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Morgan, it sounds as if you've got it all figured out. Don't you think the knight was smart?? Sure, who would live if he was attacked by a ninja from behind? I wouldn't, and I don't think you would either. Not even a mighty samurai. Poison? Sure, that would work to. But not in hand to hand combat. Poisoning and assassination was what the ninja did. Not hand-to-hand combat.
I don't think the ninja was even very skilled at fighting in hand-to-hand combat.
The samurai? Circle and circle around him? A knight would surely have legs and feet to stand on and thus also MOVE or ROTATE. Yes, the samurai was master of his blade. But the knight was as well. Not all knights, but we are talking highly trained elite knights here, since a samurai was the japanese "elite knight". So, to hit " the spots that weren't so armoured" you do need the opportunity to strike, the skill to strike at precisely the right spot and the knight would have to fail his parry. As you may see, it would be quite hard.
As I said in a previous post: It's not the sword that determines the outcome. It is the fighter behind it. Even if you would call a broadsword factorymade, I for sure wouldn't want to be struck by it.
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