Review: You don't fight a bully by being a victim.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 5, 2013
One of my favorite quotes from this book is: "Judo is not for attacking and hitting others. It is for your security and protection. It is also a sport. You will only use Judo for your own good." Indeed, this isn't a story about a victim becoming a victimizer but by becoming a survivor. Josh is being bullied physically because his mother tells him not to hit. You can't fight violence with non-violence, and eventually mom realizes his son needs to learn how to defend himself, which is why she enrolls him in a judo class. In class he not only learns self-defense but self-confidence, he learns that he can choose not to be afraid of a situation, not to cry when he feels like crying, but to hit back when the big bully is on top of him. I would recommend this book to any parent with a child 6 to 11, but make sure you do enroll them in Judo classes. Bullies are cowards who seek easy targets that don't fight back, don't let your child be one of them. You can't change the world, but you can learn to survive in it.