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“Baby’s First Choke-Out:” Little Girl Goes Viral For Her Self-Defense Moves Against School Bully
Every parent tries to prepare their children for life as much as possible but in the end, they have to deal with it on their own.
Recently, Margaux Dawn’s daughter Luna was assaulted at school. It really affected her. The mom saw the little girl’s confidence shrink, so Margaux decided she needs to fight back and signed her up for Jiu-Jitsu. And it worked. The next time a bully tried to harass her, Luna gave him what he deserved. A good ass whooping.
Incredibly proud, Margaux turned to Facebook to share what had happened. Her post quickly went viral, generating over 88K reactions and 75K shares with people saying just how much Luna inspired them.
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The voicemail that Margaux received from Luna’s school
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Margaux said she wouldn’t consider her daugher’s school especially dangerous at all. “It’s the same as thousands of other public schools out there. Teachers all over are seeing an increase in violent students, so this isn’t an issue that is unique to our school system,” she told Bored Panda. “In all aspects of life, it is important to be able to defend yourself; whether it’s on the playground as a child or walking to your car at night as an adult. This isn’t about retaliation or ‘winning’ against someone — it’s about keeping yourself safe.”
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“Out of all of the available martial arts programs for children, we picked Jiu-Jitsu because of the emphasis on using your opponent’s body weight against them,” Margaux explained. “As a woman, an attacker is almost always going to be physically larger than you. So it’s necessary to be able to defend yourself even if you don’t have the upper hand in strength or size.”
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Luna loves Jiu-Jitsu and asks her mom every single day when her next lesson is. “We’ll definitely continue training for the foreseeable future. She talks excitedly about being a black belt eventually.”
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“It’s heartbreaking how many women have stories similar to Luna’s,” Margaux added. “I received thousands of messages from all over the world; people reaching out to share their common experiences. My goal is to give my daughter the tools that I wish I could have had growing up. I’m just hoping the next generation can be better equipped to handle these situations than we were.”
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Ruth Mayfly 5 years ago
I just hope that first boy got appropriate help. I don't like to imagine what has happened to cause him to act that way, but that was not the behaviour of a well child.
Rosie Hamilton 5 years ago
This is lovely for Luna but my first thoughts were 'what on earth is making that child act like that??'. I too hope he gets help.
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Mike Blanchard 5 years ago
that first boy needs serious therapy and should be taken out of the public school system until he has gone through a full psych evaluation and is deemed not a threat to anyone else... that's not "normal" to want to lick the inside of a young girls mouth... he violated her, and he needs serious mental help...
Phil Boswell 5 years ago
I'm impressed that the school assigned blame properly and didn't try to castigate the little girl for "violent behaviour". At least zero tolerance wasn't being applied inappropriately here!
Seabeast 5 years ago
This!!! One of my husband's granddaughters was constantly bullied by a boy at school when she was about 7 or 8. She did everything she was supposed to do - told a teacher, told him to stop, nothing was done. Finally one day she punched him when he wouldn't stop pinching and hitting her and SHE was the one that got in trouble. When her mother pointed out the provocation, the school principal said "Nonsense, there's no bullying in this school. We have zero tolerance for bullying her." Which of course means "We pretend it isn't happening and look the other way."
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An Opinion 5 years ago
There's a reason for zero tolerance in schools towards any violence. The self defence card gets used a lot. If you have a zero tolerance rule then it's misuse becomes more difficult. Investigations still take place, and proportional suspensions occur based upon the evidence.
Grandma KDW 5 years ago
My grandaughter is the tiniest child in her grade, as small as children 2-3 grades lower. She took ti quan do. A big child was bullying children on the playground and the teachers knew it. The child went after her one day. She had the bully on the ground in a few seconds flat. The principal said my granddaughter did the right thing and taught the bully a lesson that they hadn't been able to get across.
Pseudo Puppy 5 years ago
*fistpumping the air*.... good on your granddaughter! And good on your family for ensuring she had the tools to defend herself. The littlest kids don't always stay the littlest (I went from the smallest to tallest in my last year of highschool).... and the "little ones" aren't always the "weak ones". Bravo to you, your family, and your granddaughter. I wish you all, only good things. :)
Herb Eaversmells 5 years ago
I've been training BJJ for many years. The Gracie brothers (first family of Brazilian Jiu jitsu) have an academy in California. Many of times they have taken bullied kids and have volunteered to teach them self defense. Jiu jitsu in not exactly a form of martial arts where you can kick someone's pass. But much more of a self protective form, against even much bigger and stronger opponents
K.B. 5 years ago
I'd love to learn self defense, but at 28 am I too late?
Load More Replies... Herb Eaversmells 5 years ago
KB I started at 30 years old. Right now there is a 60 year old white belt at our gym. So no, you are not to late.
