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Samurai with sword vs grizzly bear (1 Viewer)

Who would win?

  • Samurai

    Votes: 101 64.3%

  • Grizzly Bear

    Votes: 45 28.7%

  • Both Dead

    Votes: 11 7.0%
  • Total voters
    157
With a sword, I don't think a Samurai has a chance. They wouldn't be able to do enough damage fast enough because of the size of the Grizzly. But a Samurai probably wouldn't use a sword again a bear, they'd use one of the various Japanese pole-arms like a Naginata that would be much more effective at keeping the bear at range.

I still think the best case scenario is a mutual killing if the bear is angry enough though.

 
Arsenal of Doom said:
With a sword, I don't think a Samurai has a chance. They wouldn't be able to do enough damage fast enough because of the size of the Grizzly. But a Samurai probably wouldn't use a sword again a bear, they'd use one of the various Japanese pole-arms like a Naginata that would be much more effective at keeping the bear at range.

I still think the best case scenario is a mutual killing if the bear is angry enough though.
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Very well thought out response but that pole thingy gets snapped like a twig with one swipe of the bear paw and if it had a steel shaft then it would be too heavy.

 
Sweet J said:
As much as I hate to say it, I think I have to go bear here.

Or better put: If you have 100 samurai in 100 matches against a 100 bears, I'd bet 85 times the bear wins, 15 times the samaria wins. Total guess.
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Really? You're just guessing? Are you trying to convince me that there's no way this battle has taken place 100 times over the course of history and we can't base this on actual evidence?

 
The majority really think the samurai would win? The bear would annihilate the poor guy.

And samurai /= ninja. You people watch way too many movie.

 
People talking like the samurai can't evade the bear. Is the samurai standing in cement blocks or something? Cuz that's not fair.

 
Rick James said:
People talking like the samurai can't evade the bear. Is the samurai standing in cement blocks or something? Cuz that's not fair.
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Imagine that the samerai was hovering over the bear in a controllable jet pack, he could wait & swoop down with his sword while the dumb bear is on his tippy-toes, angered & confused by the flying ********.

 
again, really thinking people are going off what they think a grizzly bear is.

incredibly agile considering their size, and fast as ####.

the only shot u have of evading a bear is running downhill... they'll likely topple over. but its gotta be pretty steep

 
Soulfly3 said:
again, really thinking people are going off what they think a grizzly bear is.

incredibly agile considering their size, and fast as ####.

the only shot u have of evading a bear is running downhill... they'll likely topple over. but its gotta be pretty steep
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I'm with you but you're describing a bear that is hellbent on killing the samurai. One swipe and the bear loses an entire arm, how do we know it doesn't recoil after that?

 
STEADYMOBBIN 22 said:
Soulfly3 said:
again, really thinking people are going off what they think a grizzly bear is.

incredibly agile considering their size, and fast as ####.

the only shot u have of evading a bear is running downhill... they'll likely topple over. but its gotta be pretty steep
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I'm with you but you're describing a bear that is hellbent on killing the samurai. One swipe and the bear loses an entire arm, how do we know it doesn't recoil after that?
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Can a katana lop off a bear arm? That's a lot of fur, meat and very dense bones.
 
Gator Shawn said:
You guys give bears way too much credit.

Also, Katanas are brutal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=RyO46RQhYkQ#t=38
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This :goodposting:

The key is the statement in the OP that this is in an open field as well. Get the meanest, rabid bear you can find, it'll still draw back when getting sliced across the face by a sword. The samurai would be able to avoid the bull rushes, cutting the bear when it gets close. Tire it down enough, then go in for the kill. Different story if you are talking about somewhere the samurai couldn't dodge the rushes, but in an open field. Samurai, 99% of the time (the 1% are for the unfortunate times the samurai misses a dodge or trips, etc).

 
Wow, look at those dudes chop that meat from within 1-2ft

Call me when a grizzly gives you a free pass at attempting that

 
What kind of lateral movement do grizzlies have? Is the grizzly enraged and knows that he is in a death battle?

