Bear Kung Fu | Rare Martial Art - Imperial Combat Arts

IMPERIAL BEAR KUNG FU
熊式功夫

Bear Kung Fu is a combat level martial art taught at Imperial Combat Arts school in Denver Colorado. Bear Style Kung Fu is a relatively small but devastating sub-style of Imperial Tiger Kung Fu. Bear applies the powerful strength development of Tiger Kung Fu, and its toughened grips and strikes to low realm/ground-fighting, grappling, take-downs, holds, strikes, and bone crushing Chin Na.

Bear Kung Fu is an absolute power style usually mastered as a part of Tiger and trained by our largest, strongest warriors; like one of our modern Tiger Masters, a 6'7" 240 lb powerhouse and professional athlete.

TRAINING BEAR KUNG FU

To Master Bear Kung Fu one must develop the highest levels of hand toughening, strength training, and body conditioning. Bear Kung Fu specializes in powerful strikes, grips, and chin na vs standing opponents and has specialized attacks from standing to strike at opponents on the ground. Bear fights with unyielding power and aggression behind it's relentless attacks. The sheer intensity of a Bear Masters growling, intimidation, and ceaseless powerful strikes which can easily bring a man down, covering up on the ground. For this reason, and that the circular strikes of Bear Kung Fu tend to turn opponents when they're hit, Bear Kung Fu also trains how to strike the back of the body and grapple from above, or behind its opponents.

BEAR TOUGHENING

Bear Kung Fu uses the same master level toughening already developed in its parent style of Tiger, and fights with full force fingertip strikes, clawing hits with toughened nails, and grips powerful enough to bring a man to his knees, or tear out a throat. Masters at Imperial Combat Arts demonstrate the highest levels of hand toughening to meet the demands of true combat, far from wrapping the hands and wearing boxing gloves for sport. Unlike a technique, bone and joint toughening takes years to master, there is no rushing it. If done improperly the hands or legs can be permanently damaged. Enter Page> Hand Toughening

BEAR STYLE CHIN NA & GRAPPLING

Bear Kung Fu uses its style of Chin Na primarily to break bones, destroy joints, attack the neck or spine, open opponents up for strikes, and gain access to the throat. Bear Masters train to use their crushing size and weight to drop on opponents, crush them, and pin them in painful ways. They may hop up and drop repeatedly to crush opponents, or to put full weight behind their strikes. Bear Kung Fu Masters train to use their great physical strength to fold, and force opponents into grappling positions, or to drag, flip, or throw them into other opponents, walls, or obstacles. This strength to easily lift, move, and throw smaller opponents gives Bear an advantage in tactical positioning versus multiple opponents.

BEAR STRENGTH TRAINING

Bear Kung Fu has unique methods of strength training that tie directly to their style of combat and give them the strength and knowledge to fight with this rare style. This strength can crush a mans ribs and lungs with the arms alone, tear out a throat, or strike hard enough to the head to kill in one strike. Bear Kung Fu also has strength training specific to countering and negating normal grappling by strength alone. An example of one of these exercises: Bear practitioners will climb at the school with 2-3 students on their back, (avg 300 lbs) fueled by meditation, sheer will, and an aggressive growling that can be heard a block away. This strength transfers to Bears arm, back, and grip strength, and their ability to drag and throw opponents.

HISTORY OF BEAR STYLE KUNG FU

Imperial Bear Military Rank Patch
1391C.E. - 1911C.E.

Imperial Bear Kung Fu is a military martial art and was the rank insignia of a 5th Class officer in China for over 500 years. The Bear is still the rank insignia worn by our Expert Instructor ranks titled Ch'ing Sifu.

Bear Kung Fu has been taught in our U.S. schools since the early 1960's and was incorporated into the Imperial Eight Animal System during the reign of the Ch'ing Dynasty 1644 C.E. to 1912 C.E. as a Tiger Sub-style.