Karate Versus Bear

[Wing Woo Gar]

The only thing impressive about this was the fact that it was two bears. If it's a black bear, people fight those off all the time. That's actually what you're supposed to do, as you cannot outrun a bear and are increasing the likelihood of your own death by turning your back to it. If the bear sees you as a meal, fighting back will make you not worth the effort. But if it's a female bear with a cub that sees you as a threat to it, no amount of fighting will save you.

If it's a grizzly or polar bear, you're just done for.

Attributing this to his martial arts training is a bit of a reach. In martial arts training, you're specifically trained on the strengths and vulnerabilities of the human body. Against a wild animal, all that goes out the window.

Let me add to this. Brown bears usually don’t eat people, if attacked it’s usually best to play dead with a brown bear. Black bears west of the Rockies are generally harmless and almost always will immediately flee( I run into them often where I live.) Black bears east of the Rockies that approach people are far more dangerous and should always be met with full aggression, and should always be considered a threat. Be big and loud, carry bear spray, don’t run, don’t get between bears, don’t get between bears and their means of escape. If it’s a Polar bear, you made bad choices of neighborhood to visit.

 

[Wing Woo Gar]

You’ll have a fighting chance then!

What does the stance look like?

 

[gyoja]

Let me add to this. Brown bears usually don’t eat people, if attacked it’s usually best to play dead with a brown bear. Black bears west of the Rockies are generally harmless and almost always will immediately flee( I run into them often where I live.) Black bears east of the Rockies that approach people are far more dangerous and should always be met with full aggression, and should always be considered a threat. Be big and loud, carry bear spray, don’t run, don’t get between bears, don’t get between bears and their means of escape. If it’s a Polar bear, you made bad choices of neighborhood to visit.

We had an airborne operation cancelled once due to polar bears on the DZ! 😂

 

[Wing Woo Gar]

We had an airborne operation cancelled once due to polar bears on the DZ! 😂

Yeah that’s real scary wildlife. You are on the menu, it’s the only purely carnivorous bear.

 

[gyoja]

Yeah that’s real scary wildlife. You are on the menu, it’s the only purely carnivorous bear.

I always wondered what they taste like. Black bear is great!

 

[Hot Lunch]

I always wondered what they taste like. Black bear is great!

You probably don't want to find out. Full of parasites and toxic levels of iron.

 

[gyoja]

You probably don't want to find out. Full of parasites and toxic levels of iron.

That could be bad. Then again, I’m sure that I ate worse…

 

[Wing Woo Gar]

You probably don't want to find out. Full of parasites and toxic levels of iron.

He is Cajun, which means he is probably immune.

 

[Wing Woo Gar]

I always wondered what they taste like. Black bear is great!

I was never much a fan of bear meat. Gray squirrels harvested from a pecan tree are a pure delight from my childhood. I’m very particular about venison. I think duck, excluding the Peking variety, is nasty, and a chukar is the best tasting bird.

 

[gyoja]

I was never much a fan of bear meat. Gray squirrels harvested from a pecan tree are a pure delight from my childhood. I’m very particular about venison. I think duck, excluding the Peking variety, is nasty, and a chukar is the best tasting bird.

If you are ever down this way, I’ll make you some duck that I guarantee you will enjoy!

 

[isshinryuronin]

Not a bear, but maybe worse (this can apply to the one in stripes or the gi - both ferocious). My mentor and teacher for 20 years, Bob Ozman. Didn't know how to crop this so you also get a view of the old dojo and Johnny Atkinson, Sensei's first black belt. I was his second.

 

[Wing Woo Gar]

Not a bear, but maybe worse (this can apply to the one in stripes or the gi - both ferocious). My mentor and teacher for 20 years, Bob Ozman. Didn't know how to crop this so you also get a view of the old dojo and Johnny Atkinson, Sensei's first black belt. I was his second.

Far, far worse than a bear in my opinion. Tigers are king, a wildlife org of some kind tracks one in Siberia that hunts and eats brown bears. There were pictures of his kills…

 

[Buka]

 

[Buka]

 

[drop bear]

For random animal attacks. This one always impressed me.

 

[Dirty Dog]

This is my preferred method of defense against random 4-legged beasts.. Lars, the dog in this video, is 110 pounds. So probably still a puppy. My Border/Pyr is about 100. My Great Pyrenees are right at 150 and 200 pounds.

 

[dennis63]

Success against a bear will depend largely on what style the bear practices, of course.