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I'm an only child although I did exactly what you mentioned when some of my friends were being bullied by others. I would tell those people to piss off. Failing that, I'd say it again but with more force although eventually enough is enough. If they're being physically bullied, I have less patience and like you, I've been doing martial arts for several years, including knife-fighting and have helped teach self-defense. It came in quite handy because when I confronted 2 guys who were physically bullying one of my friends, both guys indicated they had knives on them and one pulled theirs out immediately as they were also stealing from my friend.

Additionally, at a later time, my cousin (who studied some taekwondoe) was being physically bullied by a few low-lives at her school. I call them low-lives because to me, when a guy tries to bully a girl and gets his ass handed to him, his buddies must have no self-respect if they help him beat up the girl. When her parents were out, she held a house party, invited those low-lives as well as myself because if they touched her, their lives would become a whole lot more painful. Sure enough they tried, I stepped in, told them to piss off and we had a verbal battle that resulted in them wanting to fight me. Apparently they did TKD at the same place where she trained (must have been white belts because they couldn't strike for shit).