Bully #2

To continue from yesterday, the second bully was in high school. William had learned Korean defensive martial arts when he was in 6th through 8th grade. He was a third stripe brown belt when he left. He could handle himself. He was also 6’1” as a young freshman.

He was walking down the hallway at a private boys’ high school when a kid and his friends passing him threw him a shoulder. William kept walking. That is what they taught at the martial arts classes: walk away.

The kid shouted, “Hey, freshman, just going to run away?”

William sighed then stopped. He turned, set down his backpack and walked towards the bully who was shorter than he was. William grabbed him by his backpack straps, lifted him off the ground and threw him into the lockers, which he said made a tremendous sound. It was so loud; it brought the teachers out into the hallway. By then, he had dropped the guy to the ground and whispered into his ear, “Don’t f*** with the freshman class.” He then picked up his backpack and slowly walked to his class.

This happened during the first several weeks of school. It never happened again.