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May 8, 2009

 

BULLY BE GONE, PART IV.

 

This is the final segment of a four-part series on neutralizing the male and/or female bully.  Let’s quickly review the last blog wherein I discussed a physical plan that, if followed, should maximize the intended victim’s chances of stopping the bully, not only where he/she stands, but also to discourage future attacks.

 

QUICK REVIEW OF PART 3.

1. Act Like A Hard Target and Defuse the Bully During Testing.  All (98%)  attack begin with a verbal lead-in, or, as some experts call it, The Interview.  I call it “Testing.”  Tell the bully by your strong response, verbally and non-verbally, that, if he/she wants to take you on, he/she better be ready for a tough fight.  In other words, if the prospective victim acts as if he/she is a Hard Target, he/she will pass the test and the Bully will go on to test another victim!
2. Have a Plan of Action.  Spinal Tune Yourself To Escape, Evade, Fight if you must.
3. Create “Automatic Decision Points” that initiate the Victim to Immediately Move Into Action.
4. TACTICAL MOVEMENT.  Don’t cement yourself to the ground.

 

THE REST OF THE BULLY BE GONE EQUATION.

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   • By this point, the bully most likely has either left, or you have distracted him/her and have evaded the attack.  However, if he or she is still in your face, there is one probable reason (among others).  The Bully has made his or her play in front of an audience and can not possibly back down, or he/she will lose face.  I suggest that you accept the fact that some sort of showdown is inevitable, so now is the time to put into play the Plan of Action that hopefully you mentally plugged in previous to the attack. 

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   • The Action Fighting Arts Counter-Bully System:

1.      Action is always faster than reaction.  Take the fight to the bully.  If you read the last post, you know the bully has already invaded your PSZ (Personal Safe Zone) against your wishes.  Turtle Up and move in to his Center Line Targets.  Hands up near your face and move in and grapple with the bully /Tie him up.

2.      Drive the hard toe of your shoe into his lower shins The Israeli Army and PPCT Front Kick), which will surprise the Bully, who is expecting  either no counterattack or an attack high, not low.  Strike as often as you have to to initiate a motor reaction by the bully, which is almost always for him to drop his upper body toward the ground.

3.      If the consequences for losing are severe (being attacked by more than one bully in an isolated area outside of the school), grab the back of his head as he drops and drive your knee as hard as you can into his stomach, groin, or, if need be, face!  End of fight.

4.      If the fight is in the school environment with plenty of people to stop the fight if and when it goes too far, grab the back of the bully’s head with both hands and drive his or her nose toward his or her toes with as much strength as you have.  The Front Kick I advocate will act as a Distraction Technique designed to weaken the bully’s motor actions, and it is likely that he will be driven off balance as his nose dips toward his or her toes.

5.      You have now dispatched the bully without having to throw a single punch.  Moreover, very few of your witnesses will ever have even seen you deliver the Front Kick.

6.      As the Bully drops toward the ground, get the heck out of Dodge.  Disengage, or, if necessary, square off in a fighting stance and face any others of the Bully’s friends who might be standing around.

 

Until the next post, Stay Safe

Hammer

 

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