Talk:Sun Wukong/@comment-26838620-20150923035756/@comment-4010415-20150928154140

I like to imagine the reason they ran away was because it was a much bigger Ursa than they were used to.

Remember: "That's a big Ursa!"

There's also the fact that they were out in the field with no teacher in sight, which meant they were in actual danger. They're only first-years, and this is their first year dealing with actual Grimm. In The Shining Beacon, Weiss said "Aren't you a little young to be attending Beacon? This isn't your ordinary combat school. It's not just sparring and practice, you know! We're here to fight monsters" It's entirely possible that Signal-level academies are mainly sparring and practice, getting the students used to fighting and helping them develop their own fighting styles.

Meanwhile, when CRDL fought Pyrrha, it was in a tournament style duel. There was a teacher nearby keeping an eye on things. If their Aura got too low and they were actually in danger, she would stop the match. There's no risk.