You can also cancel into it after b.HP
really they only good reasons one would go into HBS would be:
1.Break’n as an anti air or to power through attacks
2. Big Tree as an anti air
3. the low launcher
4. To troll the opponent by KOing them with that badass grab.
the only thing i don’t like about his stance, is the fact that you can’t cancel the dash. id love to run with kuma and then do break’n or charge. (damn game producers~) other than that i find it quite useful to diversify even further kuma’s gameplay
If you jump cancel, you can do any special move out of HBS