Was i right ?

Question

In my school we have a 7th grade 8th grade fight .I am a brown belt in jujistu . and i walked into the bathroom . All the sudden 3 8th graders came and jumped i told them i dont want to particapate in that foolishnish cause none in my school are on my level of fighting before so when they dude trew the first punch i cause if and put it in a camolouge lock.I front snap kick the second person and let the person i had in a camolouge lock and i broke his wrist and he went runing out the bathroom and i sweep the second person then put his head n the toliet . They all told the princple and they got no days of suspenstion but i did i told them it was self defense but they said i should have ran out the bathroom and told the teacher so i am asking you was i right ?

so clarris out of all the things i know i should have let them beat me up right

Answer 1

If they jumped you first, you had the right to defend yourself but putting the kid's head in the toliet was probbly a bit too much. What if they were blocking you and you counldn't run out of the bathroom? This should make the punks think twice before doing that again.

Answer 2

It's always hard to make the self defense claim when they're hurt and you're not.

Now, the really cool thing about that is, if you don't *actually* hurt them, but prove you could have, then you leave it all in their imagination. People imagine things to be much scarier than they actually are.

I was only in two or three actual fights through jr high and high school, but I had several other times when I would block someone who threw a punch at me, step in, grab them and then whisper in their ear, "OK, now, this is the point where I just broke your rib... now you're on the ground... I just stepped on your face... your nose is bleeding, should I continue? OK, now just to keep you from grabbing me, I broke your arm... now I kicked you in..." then I'd let them go and walk away. No one ever came at me twice. I never got sent home for those. It's hard for them to make the claim I threatened them when they were trying to punch me, and it's hard for them to say I beat them up when they don't have a scratch.

But when I did get into a fight, it never ended well for anyone, even though I never got hurt.

Moral of the story, try not to hurt them if you can avoid it, but make sure they know you could if they're trying to start something.

The principal should have sent everyone home. Fighting in school should get everyone sent home that was fighting.

Answer 3

You were right to defend yourself; but you were also pretty rough with theses guys but that is the nature of your Martial Arts discipline so you must learn control in these instances.

YOU shoulda spoke up first, by going to the principal first and letting them know that you were jumped by these guys, at least that way you would've been in less trouble.

while they had no right to jump you it's more about control when you're in a fight, but there was more of them than there was of you so it was necessary to injure one or two of them but not quite so severely.

I'd been in a similar situation when I was a freshman in High school, I was jumped by three football players; two of them came away with injuries (one a broken arm and the other a broken nose and several teeth missing) but luckily they were from another school.

you always have the right to defend yourself if you feel your life is in danger, but you also must remember the kinds of consequences that can come later if you don't take proper precautions afterwards like letting someone like a teacher, principal, or someone of the school faculty know that these guys jumped you before they do.

It's the same way in the adult world, if you come against someone, and injure them while defending yourself, make sure you let the authorities (police or sheriff's deputy, or a rescue perssonnel) know what happened and stay close to the area until they arrive.

Answer 4

If you truly believed that they were not on your level fighting then you wouldn't have done anything, but initial self defense. You had no need to break the guys wrist. You also did not have to sweep the other guy or dunk the guys head in the toilet. You should have been able to keep your cool knowing that you had the upper hand and let them off on a warning. I think you deserved the suspension.

Answer 5

I've been doing Martial arts for over 20 yrs, I've had so many opportunity's to beat the snot out of idiots who thought they could push me around but i haven't. The only times I've used it was to protect myself e.g. blocking punches, knifes, kicks etc. I have trained long & hard in many styles so that i never have to hurt anyone else.

I decided if i was to ever have control over myself i couldnt allow others to dictate when i would fight, thats 100% my decision. So i trained so that i could protect myself without hurting others.

Why stoop to their level, you want to teach them a lession, stop them without hurting them & then maybe they might stop & think that person could have really hurt me but didnt Why? Maybe they'll stop & think about that before thay do it to someone who cant protect themslves.

Even animals can kill, it takes a lot more caurage to lead by example.

The other thing to think about is the principal treated you the same as most judges would have, the laws an *** but thats the world we live in. I always tell my students its no use winning the fight & loosing the court battle.

Good luck with your training & dont ever let anger get the better of your true self.

Answer 6

Hard to say because I wasn't there. It is always best to avoid fights. Running away isn't cowardice. Once a punch was thrown at you, you have a right to protect yourself. If you could have reasonably controlled the situation without inflicting injuries, you should have.
If there are really fights between grades & nobody does anything to stop them, the principal & all teachers should be fired forthwith.

Answer 7

I'm not someonewho loves nor even know anything about martial arts, but the way I see it, if I was there watching u did stuff like that, I would mostlikely say "U go girl!". But in the other way around, if u come to think of it, it's not realy a nice move of u doing that. I mean, if u did a bad thing to a person that once did a bad thing to u, u will b no other like them... Anyway, let the past b the past as long as u promise not to do it again.

Answer 8

If this is a true story, then you had a right to defend yourself, yes, but you went too far and used too much force. All you had to do was leave and tell a teacher. Next time there may be 5 of them. Sooner or later you'll lose, so it is better to keep out of trouble.

Answer 9

Breaking the guys wrist and dunking another in the toilet was going too far - you didn't need to do that in order to defend yourself. In fact, you're probably lucky not be up on an assault/ABH charge (yet). In your principal's position, I would've suspended the lot of you, not least for your flagrant crimes against spelling and grammar.

Answer 10

This is a good lesion to all who practice M/A Many times the
winner gets in trouble. Was it worth it? That's the question. Was it life or death? On the positive side I don't think you will get jumped again..