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 5 years ago (edited)
K.B, with the plethora of different martial arts styles, I firmly believe that it is never too late to learn basic self-defense and/or discover a new martial art. There are hundreds of different styles, philosophies, and teach styles out there, so I highly recommend doing your research and looking into several different arts that support your philosophy and what you are eager to get out of martial arts instructions. For example, some arts focus more on mediation, self-improvement, and place less emphasis on competition whereas other arts may place much more of an emphasis on self-defense and/or competition. Furthermore, there are arts that are strictly weapon-based like kendo and iaido and other arts that are open-hand. I practice a weapon-based art that places very little emphasis on competition, but I understand that may not be the best thing for someone looking for self-defense. With the amount of different arts out there, there is something for every comfort zone and skill. Many doujo will offer introductory lessons for a reduced price or sometimes for free. This is a great way to see if the art is for you and if you "mesh with" the instructors' teaching style and philosophies. Also, you should never feel nervous or embarrassed about speaking with an instructor about previous injuries are any techniques that you don't feel comfortable with.
Jessica 5 years ago
I'm really concerned about the first boy. His behavior was absolutely unacceptable but the terrifying thing is that when children do things like that it really can only be a serious mental problem mixed with exposure to that kind of s**t. Or worse someone's doing that to him and he's repeating it in an effort to understand why that's happening to him.
Sterrinatu 5 years ago
My mom took me to self defense classes when I was in Junior High. She always made sure I had the knowledge and resources to protect myself.
Elizabeth 5 years ago
I think ALL parents should enroll all children in martial arts. They are fantastic for self defense, and a good Sensei will teach all students about respect. Considering that 1 in 4 women will be assaulted or raped in their lives it's even more important for females. I took Judo as a kid and still reap the benefits decades later.
Christy Smith 5 years ago
What has happened to where this kid would even think to do that to a school female classmate? That's not remotely normal for a child to try to basically sexually assault another little kid.
Grumble O'Pug 5 years ago
What the hell kind of school is this that kids behave this way in the first place? Christ on a crutch.
Pseudo Puppy 5 years ago
There will always be kids doing dumb / inappropriate / wrong things... it's part of learning how to be a good adult. The fabulous thing with this school, is how they're handling those learning moments ie they're not dismissing it, denying it, or placing blame on the victim. It's impossible to avoid this stuff - but it's 100% possible to handle it appropriately (as both the mum, the daughter, and the school appear to have done). I've gone to "good" and "bad" schools - and this kind of c**p happened in both, and unfortunately, back then, were mishandled by both. At least this school is handling it well (or so it seems) . :)
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Patricia Rix 5 years ago
In either K or Grade 1 my daughter complained of a boy who kept trying to choke her & kiss her at the same time. I gave her some peaceful suggestions, but they didn't work. So, I thought, What would I do if a man was doing this to me? The next day when she came home I asked, How was school today? Did you have trouble with that boy? She said, Yes, and I did what you told me to: I slugged him. Thankfully, she didn't get in trouble for that, and the boy got the message, too.
Dirk Daring 5 years ago
Luna could have sang that boy a lullaby, instead she gave him one hell of a wake-up call. Nice job! :-D
Stille20 5 years ago
I like that she found a way to empower her daughter rather than just complaining. it's not right that it happened, but she was proactive and positive.
Pseudo Puppy 5 years ago
I wholeheartedly agree!! Voicing up is 100% important. But even more important, is taking some level of control and responsibility, by being both *proactive* (such a fabulous word!!), and positive. This mum, totally rocks for how she handled such an awful situation (as do her daughter and the school).
An Opinion 5 years ago
Based upon a few pictures and some anecdotal evidence. Can you predict my future too. I'll send some pictures and whip up a quick story.
Makayla Rhodes 4 years ago (edited)
On the bus ride to school one day, a high school boy a few years older than me, kept touching/rubbing my leg. He stopped after I told him to, but then did it again! Later that day, another person shoved a banana through the hole of a bagel and set in front of my face. I told the principal what happened and he talked to the kids who did it. The kid from the bus got suspended for 3 weeks. When the high schooler came back he looked at me and called me a crybaby for tattling! So I fully understand how bad that girl felt after this happened.
Janelle Collard 5 years ago
Where did that kid learn to hold her down + lick inside her mouth? That's just nasty + wrong.
sylvanticx 5 years ago
My school is very safe, yet I got called a "lesbian --------------" by some boy who had been repeatedly doing similar things to me and my friends. He had an aide who just stood by and did nothing. Unfortunately for him, the principal was right there, and he got a 3-day suspension cut off by the end of school.
Ted 5 years ago
When my son was five, he was at a summer camp and gave a friend a kiss on the cheek. Maybe a little inappropriate, yes, but he didn't deserve to be throttled like a murder victim by this "friend" either! I was beside myself that this happened at all, but that was nothing compared to how angry I was that MY son was kicked out of the camp along with the choker. Next move, karate lessons!
