bully or bullied

were you a bully or bullied as a child - non-public poll

  • were you bullied as a child

    Votes: 9 100.0%

  • were you a bully as a child

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    9
  • Poll closed .
Don Quixote

Don Quixote

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there is a lot in the news about bullies and bullied kids

especially kids that committed suicide because of physical and emotional bullying
 
I was bullied till about 14 when I started boxing, from then on and I taught it to my kids. Never start a fight, always step in for the kid being bullied. Martial arts are great for young kids confidence.
 
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DonQuixote said:
learn akido
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don, I might
what I did do was get a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, after boxing in HS and wrestling in college. My kids got black belts by 12, it help them be nationally ranked in wrestling in HS and college.:good4u:
 
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I was bullied in elementary school and a little at the beginning of junior high.

Then I grew. Best thing for stopping bullies is to be large. lol
 
WinterBorn said:
I was bullied in elementary school and a little at the beginning of junior high.

Then I grew. Best thing for stopping bullies is to be large. lol
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word on that, my family has the genes of a michael J fox clone so we had to fend off the bullies. If you not large you better learn some self defense.
 
Topspin said:
word on that, my family has the genes of a michael J fox clone so we had to fend off the bullies. If you not large you better learn some self defense.
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Or make friends with some large guys. My oldest son is as gentle as a lamb. But by the time he was 15 he was over 6 feet tall and solidly built. His friends were mostly the nerds who got picked on. He never had to actually fight anyone, but he did bluff a bully or two down.

But I agree that martial arts is an excellent way to prevent bullying. As long as they do not use what they know to become a bully.
 
Some do use it that way, but they drill in your head over and over to be more of a protector that honor is what's important.
My kids never wrestled over 141 in college, walking the street about 155 to 160. So bullying never stopped following them. A baseball player who stole my son's radio from his car came over to beat him up after words were exchanged. Kid was about 5 10 180. I was in Houston, my wife was in the house and frazzled. My son beat him so bad, the kid was a bloody mess. High School kids can't reason too good. My son was a black belt and a 3x state wrestling champ and kids still had to challange him.
 
WinterBorn said:
I was bullied in elementary school and a little at the beginning of junior high.

Then I grew. Best thing for stopping bullies is to be large. lol
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i too grew, to 6'2", but i was raised to believe in a pacific religion

the other kids expected me to fight...i was usually among the tallest in my class

oh well
 
Neither bullied or was a bully. By 7th grade the largest in my classes. By 10th grade was able to bench over 250 lb. Never bothered but was always seriously religious so never bothered anyone. Took up for a few who were bothered though.
 
Topspin said:
I was bullied till about 14 when I started boxing, from then on and I tought it to my kids. Never start a fight, always step in for the kid being bullied. Martial arts are great for young kids confidence.
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HEY Toejam.
Did you mean taught or thought??
 
Topspin said:
don, I might
what I did do was get a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, after boxing in HS and wrestling in college. My kids got black belts by 12, it help them be nationally wranked in wrestling in HS and college.:good4u:
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Is WRANKED a new wresting term??
 
WinterBorn said:
I was bullied in elementary school and a little at the beginning of junior high.

Then I grew. Best thing for stopping bullies is to be large. lol
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When I turned 18, I hit a late growth spurt and went from 5' tall to 6' tall in 1 year.
My weight jumped from around 130 to 185, with hardly any fat.

You're right. Bullies don't seem to like to take on even odds.
 
USFREEDOM911 said:
When I turned 18, I hit a late growth spurt and went from 5' tall to 6' tall in 1 year.
My weight jumped from around 130 to 185, with hardly any fat.

You're right. Bullies don't seem to like to take on even odds.
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I was about your size in HS, didn't get lucky with the growth spurt. I boxed (not good at all) freshman and soph year. All it took was one fight in PE with a bully who didn't know shit for the end to come of the bullying. A half assed opponent in a boxing gym is a beast on a basketball court.
 
DonQuixote said:
there is a lot in the news about bullies and bullied kids

especially kids that committed suicide because of physical and emotional bullying
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You might want to have Damo or Grind fix your poll; because your first choice says:
"were you billied as a child "

I"m not sure who Billy was or is; but he's obviously one bad ass kid.
 
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I was about your size in HS, didn't get lucky with the growth spurt. I boxed (not good at all) freshman and soph year. All it took was one fight in PE with a bully who didn't know shit for the end to come of the bullying. A half assed opponent in a boxing gym is a beast on a basketball court.
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The really sad part is, is that people think that those who are picked on have low self-esteem and there is some truth to that; but the bully is really the one with the self-esteem issues.
A lot of those who are bullies, usually were picked on earlier and this is their way of making themselves feel like they're able to protect themselves.

Bullies should never be tolerated; but they honestly need some help.
 
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