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I've talked with all of them on several occasions about my expectations as far as fighting goes. The trouble is how fighting for them equals power, equals respect. I'm also trying to emphasize that what you do in the other parts of your life impact you in TKD, and if he hadn't been held back, he would have been fighting the guy. So just because nothing happened does that mean that his intentions shouldn't be taken seriously? Maybe a warning, but next time he doesn't get to test?

Hi, so I teach a small class at a teen center with at-risk/high risk teens. The class has been going on for about a year. There is a very strong fight culture in the schools where I live. One of my students was attacked at school for accidentally bumping into a guy and later he saw said guy talking with friends after school (about him presumably), he rushed at them but a friend held him back (and then was punched in the face a couple times). I'm not sure how to go about disciplining him. He didn't start that first fight, but did go after the kid with the intention of fighting him later. It should also be noted that I don't really have much parent/guardian involvement with these kids, which can make discipline a little harder since they are teenagers and have figured out that I can't literally force them to do something. This student is a very dedicated student, who loves the class, but is also a teenage boy who well, does stupid teenager stuff. Also the class is really small right now, with maybe 4 kids on a good day. So if I ban him from sparring for a few weeks then it might limit the others for sparring. Any ideas? Sometimes it's really hard as a female to understand and get through to teenage boys...

Hi! I'm a third dan in WTF style Taekwondo, haven't practiced with a dojang in a long time but have been doing it for 20yrs now. I teach a small class at a teen center in Espanola, NM with at-risk/high risk teens. Nice to meet you all.