Originally Posted by phillykid420
Well, considering the kid was punching him in the back of the head I don't think that the Mexican kid getting suspended was due to racism. lol
I've never gotten into a fight, always tried to avoid it even when someone picked on me or talked shit to me. I've walked away from folks talking about my momma and folks who tossed racial epithets at me (I'm not white). What morons think of me, is of no concern to me.
I once attended a seminar by a martial arts master (10th degree black belt in the style of karate I have studied since I was 6 yrs old). He said something that has stuck with me for a long time "we learn martial arts so that we never have to use it". We learn to instill a sense of tranquility and calm and confidence within ourselves so that the insults of others roll off us like water. Getting in fights over words shows weakness of character because you care too much about your ego which is just false perceptions.
Pretty much we were only allowed to fight if someone really attacked us, like they just ran up on us and started punching away. In that case he would tell us, we have to fight as if in a life and death situation using whatever means neccessary, kick to the groin, strike at someone's throat, temple or other lethal point, jabbing a finger into their eye and hooking their eyeball outta their head, strikes to the spinal column, or kicking someone in the knee, etc. But these would all be excessive for some school yard "your momma's fat" kinda fights and giving someone a ridge hand strike to the throat cause they were talking shit would get you thrown in jail real fast for a real long amount of time.