Elizabeth Schuyler 5 years ago
This is one of the most wholesome things I've heard in weeks. Thanks for that.
Carol Scanland 5 years ago
I am so proud of you and your girl's response in this situation. My heart breaks for both the boys in the story. It seems obvious to me that the first one has learned his behavior in an extremely toxic situation. My heart hurts for him. And for the second boy too. No child bullies another child unless they are being bullied at home.
An Opinion 5 years ago
Let's remember that bullying is not new. Let's also consider that the young children we are talking about have a lot to learn. I don't disagree that what the boy did was wrong, but I do think that MMA style choke outs are probably a disproportionate response. Last year there where several deaths in Australia due to young boys playing a choke out game. What happens when this girl gets older, bolder and stronger? Will she be responsible for manslaughter too?
Id row 5 years ago
All little girls should be enrolled in self defense classes. Not only to protect and defend themselves, but for the confidence, too. It sucks living in fear as a kid, it's even worse than being bullied. Kudos to this mom. If I was that baker, I would have absolutely written that on there for her. Congrats on your first choke-out, Luna! So many people will be inspired and are proud of you.
Sarah Kate Lamming 5 years ago
I think it's really sad that we are discussing teaching all girls how to defend themselves. Yet again the emphasis falls on women and young girls to have the skills to avoid being hurt, bullied or abused. I guess it's idealistic to wish that men and boys (I do know it applies to both sexes but in this context I differentiate) should be taught to and expected to be behave in ways so that self defence isn't necessary for girls. Women grow up with so many extra rules making sure they don't dress or act in ways that could make them victims, in ways that men aren't. How sad this mum has had to deal with this so early in her daughter's life!
Pseudo Puppy 5 years ago
Mental note: after recovering from current injuries, I'm taking some kind of martial arts. So inspiring. :D
Kadesha Johnson 5 years ago
Anyone else worried about the first child and what he sees at home. Kids repeat what they see and trust me when I say I know because I work with kids and I see the copying of their parents and other relatives so he's seeing something at home that he thinks is okay. The second child is just a little s**t
WaitingtokissGregDavis 5 years ago
Fabulous little bird and a top class mummy. You do have to ask why the other children felt they had to behave the way they did. Although appalling, it's very sad. Some toxic masculinity at work methinks.
Berdarien Brown 5 years ago
I love this lady and hope her daughter never loses that light in her eye again.
Šimon Špaček 5 years ago
I do not know know many times I said here or on other platforms that self-defense is something what everybody should practise. Arguments like "it is about same price as gym" and so. Finally I see that some is doing it. Probably this person never saw my posts. I don't care. I'm glad that the idea is alive. And do you know what is best on this awful story? It will inspire other people. By the way, my daughter (4,5) decided just few weeks ago that she wants to train herself too and I'm doing my best to help her.
Marian Chiara 5 years ago
Indeed the boy who first pinned has likely witnessed inappropriate behavior for a young child. He is imitating that exposure. Hope he too has help.
Monica Michelle 5 years ago
Also we shouldn't as parents have to spend hundreds of dollars a month to keep our daughters sparkle and sense of safety in the world
Monica Michelle 5 years ago
This backfired on us. My daughter after being slammed into a fence by an older boy at school wanted martial arts. We took her we're and aggressive students targeted her during team up and drills would pin her and the instructor would do nothing about it. Needless to say she won't go near a studio
Dilly Millandry 5 years ago
That is appalling. The instructors there should be sacked.
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Johnette Pace 5 years ago
Monica I am physically handicapped.Show this to your daughter. Hey everywoman needs to protect herself You can use your voice you can use your body But you won’t survive going through life using either.Get online and find yourself a better teacher You have that right and you also are paying for a service If someone doesn’t listen to you take money elsewhere You got this
Viviane 5 years ago
Monica Michelle, that is really disappointing. I don't blame her for not wanting to take martial arts anymore. Maybe you can wait, then vet other studios (such as observing a class) and explain your daughter's fears. I've met instructors who do try to help others overcome their fears in physical activities.
William Benson 5 years ago
From a 49 year old bjj white- Luna, I am proud of you, my little sister. I am crying, literally, as type this, but know this, you inspire me...
Char Smith 5 years ago
Great job LUNA! Still, couldn't help noticing that the story mentioned teachers all over are seeing an increase in VIOLENT students! Nope, can't understand putting kids into this increasingly F---ed-up world...grateful forever I never had one!
Khairul Syazwan 5 years ago
you go girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this gave me goosebump, especially when I have a daughter myself.. continue to rock and give any a*****e a hard time messing with you... i love this!!
