Coward? I don't think so, Freezing is something you can unlearn it is a reaction like any. A coward is someone who refuse to fight out of absolute selfish reasons. I would bet if you had the chance to save a child's life you would. But thinking you are a coward might make you do something stupid to prove to your self you aren't. Fear never leaves it changes especially if you start to think of altercations in a more strategic manner than emotional. In your group fight it was a shock, and no one was hitting you. I at one point though I was a coward, so I started to hang around street fighters. I also became a bouncer and body guard to learn and to find out if I was. What you discover is Fighting sucks and there are some relay bad guys out there that would loose an eye or go to jail to win a fight. Fear is a warning like spider man as spidy sense, it lets you rev up. My advise be careful, I personally know of several men who are permanently injured from a friendly street fight. I also know of a bouncer in jail for killing someone, he hit the guy and the guy fell on a curb. I luckily survived my first bouncing fight, I was squared off with two guys at the end of a simple escort out of a club. After a few hits and a little dancing in a parking lot. The police came, when they searched the two guys one had a knife (out of the sheath) in his pocket, the other a screw driver. They later admitted to me they were trying to get close enough to stick me. I never took any fight lightly after that.

Any one who thinks fighting at the drop of the hat is OK is a Jack A**. By the way after your friend who threw the bear gets out of the hospital, get him alone and beat his A** and put him back in he needs it.