I'd go for the limbs to slow the bear down and finish him after he is immobilizied.

 
Nugget said:
What kind of lateral movement do grizzlies have? Is the grizzly enraged and knows that he is in a death battle?

I'd go for the limbs to slow the bear down and finish him after he is immobilizied.
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IMO there is no dodging. He gets one swipe - the bear goes berserk or runs, that's it.

 
Nugget said:
What kind of lateral movement do grizzlies have? Is the grizzly enraged and knows that he is in a death battle?

I'd go for the limbs to slow the bear down and finish him after he is immobilizied.
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The only explanation is that 77 of you morons are going by the assumption that the samurai comes upon a tranquilized, sleeping bear. That, or you're picturing Yogi going after a picnic basket.
 
Soulfly3 said:
Wow, look at those dudes chop that meat from within 1-2ft

Call me when a grizzly gives you a free pass at attempting that
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Those are also a bunch of dorky out of shape white dudes. We also don't know how that sword compares to the sword our samurai would have.

That video provides me enough evidence to think a samurai could take the bear paw off in one slice, or at least render the entire limb useless.

I think I'm going samurai.

 
Went with both dead. Assuming the bear is ticked off enough to attack....would say the samurai gets several big cuts in before the bear takes his head off. Bear bleeds to death a few minutes later. Samurai's only chance would be a deep cut to the throat...get a carotid. Samurai likely still takes a huge swipe and is seriously injured.

 
Soulfly3 said:
Wow, look at those dudes chop that meat from within 1-2ft

Call me when a grizzly gives you a free pass at attempting that
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Pig bone density is roughly equal to humans. A bear's is about 10x. Plus the bear is not going to stand there while the guy sizes him up and hacks at him. Unless someone gives me a video showing a guy with a katana slicing off a bear paw, I'm not buying it.

 
I keep wondering how that video got out.

Either the guy filming it, or the kid filmed it himself and showed it to someone. Either way, he probably showed it to someone in good faith, hoping they would be impressed by his swordsmanship.

That person immediately threw it on youtube titled "Fat Kid Thinks He's a Samurai"

 
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WhatDoIKnow said:
I'm not sure a paw just gets sliced off. Considering it's moving and probably swiping your head off.
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Good point. With the paw moving towards the blade, wouldn't that increase the amount of force upon impact? Increasing the likelihood of a grave wound or complete paw removal?

Still going samurai.

Plus, these bears are probably like all bullies. They aren't used to being stood up to or taking severe lacerations in battle. One good slice and that ##### runs away looking for an easier target.

 
I wouldnt get within a country mile of a grizzly unless I was packing .375 or .416 calibre expansion bullets

you go ahead with your big butter knife - that #### wont do a damn thing when a pissed off bear is charging you.

a male wild grizzly is the size of a damned car. again, Im certain 99% of you have never seen a grizzly in the wild or the samurai vote would have zero votes.

another thing - a samurai would get his ### handed to him by a mating bull moose, which is every bit as dangerous, if not more dangerous than a grizzly. when that moose is after the strange, it goes absolute beast mdoe

 
:lmao:

Bear easy. Samurai swords break way too easily. The only way he's "hacking off a paw" is if by miracle the slice lands right between the forearm and wrist bones. Otherwise it's a guy in heavy armor and a splintered sword vs. a grizzly bear even angrier than before.

 
Maelstrom said:
Sarnoff said:
Gator Shawn said:
You guys give bears way too much credit.

Also, Katanas are brutal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=RyO46RQhYkQ#t=38
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Katana vs. a bundle of twigs. Oops.
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Probably a POS mass-produced sword, I would assume a "samurai" would be using a good sword that isn't going to break like that.
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http://www.cracked.com/article_20634_6-things-movies-get-wrong-about-swords-an-inside-look.html

 
I think a samurai's arm plus the length of the sword would out-distance the bear's paw. One cut would spill the bear's guts or split it's skull.

 
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