Joshua Crooks 5 years ago
Violence often is the answer Unless like me your bully is crazy strong
cybermerlin2000 5 years ago
With the first child the school should hold the parents fully accountable and deliver a warning that if they didn't correct their sons behaviour the child services would be called in to investigate them for sexual abuse as the boys actions can only be interpreted as sexual and at his age you can only suspect that some adult said to him "This alright, everyone does it" Second kid... awesome! and such discipline too! Makes your heart swell with joy to see a girl able to protect herself from bullies
Beatrice Multhaupt 5 years ago
You are good people and I'm thrilled that the martial arts have made the mainstream and that happy kids don't have to turn into frightened ones. I'm 65 now and took my first martial arts class 35 years ago. Indeed, we were taught how to deal with aggressors much heftier than ourselves but I broke down into a ball of weeping snot because I realized that I would have killed my own deranged grandmother using the insights I was then gaining as an adult. She lived in our duplex, had a borderline personality and baby-sat my sister and me until my parents came home from work every day. Some days, I would pray to God to let me die. There are many forms of abuse and sometimes all it takes is for an eagle eyed teacher to spot the symptoms. Then again, classes are large and its easy to miss the clues. Please keep looking!
Ronnel Samonte 5 years ago
Good job little girl! and also to the mom, you're both amazing and so inspiring :)
Catherine Spencer-Mills 5 years ago
Everyone - e v e r y o n e - should have self defense classes. I would say especially women and girls, but boys can be physically bullied as well. Yes, I realize this sets us up for martial arts movies in the streets.
Patrick James 5 years ago
I'm happy your daughter was able to take back her confidence. Also, this school has problems and needs an intervention
Tracy Mouaikel 5 years ago
Love this! Kids need to learn reasonable force. Far too often they are told to get a teacher or walk away etc.. it seems to only lead to an increase in these types of situations. I think all people have the right to defend themselves, with reasonable force, to put a stop to being a victim. This little girl just proved my point. Well done Mom!
An Opinion 5 years ago
This works for boys, not girls. Boys will scrap it out then get over it. Girls are very different.....it lingers and swells and grows. Decades of teaching experience have taught me this. In fact I would say that girls are more violent then boys these days.
An Opinion 5 years ago
Rant warning....Real life is more than just a few hundred words and a few photos. All the comments about how she'll be a great person when she grows up etc., maybe she won't. And how her mum is a star.....maybe she isn't. And how those boys are monsters, maybe they're not. Maybe this a reaction to how they've been treated, or things they've seen. Maybe life is less one dimensional than I post on a social media site. Maybe we're all a little bit good and a little bit bad (the whole yin yang thing). Maybe sometimes we get it right and sometimes we get it wrong. And maybe, just maybe, if we could all understand this......maybe we'd get along just a little bit better.
William Benson 5 years ago
Nope, its real easy. There are bad people in the world, even if they are bad because they were victims too. Doesn't matter. Being a victim does not make it ok to victimize others. Luna broke the cycle. She is a hero.
Bridget Price 5 years ago
Awe they look so cute together! They are practically mother daughter twins!
Jose Ninguem 5 years ago
https://www.boredpanda.com/not-all-heroes-wear-capes/ #32 Bored Panda is a site that supports cowardly religious intolerance disguised as free speech. It is very easy to ridicule Christians. COWARD ATTITUDE!!! If it is really free speech, then why not ridicule Islamism the same way? Because this people how do INTOLERANCE are COWARDS! They know Christians will not fight back, but surely the extremists of Islam will. They do not commit this INTOLERANCE out of disrespect, but out of fear! Where in the world someone in a library taking a bible out of the "fiction" session is called heroic? How ridicule the faith of others is heroic? How does BORED PANDA accept calling someone like that with this stupid attitude heroe? BORED PANDA, you promote intolerance and your behavior is hypocritical. It's no use saying it's freedom and everyone posts whatever they want. Accepting INTOLERANCE is to be equal! GET BETTER!
SkyTheImaginer 5 years ago
I've played hundreds of video games and I've never heard of anything like what the first boy did.
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Jeff Requier 5 years ago
Leo is right, you can lean to hard on their chest and cut off their air supply. Everyone being all happy happy joy joy has never actually trained in anything
Dilly Millandry 5 years ago
Nah. It doesn't come across as well thought out enough to be fake. I might be wrong ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Load More Replies... Mewton’s Third Paw 5 years ago (edited)
It read as an advertisement to that martial arts studio to me. Something the “yasss mama!” crew can glom onto.
Jenica Thomas 5 years ago
They most definitely WILL teach anyone self-defense. It's not like the mother went in saying "I want my child to be trained to BEAT UP another child." The little girl has obviously been taught the respect that must come along with training of this type. She didn't throw punches to injure anyone, she used techniques to stop and restrain until the child quit going after her, then she backed off.
Load More Replies... Jenica Thomas 5 years ago
@Jeff. I am actually a black belt in Taekwondo. I have been trained and was taught respect and restraint from my very first lesson (around age 8), but thanks.
