a couple hundred kills with a submachine gun too. (Sources seem to disagree as to whether that's part of or in addition to the figure of 500, but I've more frequently heard the latter.)
 
Muad'dib

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Imam Ali for me, fearless warrior, brilliant tactician, statesman, poet and leader. He is one of our most cited examples.

Another one would be Sultan Beibars, tho Saladin is more famous, I would choose Beibars, he rose from the rank of slave, a Mamluk, to be the Sultan. He was the first to deliver a decisive blow against an invading Mongol horde and stopping an entire Mongol invasion as he personally lead the battle of Ain Jalut, retaking the whole Levant region afterwards.

Stopping an entire Mongol horde invasion is one hell of an achievement, when most other Sultans simply bowed to the Khan and submitted to him.
 
Teggy

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Given that the Once Upon a Time in China movies are historically accurate, have to go with Wong Fei Hong.

 
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If we're talking commanders, it's without a doubt Subutai of the Mongol Empire.

"He directed more than twenty campaigns in which he conquered thirty-two nations and won sixty-five pitched battles, during which he conquered or overran more territory than any other commander in history.[1] He gained victory by means of imaginative and sophisticated strategies and routinely coordinated movements of armies that were hundreds of kilometers away from each other. He is also remembered for devising the campaign that destroyed the armies of Hungary and Poland within two days of each other, by forces over five hundred kilometers apart. By any metric, he is one of the most successful commanders in history."
 
Thornton Reed

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A juiced up Jon Jones is easily the most dangerous man that has ever lived

Edit: just for clarity I'm not joking. The evolution of MMA has proven what the optimal way of fighting is in hand to hand combat. Jon Jones happens to be the best that's ever done it, even thought he's a fucking cheat. No historical legend could ever beat him.
 
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ninjabot said:
Dunno if I'd call him a warrior but Masatatsu Oyama, creator of Kyokushi Karate (and the guy Takuma and Ryo Sakazaki's Kyokugen Karate style is based on) was renowned for defeating bulls with his bare hands and winning the 100-man kumite 3 times in 3 days. It was a tournament of 2-minute long rounds where the winner goes on to fight the next opponent... and then the next, and next... until they reach 100.
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Yeah i've seen a video of him fighting a bull. Poor bull... and such a fake dumb vid.
So i don't believe any of this. 100 x 2 minute fights? Nonsense.
 
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