[YoungHypnotiq]

Originally Posted by Psychonaut

1) Get hurt. It doesn't matter if its skinning your knees and putting metho on them or getting decent flesh wounds. Hell - even try a few tequila stuntmen. Try to do things that are fun that will get you hurt, or else you'll back-out pretty soon.

2) Get a few good scars. This way, you wont be so afraid of "getting your face messed up" etc, and also they make you look BadAss(r). [Think along the lines of the Narrator in FightClub, getting closer to hitting rock bottom, via lye burns and fighting].

3) Once you have worked up your confidence in getting hurt, and your own abilities, get sparring with a friend. Practice lots, keep at it. There's lots of threads round here about sparring, fightclubs and learning to fight - you can't go three pages without bumping into one.

About now, you should be a more formidable target for bullies.

Or you could just continue on with the first 2 steps, and get a rep for being a harsh, battle-hardened, crazy-arse bastard, that doesn't have anything to loose, and would _love_ to make someone's day. Or at least it worked for a friend of mine. Your Mileage May Vary

r u fucking kidding? dont do this its fucking retarded. the only good step is part 3