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By now this video has gone viral. This is a video of a bully getting tossed by his victim. These are news reports tied into said incident.
http://youtu.be/KZh7q8kGFyU
Now for my opinion on said matter. The school suspended both boys for an equal amount of time. By the looks of things in the video the big kid was the victim of this gang of bullies. They probably made a living picking on this kid. Based on my experience teaching martial arts the bullies probably picked on this kid every single day. Based on my experience the victim probably shared this with a guardian or teacher. This video represents the result of a system that fails to mandate a strict ‘no bullying’ policy. First of all, congrats to the victim standing up for himself and ending it once and for all. That being said the bully that got slammed could have been seriously hurt or killed. In the video it appears that he was slammed on his head and back on concrete. If the victim told someone and nothing was done about it then shame on the school. If the victim did not tell anyone about and just dealt with the turmoil every single day- then shame on the school for not being proactive about bullying in the first place. The victim did what he had to do in that moment to avoid further mental and physical abuse. He reacted and protected himself, and he damn near broke the bully’s head open with the body slam. This is a lose lose situation of the highest order. First of all the victim should not have been suspended. It sends a message to further victims that should the system fail you, you still do not take matters into your own hands in the realm of self preservation. It also sends a message to bullies that a victim will be reluctant to defend himself due to said consequences. This entire situation falls directly on the weight of the school, and the parents of the bullies. As a parent if you cannot see your child is cocky, arrogant, and making life hell for others then you are completely blind, or your bullying child is the greatest liar/performer on earth. How many suicides need to occur before we get serious about this issue? How many Columbine like massacres must occur before school systems world wide nip it in the bud before it becomes an issue? This is part of the problem with our society of litigation. This is what happens when parents refuse to see who their children really are. I teach and interact with kids every single day in a very nice part of Austin, Texas. I hear about bullying monthly. It’s a serious problem that school systems need to figure out otherwise the blood will be on their hands. School systems are currently crossing their fingers hoping nothing too bad happens. It’s complete crap. Freedom of speech does not apply in the institution of education. Especially, when the pupils are under the age of 18. Get it together school systems. Protect the weak and punish the bullies the same way you would punish a kid who threatened a faculty member.
John Whitman says better than I can…. Enjoy!
The Bruce Lee of Krav Maga.
This particular Krav Maga pistol defense was displayed on the show “Human Weapon”, which had totally slipped my mind until today. Enjoy.
Krav Maga conquering the world one show at a time.
In our Krav Maga level one class tonight we did a drill that was new to some of the less experienced students. The drill was one partner had focus mitts, while the other partner was in a fighting stance. The focus mitt partner was to unleash a flurry of strikes to the head or ribs. The strikes were supposed to be too big and exaggerated like a haymaker in a street fight. The other partner was to block said strikes with subtle elbow and body movements. The drill is to represent absorbing a flurry of attacks and then fighting back. What I saw in the drill was people being way too polite to each other. They were afraid to batter their partners, and said partners were not coming out of the gates trying to knock the stuffing out of the mitts. This drill requires aggression from both parties. It requires you to lose your normal everyday manners. What I saw was partners being way too polite to each other. Afraid to hurt each other. This robs the drill of its true intentions. Krav Maga is an art that is built on aggression. It requires aggression in training from both the fighter and the pad holder. Tonight’s class was way too polite. People were afraid to hit the pads hard because they didn’t want to hurt or bother their partner. This is Krav Maga and politeness should be checked at the door. In Krav Maga we assume that someday you will be attacked in a violent fashion, and to say your own life you must at the very least be able to get aggressive like a wild animal trying to save itself in the wild. In self defense manners and being polite have no place. Granted in class we strive to train with safety, but we also should take our jobs as pad holders and as partners extremely seriously. It is up to the pad holder to hold strong for the partner. It is up to the pad holder to keep the partner in check if they are going about things half way. Pad holders should motivate their partners to not give up and to give one hundred percent every moment of a drill. Tonight’s class was far too polite, and we will fix this on Wednesday. Krav Maga is aggression. Krav Maga is learning how to effectively destroy one who threatens your life.
This program, albeit well intentioned will not work. In the above video the victim steps towards the ‘bully’s free hand’ which leaves victim open to a punch from bully’s free hand. Never fun, especially when the bully is bigger and meaner than the victim. Off of the top of my head I’d say in this situation the victim should immediately stomp on the bully’s foot and go from there with aggressive combat strikes. If a victim does break a hold from a known bully said victim needs to finish the fight. The school will not stop the bully. Parents will not stop the bully. Breaking a hold and smashing the bully will stop the bully. This bully stuff is not innocent child’s play. Nothing angers me more than kids picking on alleged weaker kids. I have this bully conversation at least ten times a year with various parents and students. Based on ten years of experience the bullying will not end until they are punched or kicked and taken down for the count. Sure the previous sentence sounds violent. But, it’s less violent and hurtful than years of a bully terrorizing the innocent kids who just want to get good grades. We live in a society that is so hell bent on being politically correct and nice that we have become somewhat wussified, which is why parents, teachers, and school officials refuse to stop bullying with a hard line no tolerance policy. They act like it’s no big deal. So, if they won’t help the victim, then the victim must help himself, or the psychological terror from the bully will continue.
From my own childhood, I picked on one particular kid for two years. In seventh grade he decided he’d had enough. He lit me up with two well placed punches to the face. I never said another ill word to that kid, and we went on to be friends for a few years. So, when I speak of this topic, I speak from the experiences of being a bully as a child, being bullied, and now being seven years into running and operating a martial arts program. It’s a lose lose situation.
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