Jeff Requier 5 years ago
The fact that she put her knee on his chest and doesnt matter on her size; she can still do serious damage to his lungs as shes ISNT OLD ENOUGH to understand the concept of what shes doing. That is illegal to do to someone
Jeff Requier 5 years ago
I train in Taekwondo, Bujinkan Taijutsu and Tenshinkia Aikido. You dont have to 'throw punches" to hurt someone. I know a guy who DIED from being in a judo competition and the one who accidentally killed him was deaf and couldnt hear him tap out. Aikido and Taijutsu (Ninjas) are ALLL about wrist manipulation and letting gravity take its course. Same as Juijutsu, you talk like youve never been trained in anything before. This Entire story is about the girl joining a class to deal with her bully, not to feel confident that she Could. I could restrain you and do serious damage to you at the same time. punching and kicking are all for action movies because they look flashy
Ruth Mayfly 5 years ago
I just hope that first boy got appropriate help. I don't like to imagine what has happened to cause him to act that way, but that was not the behaviour of a well child.
Rosie Hamilton 5 years ago
This is lovely for Luna but my first thoughts were 'what on earth is making that child act like that??'. I too hope he gets help.
Load More Replies... Mike Blanchard 5 years ago
that first boy needs serious therapy and should be taken out of the public school system until he has gone through a full psych evaluation and is deemed not a threat to anyone else... that's not "normal" to want to lick the inside of a young girls mouth... he violated her, and he needs serious mental help...
Phil Boswell 5 years ago
I'm impressed that the school assigned blame properly and didn't try to castigate the little girl for "violent behaviour". At least zero tolerance wasn't being applied inappropriately here!
Seabeast 5 years ago
This!!! One of my husband's granddaughters was constantly bullied by a boy at school when she was about 7 or 8. She did everything she was supposed to do - told a teacher, told him to stop, nothing was done. Finally one day she punched him when he wouldn't stop pinching and hitting her and SHE was the one that got in trouble. When her mother pointed out the provocation, the school principal said "Nonsense, there's no bullying in this school. We have zero tolerance for bullying her." Which of course means "We pretend it isn't happening and look the other way."
Load More Replies... An Opinion 5 years ago
There's a reason for zero tolerance in schools towards any violence. The self defence card gets used a lot. If you have a zero tolerance rule then it's misuse becomes more difficult. Investigations still take place, and proportional suspensions occur based upon the evidence.
Grandma KDW 5 years ago
My grandaughter is the tiniest child in her grade, as small as children 2-3 grades lower. She took ti quan do. A big child was bullying children on the playground and the teachers knew it. The child went after her one day. She had the bully on the ground in a few seconds flat. The principal said my granddaughter did the right thing and taught the bully a lesson that they hadn't been able to get across.
Pseudo Puppy 5 years ago
*fistpumping the air*.... good on your granddaughter! And good on your family for ensuring she had the tools to defend herself. The littlest kids don't always stay the littlest (I went from the smallest to tallest in my last year of highschool).... and the "little ones" aren't always the "weak ones". Bravo to you, your family, and your granddaughter. I wish you all, only good things. :)
Herb Eaversmells 5 years ago
I've been training BJJ for many years. The Gracie brothers (first family of Brazilian Jiu jitsu) have an academy in California. Many of times they have taken bullied kids and have volunteered to teach them self defense. Jiu jitsu in not exactly a form of martial arts where you can kick someone's pass. But much more of a self protective form, against even much bigger and stronger opponents
K.B. 5 years ago
I'd love to learn self defense, but at 28 am I too late?
Load More Replies... Herb Eaversmells 5 years ago
KB I started at 30 years old. Right now there is a 60 year old white belt at our gym. So no, you are not to late.
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 5 years ago (edited)
K.B, with the plethora of different martial arts styles, I firmly believe that it is never too late to learn basic self-defense and/or discover a new martial art. There are hundreds of different styles, philosophies, and teach styles out there, so I highly recommend doing your research and looking into several different arts that support your philosophy and what you are eager to get out of martial arts instructions. For example, some arts focus more on mediation, self-improvement, and place less emphasis on competition whereas other arts may place much more of an emphasis on self-defense and/or competition. Furthermore, there are arts that are strictly weapon-based like kendo and iaido and other arts that are open-hand. I practice a weapon-based art that places very little emphasis on competition, but I understand that may not be the best thing for someone looking for self-defense. With the amount of different arts out there, there is something for every comfort zone and skill. Many doujo will offer introductory lessons for a reduced price or sometimes for free. This is a great way to see if the art is for you and if you "mesh with" the instructors' teaching style and philosophies. Also, you should never feel nervous or embarrassed about speaking with an instructor about previous injuries are any techniques that you don't feel comfortable with.
