What is your motto? I like the phrase- "The difficult, I do immediately. The impossible takes me a little bit longer." Whats yours? My dad likes the phrase "Run like h***
I agree that a sensei will not injure his students. My sensei has really good control although there was a girl who had such good control she could punch full speed and pretty much touch your peach fuzz. Now that's good control.
Grade 8 is still elementary?? That's my grade and that's JR. High in Japan and in America. What age are 8th graders. Don't worry about doing the right thing that's already gone. Just worry about next time doing the right thing.
Depending on what grade your in, it's different Try to pin them until a teacher comes, that's what I did in 3rd grade, I grabbed the guys leg when he tried to kick me and just held on to it. You can use a sweep and take him down, then run.