Posted on 08/25/2009 7:56:39 AM PDT by canuck_conservative
WINNIPEG -- Martial arts instructors are condemning a Winnipeg mother's decision to enrol her bullied son in kick-boxing classes and give him permission to retaliate against his tormentors.
The mother, who asked not to be named, gave her son the green light to "kick the snot out of " his alleged tormentor when school starts next month.....
The mother said a bully has been tormenting her son for years. Both boys are in their early teens, and have attended the same school in Louis Riel School Division.
"It's about time he took a stand and stood up for himself," she said in a recent interview with the Free Press. "He has my full permission to kick the snot out of [the other boy] if he comes up to him."
Mr. Beltran and Mr. Pabuaya both stressed that selfdefence preaches mental discipline before physical training. Both emphasize verbal interaction to avoid heated confrontations.....
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LOL! She’s still single with very high standards. I’m so proud of her. But dang it, I wish she would find Mr. Right, settle down and make me a grandma!
Just got my DSL back, it’s been down for 5 days and I’ve been going through serious FR withdrawal!
:-)
I see you have learned the way of Neville Chamberlain.
No, it’s not negotiations with the bully; it’s avoiding an assault charge when the bully winds up badly hurt.
If you confront the bully, and you block a blow, and return some well place kicks, punches and a nice throw - you wind up going to the jail.
However, if you leave (and NO ONE said that you couldn’t leave without a taunt) and the bully chooses to follow; then it’s self-defence with witnesses to back you up.
I can speak to this from first hand experience; it turned out VERY badly for the bully. In retrospect, I may have gotten carried away; but I can garrantee that this Redneck I dealt with will never be physically able to do what he did to me, to someone else. His knees and arm no longer work quite the way God intended them to work.
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