Posted on 12/20/2006 4:36:42 PM PST by LibWhacker
Thanks.
Good article and good advice. Thanks to your dad for his service and teaching his little girl right.
Excellent.
Thanks. Just reading it made me feel more empowered.
I've led a very sheltered life, and I've never had a "fight" in my 65 years. But I hope and pray that, if need be, I'd have the courage to do exactly as your dad so wisely taught you.
My dad then would show me a little boxing every few weeks. He also installed a heavy bag in the garage.
I never lost a fight with anyone, not that I fought very much, only when I had to. As a 15 year old, I broke one bully's arm by blocking a roundhouse punch right on his arm from which a cast had been recently removed. He was twice my size. And I can assure you my teen years were peaceful. No one messed with me, and I never had to fight a bully again, and have faced down many, without fighting, as a matter of periodic professional employment where that sort of thing may be needed.
My family is of Irish stock. My Uncles all had really fast hands, and encouraged me.
I passed it on to my son.And he too lived a peaceful teen life after marking his personal bully. I think it is a right of passage.
Thanks Dad!
My Mom and Dad taught me the same things with one additional item that worked pretty well.
I was always the smallest in my class and as a result got beat up by this one bully who was much bigger. He did it every chance he got - even though I fought hard I still lost.
Mom told me to wait till he's walking the other way in the school hall between classes, call his name, when he looks sucker punch him and keep walking. She said to do it every time he picked on me.
I did - the first time the punch knocked him on his butt and he never knew who hit him (but his bully buddies did!). It took me doing that about 5 or 6 times till someone told him who it was, and he quit picking on me. The guy never new when to expect the get suckered - HE lived in fear for a while! After he found out he looked for me in the hall and made sure he was as far away as possible! All on school grounds and neither of us got in trouble for it.
It was great! Like the writer above said - no need to be fair.
In US public schools, a child can be suspended or expelled for fighting back bullies...
Oops sorry, I neglected to include the name of the author (it's not me)! The real author goes by the pseudonym 'V.' That's all I know about her.
Hit 'em with so many lefts, they will be begging for a right.
"3. Talk Some Sh!t
Nothing will rattle your opponent faster than you screaming a steady stream of s*** at him while you’re engaged in combat. The crazier you sound the better. If you can’t think of anything tough to yell, yell nonsense like, “I’m going to eat your eyes!” If you can’t think of any nonsense to yell, just plain scream. The second your opponent suspects that you’re a freaking lunatic he’s going to get scared. Fear causes people to make mistakes."
That is a yankee thing, in the south we go quiet, and proceed to fight to the death.
As every proper lady should.
And Iraq Study Groups.
Your opponent is trying to hurt you, so don’t let some silly moral argument prevent you from kicking the little b****rd in the nuts.
Now, James Baker and Colin Powell would NEVER approve of that. Its all your fault the bullies are angry at you. You must dialogue with the bullies if you want a "comprehensive solution" to their bullying. :-)
Right. Lets all take a lesson from the LOSERS of that war. ;-)
When I was about 8 years old I was picked on by a much bigger, larger kid. I fought back but still had trouble with him.
One day I saw his younger brother who was my size and my age. I shoved him against a chain link fence and requested that he tell their parents that every time his brother jumped me I would track him down and stomp a mud puddle in HIS a**.
His brother never bothered me again.
Not only in public schools. Our son went to a private school (of a certain religion) for several years - the principal and teachers would end up blaming the victim and chastise him/her for "tattling". If the victim defended himself/herself, they received the same punishment as the bully. (And we paid tuition for this!!!) We told our son, the heck with it - go ahead and defend yourself well - you'll get in trouble for it anyway, beat the murtha outta that kid and at least make the punishment worth it. Not a single one of those bullies signed up to serve in Iraq. Go figure.
They talked some s**t for a while, but finally left. As a group, they could be sure they could take me. As individuals, they could be certain that I would kill the first one to come within reach of me.
Nobody wanted to be first.
If want to learn how to fight, start with watching the UFC ("Ultimate Fighting Championship") programs. That will show you what actually works in a fight, as opposed to what works in theory. Then practice what works.
LOL, great story and outcome.....you had a great mom...
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