Jessica 5 years ago
I'm really concerned about the first boy. His behavior was absolutely unacceptable but the terrifying thing is that when children do things like that it really can only be a serious mental problem mixed with exposure to that kind of s**t. Or worse someone's doing that to him and he's repeating it in an effort to understand why that's happening to him.
Sterrinatu 5 years ago
My mom took me to self defense classes when I was in Junior High. She always made sure I had the knowledge and resources to protect myself.
Elizabeth 5 years ago
I think ALL parents should enroll all children in martial arts. They are fantastic for self defense, and a good Sensei will teach all students about respect. Considering that 1 in 4 women will be assaulted or raped in their lives it's even more important for females. I took Judo as a kid and still reap the benefits decades later.
Christy Smith 5 years ago
What has happened to where this kid would even think to do that to a school female classmate? That's not remotely normal for a child to try to basically sexually assault another little kid.
Grumble O'Pug 5 years ago
What the hell kind of school is this that kids behave this way in the first place? Christ on a crutch.
Pseudo Puppy 5 years ago
There will always be kids doing dumb / inappropriate / wrong things... it's part of learning how to be a good adult. The fabulous thing with this school, is how they're handling those learning moments ie they're not dismissing it, denying it, or placing blame on the victim. It's impossible to avoid this stuff - but it's 100% possible to handle it appropriately (as both the mum, the daughter, and the school appear to have done). I've gone to "good" and "bad" schools - and this kind of c**p happened in both, and unfortunately, back then, were mishandled by both. At least this school is handling it well (or so it seems) . :)
Load More Replies... Patricia Rix 5 years ago
In either K or Grade 1 my daughter complained of a boy who kept trying to choke her & kiss her at the same time. I gave her some peaceful suggestions, but they didn't work. So, I thought, What would I do if a man was doing this to me? The next day when she came home I asked, How was school today? Did you have trouble with that boy? She said, Yes, and I did what you told me to: I slugged him. Thankfully, she didn't get in trouble for that, and the boy got the message, too.
Dirk Daring 5 years ago
Luna could have sang that boy a lullaby, instead she gave him one hell of a wake-up call. Nice job! :-D
Stille20 5 years ago
I like that she found a way to empower her daughter rather than just complaining. it's not right that it happened, but she was proactive and positive.
Pseudo Puppy 5 years ago
I wholeheartedly agree!! Voicing up is 100% important. But even more important, is taking some level of control and responsibility, by being both *proactive* (such a fabulous word!!), and positive. This mum, totally rocks for how she handled such an awful situation (as do her daughter and the school).
An Opinion 5 years ago
Based upon a few pictures and some anecdotal evidence. Can you predict my future too. I'll send some pictures and whip up a quick story.
Makayla Rhodes 4 years ago (edited)
On the bus ride to school one day, a high school boy a few years older than me, kept touching/rubbing my leg. He stopped after I told him to, but then did it again! Later that day, another person shoved a banana through the hole of a bagel and set in front of my face. I told the principal what happened and he talked to the kids who did it. The kid from the bus got suspended for 3 weeks. When the high schooler came back he looked at me and called me a crybaby for tattling! So I fully understand how bad that girl felt after this happened.
Janelle Collard 5 years ago
Where did that kid learn to hold her down + lick inside her mouth? That's just nasty + wrong.
sylvanticx 5 years ago
My school is very safe, yet I got called a "lesbian --------------" by some boy who had been repeatedly doing similar things to me and my friends. He had an aide who just stood by and did nothing. Unfortunately for him, the principal was right there, and he got a 3-day suspension cut off by the end of school.
Ted 5 years ago
When my son was five, he was at a summer camp and gave a friend a kiss on the cheek. Maybe a little inappropriate, yes, but he didn't deserve to be throttled like a murder victim by this "friend" either! I was beside myself that this happened at all, but that was nothing compared to how angry I was that MY son was kicked out of the camp along with the choker. Next move, karate lessons!
Elizabeth Schuyler 5 years ago
This is one of the most wholesome things I've heard in weeks. Thanks for that.
Carol Scanland 5 years ago
I am so proud of you and your girl's response in this situation. My heart breaks for both the boys in the story. It seems obvious to me that the first one has learned his behavior in an extremely toxic situation. My heart hurts for him. And for the second boy too. No child bullies another child unless they are being bullied at home.
An Opinion 5 years ago
Let's remember that bullying is not new. Let's also consider that the young children we are talking about have a lot to learn. I don't disagree that what the boy did was wrong, but I do think that MMA style choke outs are probably a disproportionate response. Last year there where several deaths in Australia due to young boys playing a choke out game. What happens when this girl gets older, bolder and stronger? Will she be responsible for manslaughter too?
