What are your fighting capabilities like

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That's monkey bullcrap. As is dancing around like you're going to box. And the notion that you have to "fight fair". If someone is messing with you and it's not "play" all bets are off. The only thing that stops real bullies is to attack viciously and hurt them.

I believe that I am a 2.

Not that I go out and fight people all the time or anything!

I grew up with a HUGE family, and my 10 cousins *closest* to my age ALL being boys.
family get togethers = EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF!! !
very playful/violent rough housing, you can either participate or you can just sit there and get attacked... doesn't matter that I am a girl..

I do well at full contact sports. (it's great, you don't even need to be graceful!!)

I also grew up with horses.. so that might play into strength and quick instinct..?

Yep, that's me, too. But I know how to get under someone skin even if my body language isn't good for dominating and such. I am super passive-aggressive. Then, the other guy thinks "I'm going to knock this stupid sassy b***h out!" and tries it, even if he's half my size. My body language and behavior make other guys overestimate their position, which tends to work to my advantage. Also, I'm less likely to get in trouble when someone else hits me first.

If I didn't have SPD and Asperger's, I bet I would be an alpha male. I tend to have most of the characteristics and physical abilities of one, just not the behaviors. So I end up confusing lots of people for a variety of reasons. Occasionally, as in this case, it works to my advantage.

Also, marshall, I agree! Schools should make a rule that one can't get in trouble for non-lethal assault if it's proven that it was done in response to bullying. This would make bullies think twice about their behavior.

I did better with that than the actual fighting!


There are other reasons to fight too, though. Sometimes it can release tension between you and someone you don't get along with. It can be a way to test each other.


I always loved play fighting. Lucky!

When I was a child I didn't really shy away from fights, but I just flailed around with no technique whatsoever. Then I became overly fearful of them, sometimes I wonder what would have happened if I hadn't shied away from physical confrontation against bullies. It wasn't until around 2010 that I started consistently going to the gym where I gained that aura that told people that I wasn't a pushover, probably had something to do with my increased size but I believe my body language changed as well. Then I took a self-defense course for a semester which basically taught us how to efficiently deal crippling injuries to an opponent and the mindset to do that without remorse, which in a city with so many muggings as this one comes useful. On the other hand I've also learnt a lot about diplomacy, I've been able to talk down a fair amount of would-be muggers without resorting to violence (well, you kinda have to bribe them with like $1 and use the right words, and sometimes even fist bump and stuff ) which I like better; the way I see fighting, it basically boils down to who gives the first sufficiently strong strike, and it could go either way.

I love play fighting, although it is more akin to wrestling.

i prefer not to fight, i am not an agressive person and believe that the non-violent approach is strictly superior.
however, if i must fight (always in defence), i am a solid 2; i am a good dodger, and even if i'm touched i barely feel pain from strong inpacts.
aside from that, i know the right places to strike to inflict maximum pain to my opponent, this squewed painscale makes me win most brawls.
also, i am more nimble and faster then i appear, and everyone underestimates the range of a 3 foot arm (i'm 6'6)

I was never able to fight back verbally. I'd just pretend to ignore them (which never worked) until I couldn't take it any more. I never had a "proper" arranged fight. What I had were meltdowns. I went into rage mode. In 4th grade I stabbed a kid with a pencil. In 6th grade I picked up my chair and rammed it into someone. That's what I mean by not fighting fair. Usually it was right in front of adults and they'd come and pull me off before it was anywhere near finished. I never really had any fights later years. I became quiet and was pretty much just ignored.