Fast forward to this evening one of said bullies knocks on my door to tell on Liam for punching him (he had a bloody nose). Turns out he hit my son so my son punched him square in the nose.

Proud father moment

For every action there is a reaction. :-"

**sarcasm**

Good for you and good for him!

Not if you're the pu$$y bully! [frypan]

I had him in martial arts as a kid and it was more of a “fun” thing and was never taken seriously. We never had bully issues until recently so I bought him boxing gloves and taught him how to properly punch. He finally used it =d>

Sometimes too young is too soon.

For my experience, ten or 11 was just about right. Could understand the philosophy of the art and the control I needed to use. My dojo and instructors were old school (...think Mr. Miyagi...) except for a couple of them but they worked us HARD! I'm sure I would have quit if I were younger. Still, love the fact that your son didn't back down and used Dad's teachings!

Ya we have discussed it. We plan to eventually but we want him to learn. Maybe we will wait till 10 years old.

I've already told my granddaughter that's 10 that I would teach her and her little brother to box if needed, hehe. I usually visit them at school, so there's that, everyone seems to know they have a crazy Grandpa. Plus, the barely 3 year old grandson is gonna be a BIG bruiser! I'm just glad he's a kind natured fella. He could be a handful if he was bad! He doesn't even flinch or jump if I try to wait for him around the corner and jump out, LOL. He fell and we didn't see it, just the blood in his mouth, so a few days later, he was at his other Grandma's and they didn't even notice that he had pulled on of his top front teeth out because he loosened it falling over here. No crying, no complaining, then a day or so later, he pulled the one beside it?!?! I had to explain to him the he needs to leave his teeth in for now, LMAO! He just grins and shows his gap.

Standing up for one's self is a good life lesson. Better to learn early and teach the bullies early too.

+1

And puppy dogs