hello everyone let me tell you people starting martial arts how you can defeat a bully and improve your self confidence and self esteem. bullying usually begin's in middle school and there is a wide spectum of bullying all the way from verbal, physical, to cyber. a bully usually is someone with low self esteem and self confidence which they bully others to make themselves feel better. now if your child is being bullied and you don't know what to do then enroll him or her into a martial arts school which those instructors have been continuing their education on how to give kids and teens self confidence and the only way to defeat a bully is with self confidence. now on the physicasl side when a bully is engaging you their are alot of escape's in that martial art that you and your child can learn and you shouldn't have your child punch the bully in the face because their are zero tolarence policies in school now these days. a bully damage's you phycologicaly which will eventuraly lead to suicide. if anyone who is starting martial arts needs more information on bullying i would be glad to anwser your questions on bullying and self confidence.