Deadliest Warrior - Plug

This I'm doing lots of plugging lately I might as well plug a show for men on SPIKE called the Deadliest Warrior. The show compares the weapons of two different warriors and uses science to analyze the effectiveness of each weapon. Fighting styles are discussed but mainly the show exhibits how weapons were used and the type of damage that could be done with them.

The show has three hosts each with a different background. One is a doctor, the second is an engineer with a martial arts & medical background, the third is an software techie type guy. They put weapons of each fighting stype through tests to determine how much damage will a weapon inflict, is it effective against human tissue or armor, and is it lethal?

Tests are filed where gear is hooked up weapons or weapons handler's and track everything from how much force a weapon strikes a target with to how fast it was traveling when it impacts a target. The cool thing is they have the weapons practitioner's with useable weapons striking targets that mimic human targets. They will pull out pig & cow carcasses as well as human skeletons coated with gel & goo. It is interesting how similar fighting styles are always paired against each other. One show they will compare a pirate against a knight and the next show will have Spetzna against an IRA member.

Check out their website - www.spike.com/show/31082

Check out a full episode online - www.spike.com/full-episode/viking-vs-samurai/31558