The leopard is paired with the eagle but where the eagle has a great defence the leopard barely bothers with defence at all.. Among African big game hunters the leopard is considered to be the most dangerous animal (despite the fact that the hippo kills more people). This is due to the fact that unlike a lion when faced by a group of men the leopard won’t fix its attention on one man and maul only him but will leap from one man to the next killing or severely mauling each in rapid succession. It is also said that the leopard is the only animal, apart from man, that will kill for fun.

The leopard style is one of the most useful when faced with multiple attackers due to it's sheer ferocity and speed. It rapidly moves from one man to the next delivering rapid fire strikes and kicks, often not bothering to block but directly hitting the incoming attacks with the famed leopard paw strikes. It is the most ferocious of the animal styles and so is useful in bringing out the ‘killer instinct’ in usually passive people.

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