>>>>>>>>>So, what do you tell your 11 year old, or otherwise do, when / if they get teased at school by several other kids?
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>>>>>>>>Sounds like you've gotten some pretty good advice. I like the notion of enrolling them in karate, for good exercise and sefl confidence. Also you might want to look into verbal judo - a technique that teaches how to gain voluntary compliance through mental tactics.
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>>>>>>>That only works if they've got thick auditory lapels with which to grab them :-)
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>>>>>>What are you trying to say?
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>>>>>A s a martial art I've never rated Judo. It relies on the opponent's wearing a Gi, with thick non-rip lapels for you to grab on. If you tried a judo throw on someone wearing just a cotton shirt you'd end up with just a handful of shirt-front and the opponent standing.
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>>>>>Hence verbal judo requires thick auditory lapels.
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>>>>Actually verbal judo can be used on a totally naked person.
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>>>Best body-defence sports (if they can call as sport I'm not sure) are boxing and thai-boxing. These are so easy to learn and so efficient. A friend of mine left Karate at 2. dan, moved thai-box. He says "Karate like children touch game (I don't know this games english name)".
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>>I recommend the ancient Lancastrian art (ie from Lancashire in England) of Ecky Thump:
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>>http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=TJxGi8bizEg
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>>Please note. This vid is about 30 yrs old and the main chars are now old men.
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>>We used to watch this show, "The Goodies", and laugh till the tears ran down our legs.
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>These type shows don't seem our TV's now. I don't know if they don't do or our TV's don't buy these... But these are funny...
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>http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=zjX1kpUP0Hg better...

You mean you have them on Turkish TV, or once had them, or never seen them?

We don't see them any more but the series lasted many years, was very popular, and was very similar to Monty Python.