I haven't got much experience on this, not much at all. All tactics described seem nice, but for what I've seen they forget the most important thing about school fights... people trying to stop you from behind. So while you are going all they grab you with about 5 persons and drag you away, I've had that happen to me a long time ago and it's learned me not to show that I'm about to attack. But I've never been into a high school fight yet, in 10th grade now. Someone was bothering me slightly however, when he tried to squash me in a door portal with two of his friends I just pushed back and I've never been bothered again, I guess it's just a matter of showing your capability. So in your position, beating him up might not be a bad idea, however I really think that the fight won't last any longer than 15 seconds. Either he has backed up or any of you gets pulled away. The situation in your school might be very different though, actually, this was based on experience from long ago and from what I've heard. Fights just break up real quickly at school. Just my thoughts on this. Myth