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  1. 09-19-2003, 01:09 AM #1
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    Kung Fu Lion Historic Darwin Award Nominee

    "(Late 1989s, Australia) A rather impressionable student of kung fu listened with rapt attention when his instructor dramatically informed the class, "Now that you have reached this level in your training, you can kill wild animals with your bare hands!"

    The martial arts trainee took the statement as gospel, and headed to the Melbourne zoo to test his mettle with the wildest animal of all: the lion. In the dead of night, he slipped into the zoo, leapt into the lion enclosure, and engaged a suitable king of the jungle in combat.

    He would probably have lost a one-on-one fight, but he never got to try. His naive fight plan didn't account for the enthusiasm of the lion's pride for a tender intruder; nor did it give sufficient weight to the possibility that his instructor didn't know what the hell he was talking about.

    Zoo employees found his remains -- two arms and hands -- the following morning, with shreds of red fur grasped tightly in his fingers."

    Any idea's what kung fu school this is?
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    I recall this incident being in the newspapers (probably around 1989-ish). However I recall that it was in Sydney, not Melbourne, and that he was a karate student (at least his remains were found wearing a karate black belt) So maybe he was the instructor not the student?

    ps they found more than just 2 arms and hands (remember these were well fed zoo lions and had no cause to eat him in such a hurry).

    Anyway... the point is; any human who thinks he or she has a snowball's chance in hell (unarmed) against an adult lion, is a moron.
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  3. 09-19-2003, 07:28 AM #3
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    Nah, it was definitely in Melbourne. I remember it well.
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    He should've unleashed the tiger on those lions! Or something.
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    The poor guy !...He would have done better if he had learned "Mata Leo"
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    Lion Man

    Wrong again, the guy WAS in Melbourne, and he was a Wing Chun man....I believe from the William Cheung school if I'm not mistaken.


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    No, I think it went more like... crap, bak sao doesn't work on a lion... **** now I wish I had taken that sniper class...

    Didn't we have a thread on this not too long ago..

    I'm not complaining, just think it is funny it keeps coming up 14 years later.
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  10. 09-19-2003, 10:42 AM #10
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    ... he challenged a lion...

    way too much tv
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    Once again proving grappling beats striking.
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    Should've put em in the lion tamer.
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    silly idjits. don't you know that grappling doesn't work against multiple predators? put one lion in a rear naked, and you'll have another one chomping your feet.

    the solution is obvious -- shoulda gone with mooney and his chi blasts.
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    Or the moo duk kwan guys so he could have flown away.
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