Bullies….
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I came across this article while searching tae kwon do news and knew I had to post it
According to Magnolia, TX resident Tim Moore, a fourth degree Master in Tae Kwon Do, bullies are everywhere - at school, work, grocery stores, sporting events but children have to deal with bullies the most. Kid bullies pick on other children and even try to hurt them, he said. He is offering a seminar to teach children how to protect themselves.
“A few years ago one of my students asked me for advice about how to handle a bully at his school,” Moore said, “Apparently, he was having trouble with a young man who constantly picked on him. I told him to first just walk away and he told me that that did not work because he had already tried it. He also tried reasoning with the bully, but that did not work either.”
Bullies can be a pain, and no matter what adults say, not every tactic works with every bully, I remember growing up and being told to try to reason with the bully.
Moore said he suggested the young student tell his parents or someone in authority like a teacher or the principal. He told his parents and his parents called the bully’s parents, which put a stop to the bullying immediately. Lucky for him the bullying went no further, but many times that does not stop the bully, according to Moore.
This incident inspired Moore to develop a bullying seminar for people, especially children, to protect themselves through psychological and physical means and Tae Kwon Do.
Although this may work, in my oppinion, it can sometimes escalate the situation, expecially for the child being bullied who is now considered a snitch as well.
“I teach this class once the year,” Moore said. “You do not have to be a victim, because most bullies are cowards. They resort to harassing others as a way to make themselves feel better; they apparently do not realize that it makes them even worse.”
The Tae Kwon Do Master provided five tips to help handle bullies on the playground, in the classroom or neighborhood:
1. Ignore the bully and walk away.
2. Try reasoning with the bully.
3. Tell someone - tell a teacher, a parent or someone in authority.
4. Take a defensive posture to say “no”.
5. Children should defend themselves as a last resort through self-defense, only if they are physically threatened.
No matter what though, it is always good when an instructor includes seminars, expecially for the younger students, on bully tactics.
Snippet was courtesy of Tae Kwon Do Times
Latter,
Nick
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Mr. Moore is my Tae Kwon Do instructor