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06-04-2010, 08:35 PM
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Dojo: Aikido Kenkyukai International
Location: Ambler, Pennsylvania
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YouTube: Bear Jo Kata
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06-04-2010, 08:44 PM
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Location: Indiana
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Re: Bear Jo Kata
Very cute find! Reminds me in parts of the color guard's rifle work way back in marching band.
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06-04-2010, 09:21 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
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Re: Bear Jo Kata
kinky
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06-05-2010, 12:42 PM
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Dojo: Kenshinkan Dojo (Aikido of North County) Vista, CA
Location: Oceanside, California
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Re: YouTube: Bear Jo Kata
Give the bear a shave and a high 'n tight haircut and he could serve on the Silent Drill Team. Oooorah!
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Michael
"Leave the gun. Bring the cannoli."
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06-05-2010, 01:50 PM
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Dojo: Aikido World Alliance
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Join Date: May 2010
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Re: YouTube: Bear Jo Kata
Wow! As if bears weren't dangerous enough..... Now I gotta deal with a jo swinging master bear?
Is this one of us in another life?
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06-07-2010, 07:20 PM
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Dojo: Aikido of Midland
Location: Midland Texas
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Re: YouTube: Bear Jo Kata
That looks too fake for me. The flip and catch part......I don't know. I just can't see a bear doing the fancy spins then flipping it and catching it.
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06-07-2010, 09:29 PM
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Dojo: Aikido by the Bay
Location: Corpus Christi, Texas
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Re: YouTube: Bear Jo Kata
Believe it or not...it's supposed to be real.
I was skeptical too, but CNN checked into the story and even called keepers at the Japanese zoo who confirmed that the footage was authentic.
Here's a link to the CNN story.
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/spo...iref=allsearch
I guess nature just surprises us occasionally.
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06-08-2010, 02:26 AM
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Dojo: Do-Gen-Do/Holon
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Re: YouTube: Bear Jo Kata
Quote:
Richard Rupp wrote:
I guess nature just surprises us occasionally.
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On an article from the Telegraph they interviewed an animal expert regarding the behavior of this bear.
The expert claims that this phenomena is not natural, in the sense that it's beyond animal usage of complex tools.
This seems to me a kind of relief: despite what is seen in this video, it is still unlikely to meet a jo wielding bear while hiking (or on the street)
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06-08-2010, 05:10 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
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Re: YouTube: Bear Jo Kata
The bear is showing how easy and natural jo kata is.
One could save some money and time in their training by buying a ticket to the zoo and attending class with Sensei Bear.
David
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Go ahead, tread on me.
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06-08-2010, 10:46 AM
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Location: San Diego CA USA
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Re: YouTube: Bear Jo Kata
It would never work in a fight. Come to my dojo and have a lesson, bear!
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06-08-2010, 12:22 PM
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Dojo: Searching for a new home
Location: Delaware (<3 still in Oregon!)
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Re: YouTube: Bear Jo Kata
How adorable! It does look like rifle work I used to do in winter guard.
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06-12-2010, 08:09 AM
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Dojo: Baltimore Aikido
Location: Baltimore, MD
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Re: YouTube: Bear Jo Kata
Yep, universe, I get it. My jo technique is rubbish. I'm working on it.
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06-13-2010, 05:07 PM
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Dojo: Aiki Kurabu
Location: Elizabethtown, PA
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Re: YouTube: Bear Jo Kata
OK - so who put Saito Sensei in the bear suite ?
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06-14-2010, 05:31 AM
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Dojo: Aiki Kurabu
Location: Elizabethtown, PA
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Re: YouTube: Bear Jo Kata
Quote:
Greg Steckel wrote:
OK - so who put Saito Sensei in the bear suite ?
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