Human being's bodies are not, I repeat NOT designed for combat. They just aren't.
Absolutely false, I could go into incredible detail about how the male human body is designed for combat. Should I? More specifically with wolves though, our muscular structure is ENTIRELY different and we are strong where they are pathetically weak, grappling and striking. If a male human pins any kind of dog, they are dead. Period. They do not have the muscular structure to even be able to get out of a grapple with a human
As I've stated, it's not that it's not possible to choke out a wolf. it's about getting to the position uninjured enough to do so. I don't know where y'all have gotten the idea that it's easy to knock a canine on it's side. Try doing it with even a small dog. Unless you just use brute force (which a wolf is going to make MORE than difficult for you to get position or leverage to exert) they splay their legs open and do an excellent job of staying upright. Yes though, I'll (and I think I HAVE) freely admit that sheer grappling with a canine the canine is going to lose.
and our skeletal structure is very long and lanky which makes it difficult to STAY balanced and reduces the power of any strikes we may attempt
Are you kidding me? Humans literally evolved around remaining balanced while exerting large amounts of (mostly throwing) force? This is just sheer ignorance
I could easily go into the simple fact that our center of gravity is tremendously high in relation to all but a few primates, but we're also the only one that operates nearly exclusively on just two limbs at almost all times. I've knocked human beings to the ground much easier than I've knocked (and yes I was just playing roughly with the dogs so this isn't quite the same, but it was still far easier with a person just sparring) large dogs to the ground. You might want to see to your own ignorance. Also, I'M not going to say anything but you may want to edit out that f bomb before an admin sees it. Just trying to help.
Wolves are MUCH stronger than all but the largest domestic canines. They have the instincts to attack vital areas that will most likely kill or incapacitate a prey item, and we have many...JUST in our limbs...not to mention our very exposed heads at the top of relatively long and poorly protected necks.
True, but a Wolf would never attack a human, or really any target larger than it without backup unless it was extremely desperate. Why? Because if they human decided to fight a single solid kick to the head could easily crush its trachea, break its jaw, or severely concuss it. Sure it may be able to bring the human down sure, but it will likely only go smoothly if the human is retarded and manages to panic.
A wolf will typically do one of two things when attacking a target, they will leap for the neck which an adult male human can simply hold their ground and push them off seeing as all but the most massive examples of wolves, almost always timber wolves, do not have a weight comparable to a large male human. Russian Wolves like mentioned in the OP average at about 80 pounds, 100 for large males. They could also go for the tendon to bring us down, which again is a poor option without some kind of distraction because humans are fully capable of seriously injuring a wolf with a solid soccer kick to the head.
Furthermore you underestimate humans, getting a bite to a leg or nondominant arm will not prove fatal or even overly crippling.
You really need to watch more video of wolves hunting prey and fighting each other. When a wolf gets ahold of a prey item's leg, or a part of another wolf they're fighting they don't just "bite" they yank, they shake their heads, and if they have a good enough hold they shake their whole bodies. The effort here is to try to injure the prey animal (in a variety of ways) by getting OFF whatever they have in their mouths, or get at a vital area of an opponent, wolves just have much thicker fur and tougher skin than humans (okay, except for their much better protected bellies). I don't underestimate humans at all, humans are the most dangerous animal on the planet and for good reason. That's because of our brains and we can maximize whatever advantages we DO have. Being built for combat simply isn't one of them. I'll go into it again briefly. Very exposed breathing/circulatory: neck, thinner skin, muscle, and less dance bone; high center of gravity; large relatively easy to get at brain case; I will say our joints are pretty damn solid for the most part though compared to canines, that's for sure.
Try succeeding at getting a solid kick in on a wolf that's quicker than you and not wanting to get hit, it COULD happen but not likely. Also, it doesn't matter for this scenario that a wolf would be unlikely to attack a human. In this scenario we're saying it does.
Getting AT a wolves neck is a LOT more difficult than you make it sound, even WITH keeping your head and a combat mind set. First the i
dea of pinning a wolf down unless you're a LARGE and very fit man isn't realistic. They're difficult to topple, they twist and right themselves without much difficulty, and their MOUTHS can swivel into almost any position on their body except right at the neck and straight up. The wolf KNOWS it's neck is a vulnerable area and will do EVERYTHING it can to try to prevent you from getting there. By the time you get to the neck, the odds are you will be mauled, tired, and your adrenaline boost will be starting to wear off.
Right getting at Wolves is hard. But humans are also a thousand times smarter than any wolf. Whats taught in wolf/dog defence classes is to sacrifice your nondominant arm to be able to trick the wolf into biting it, then you use your superior weight to shove it down (the muscles of a wolf cannot defend against this if being forced over backwards) and pin it, shoving your hand down its throat so it cannot breath, and pummelling it. Humans have killed much scarier than Wolves this way. Including Jaguars which would quite literally eat a wolf given the chance. And honestly you need not even get at its neck, a half dozen solid blows to the head from a fist of a reasonably strong human would very badly injure an animal of that size.
Yes, but again we're talking about Average Joe, not Joe who's been to dog handler school. The vast majority of people are going to try to lead and defend with their primary limb. I keep hearing this "humans kill jaguars bare handed" thing. Someone please provide me some kind of evidence of this that's not anecdotal please or please stop using it.
This thing will TEAR into you. Again, we're talking about the average human. Not a fighter, not a body builder, but average Joe. Even if he keeps the right mind set (which is a BIG if) the odds of a limb being latched onto and savaged is EXTREME...if it's an arm you can kiss choking the wolf out goodbye. No way is a human choking out a wolf with one arm.
Except Wolves don't "tear into" what they fight. They are methodical and will look for an opening to go in, just like humans will. Unless they are desperate or think they can take down something larger than them without backup, which usually only younger and inexperienced ones will try. And you are EXACTLY supposed to bait it into grabbing onto a limb because thats your highest chance of being able to push it down and beat on it, the only environment where you can wail on it because grappling is where humans excel and Wolves are pathetically weak at. Again, extreme ignorance here
Again, watch video of wolves latching on to prey and especially fighting each other. Yes they go for vital areas but they do so violent, savagely, and with great quickness when they're fighting. Just watch two wolves seriously go at it.
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