Id row 5 years ago
All little girls should be enrolled in self defense classes. Not only to protect and defend themselves, but for the confidence, too. It sucks living in fear as a kid, it's even worse than being bullied. Kudos to this mom. If I was that baker, I would have absolutely written that on there for her. Congrats on your first choke-out, Luna! So many people will be inspired and are proud of you.
Sarah Kate Lamming 5 years ago
I think it's really sad that we are discussing teaching all girls how to defend themselves. Yet again the emphasis falls on women and young girls to have the skills to avoid being hurt, bullied or abused. I guess it's idealistic to wish that men and boys (I do know it applies to both sexes but in this context I differentiate) should be taught to and expected to be behave in ways so that self defence isn't necessary for girls. Women grow up with so many extra rules making sure they don't dress or act in ways that could make them victims, in ways that men aren't. How sad this mum has had to deal with this so early in her daughter's life!
Pseudo Puppy 5 years ago
Mental note: after recovering from current injuries, I'm taking some kind of martial arts. So inspiring. :D
Kadesha Johnson 5 years ago
Anyone else worried about the first child and what he sees at home. Kids repeat what they see and trust me when I say I know because I work with kids and I see the copying of their parents and other relatives so he's seeing something at home that he thinks is okay. The second child is just a little s**t
WaitingtokissGregDavis 5 years ago
Fabulous little bird and a top class mummy. You do have to ask why the other children felt they had to behave the way they did. Although appalling, it's very sad. Some toxic masculinity at work methinks.
Berdarien Brown 5 years ago
I love this lady and hope her daughter never loses that light in her eye again.
Šimon Špaček 5 years ago
I do not know know many times I said here or on other platforms that self-defense is something what everybody should practise. Arguments like "it is about same price as gym" and so. Finally I see that some is doing it. Probably this person never saw my posts. I don't care. I'm glad that the idea is alive. And do you know what is best on this awful story? It will inspire other people. By the way, my daughter (4,5) decided just few weeks ago that she wants to train herself too and I'm doing my best to help her.
Marian Chiara 5 years ago
Indeed the boy who first pinned has likely witnessed inappropriate behavior for a young child. He is imitating that exposure. Hope he too has help.
Monica Michelle 5 years ago
Also we shouldn't as parents have to spend hundreds of dollars a month to keep our daughters sparkle and sense of safety in the world
Monica Michelle 5 years ago
This backfired on us. My daughter after being slammed into a fence by an older boy at school wanted martial arts. We took her we're and aggressive students targeted her during team up and drills would pin her and the instructor would do nothing about it. Needless to say she won't go near a studio
Dilly Millandry 5 years ago
That is appalling. The instructors there should be sacked.
Load More Replies... Johnette Pace 5 years ago
Monica I am physically handicapped.Show this to your daughter. Hey everywoman needs to protect herself You can use your voice you can use your body But you won’t survive going through life using either.Get online and find yourself a better teacher You have that right and you also are paying for a service If someone doesn’t listen to you take money elsewhere You got this
Viviane 5 years ago
Monica Michelle, that is really disappointing. I don't blame her for not wanting to take martial arts anymore. Maybe you can wait, then vet other studios (such as observing a class) and explain your daughter's fears. I've met instructors who do try to help others overcome their fears in physical activities.
William Benson 5 years ago
From a 49 year old bjj white- Luna, I am proud of you, my little sister. I am crying, literally, as type this, but know this, you inspire me...
Char Smith 5 years ago
Great job LUNA! Still, couldn't help noticing that the story mentioned teachers all over are seeing an increase in VIOLENT students! Nope, can't understand putting kids into this increasingly F---ed-up world...grateful forever I never had one!
Khairul Syazwan 5 years ago
you go girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this gave me goosebump, especially when I have a daughter myself.. continue to rock and give any a*****e a hard time messing with you... i love this!!
Joshua Crooks 5 years ago
Violence often is the answer Unless like me your bully is crazy strong
cybermerlin2000 5 years ago
With the first child the school should hold the parents fully accountable and deliver a warning that if they didn't correct their sons behaviour the child services would be called in to investigate them for sexual abuse as the boys actions can only be interpreted as sexual and at his age you can only suspect that some adult said to him "This alright, everyone does it" Second kid... awesome! and such discipline too! Makes your heart swell with joy to see a girl able to protect herself from bullies
Beatrice Multhaupt 5 years ago
You are good people and I'm thrilled that the martial arts have made the mainstream and that happy kids don't have to turn into frightened ones. I'm 65 now and took my first martial arts class 35 years ago. Indeed, we were taught how to deal with aggressors much heftier than ourselves but I broke down into a ball of weeping snot because I realized that I would have killed my own deranged grandmother using the insights I was then gaining as an adult. She lived in our duplex, had a borderline personality and baby-sat my sister and me until my parents came home from work every day. Some days, I would pray to God to let me die. There are many forms of abuse and sometimes all it takes is for an eagle eyed teacher to spot the symptoms. Then again, classes are large and its easy to miss the clues. Please keep looking!
