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My son was a mild-mannered lad who was always getting knocked around on the middle school playground. To build his self confidence, I enrolled him in Karate. After about eight months he was ready, mentally and physically. One day his chief tormentor started taunting and punching him around. He put up with it for a minute or two, then he hit the older kid on the jaw--broke it in three places. Kid spent two weeks in hospital and 6 weeks with his jaws wired shut. My son never had more trouble from bullies during his high school career--he never had to hit anyone else. BTW, the principal counseled my son to be careful--that he could really hurt someone hitting them like that. But not a word of reprimand. The other kid's parents? Not a peep.