I think that was great for him to defend himself and walk away. That could have went so bad for him. With years of built up hostility he could have very easily "SNAPPED" and lost all grip with reality and just beat that little kid till he wasn't moving anymore. Good for him to do that and show thousands of kids out there who think they are "all that and then some" that when you mess with kids who don't want to fight they still know how, they just are brought up with respect.
That little bully obviously has a different meaning of respect and maybe should have gotten his azz whooped at home for a few years to show some out in public. School punishment these days is just ridiculous sometimes, but the story did say both were suspended. I never had a problem getting the old wooden paddle at school when we were bad and I would not mind it brought back. I see kids these days with zero respect for any kid or adult and it makes me sick. I sat my kids down and told them about what used to happen at school when we were bad and you should have seen the look on my 7 yr old daughters face when I told her we got spanked with a huge wooden paddle..

.haha It was great.