Ronnel Samonte 5 years ago
Good job little girl! and also to the mom, you're both amazing and so inspiring :)
Catherine Spencer-Mills 5 years ago
Everyone - e v e r y o n e - should have self defense classes. I would say especially women and girls, but boys can be physically bullied as well. Yes, I realize this sets us up for martial arts movies in the streets.
Patrick James 5 years ago
I'm happy your daughter was able to take back her confidence. Also, this school has problems and needs an intervention
Tracy Mouaikel 5 years ago
Love this! Kids need to learn reasonable force. Far too often they are told to get a teacher or walk away etc.. it seems to only lead to an increase in these types of situations. I think all people have the right to defend themselves, with reasonable force, to put a stop to being a victim. This little girl just proved my point. Well done Mom!
An Opinion 5 years ago
This works for boys, not girls. Boys will scrap it out then get over it. Girls are very different.....it lingers and swells and grows. Decades of teaching experience have taught me this. In fact I would say that girls are more violent then boys these days.
An Opinion 5 years ago
Rant warning....Real life is more than just a few hundred words and a few photos. All the comments about how she'll be a great person when she grows up etc., maybe she won't. And how her mum is a star.....maybe she isn't. And how those boys are monsters, maybe they're not. Maybe this a reaction to how they've been treated, or things they've seen. Maybe life is less one dimensional than I post on a social media site. Maybe we're all a little bit good and a little bit bad (the whole yin yang thing). Maybe sometimes we get it right and sometimes we get it wrong. And maybe, just maybe, if we could all understand this......maybe we'd get along just a little bit better.
William Benson 5 years ago
Nope, its real easy. There are bad people in the world, even if they are bad because they were victims too. Doesn't matter. Being a victim does not make it ok to victimize others. Luna broke the cycle. She is a hero.
Bridget Price 5 years ago
Awe they look so cute together! They are practically mother daughter twins!
Jose Ninguem 5 years ago
https://www.boredpanda.com/not-all-heroes-wear-capes/ #32 Bored Panda is a site that supports cowardly religious intolerance disguised as free speech. It is very easy to ridicule Christians. COWARD ATTITUDE!!! If it is really free speech, then why not ridicule Islamism the same way? Because this people how do INTOLERANCE are COWARDS! They know Christians will not fight back, but surely the extremists of Islam will. They do not commit this INTOLERANCE out of disrespect, but out of fear! Where in the world someone in a library taking a bible out of the "fiction" session is called heroic? How ridicule the faith of others is heroic? How does BORED PANDA accept calling someone like that with this stupid attitude heroe? BORED PANDA, you promote intolerance and your behavior is hypocritical. It's no use saying it's freedom and everyone posts whatever they want. Accepting INTOLERANCE is to be equal! GET BETTER!
SkyTheImaginer 5 years ago
I've played hundreds of video games and I've never heard of anything like what the first boy did.
Load More Replies... Jeff Requier 5 years ago
Leo is right, you can lean to hard on their chest and cut off their air supply. Everyone being all happy happy joy joy has never actually trained in anything
Dilly Millandry 5 years ago
Nah. It doesn't come across as well thought out enough to be fake. I might be wrong ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Load More Replies... Mewton’s Third Paw 5 years ago (edited)
It read as an advertisement to that martial arts studio to me. Something the “yasss mama!” crew can glom onto.
Jenica Thomas 5 years ago
They most definitely WILL teach anyone self-defense. It's not like the mother went in saying "I want my child to be trained to BEAT UP another child." The little girl has obviously been taught the respect that must come along with training of this type. She didn't throw punches to injure anyone, she used techniques to stop and restrain until the child quit going after her, then she backed off.
Load More Replies... Jenica Thomas 5 years ago
@Jeff. I am actually a black belt in Taekwondo. I have been trained and was taught respect and restraint from my very first lesson (around age 8), but thanks.
Jeff Requier 5 years ago
The fact that she put her knee on his chest and doesnt matter on her size; she can still do serious damage to his lungs as shes ISNT OLD ENOUGH to understand the concept of what shes doing. That is illegal to do to someone
Jeff Requier 5 years ago
I train in Taekwondo, Bujinkan Taijutsu and Tenshinkia Aikido. You dont have to 'throw punches" to hurt someone. I know a guy who DIED from being in a judo competition and the one who accidentally killed him was deaf and couldnt hear him tap out. Aikido and Taijutsu (Ninjas) are ALLL about wrist manipulation and letting gravity take its course. Same as Juijutsu, you talk like youve never been trained in anything before. This Entire story is about the girl joining a class to deal with her bully, not to feel confident that she Could. I could restrain you and do serious damage to you at the same time. punching and kicking are all for action movies because they look flashy
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