If you can confront your own personal Billy Zabka, then I respect the hell out of you.

Can be but not always as difficult as it may seem.

I had a couple Marines try to kick my ass one time (one of many fights I had), but I was wearing steel toed boots, so you might say I came out of it okay. 

UPDATE: Maybe that event turned me into the bully crushing Jedi that I am today.

Not now as an adult but in grade school we had a bully and he scared the crap out of me!

I am not afraid to stand up to those who have bullied my kids.such as going to the school and making it clear I want something done. I have gone over heads of teachers who refuse to stop bullies and pissed them. I don't care. I have a son with a developemental disability and he got bullied all the way through school. it was hard for him to stand up since he is NOT aggessive.as a parent I would for sure stand up to school officials regarding one of my kids. as for myself I do some but it is harder. I do not mean fist fights or anything just to the nasties, who gossip about you try and ruin your reputation. that kind of bullying. I try and live my life and not let them one up me.i guess my one way of standing up is not letting them get their way by bullying our family, I am staying put and ignoring them.and not letting them win by running away.

I can identify, as I used to be an easy target for bullies when I was in school.

There is this boy in volleyball who is always picking on me, yesterday,one of my friends asked me if that guy is good in volleyball.I said no he is very lousy, and my friend told the bully,i'm scared the bully will bully me even more now, what should i do?

The one time I did stand up to a bully, I was reported to the Vice Principal for slapping her in the face with a small paperback book (she was picking on me). Fortunately, it wasn't a referral but he just wanted to have a small talk with me since he knew there were problems going on between the two of us. The teasing and ridicule got worse though. And I do not regret slapping her with the book, either. It was small; only about 6" and a quarter of an inch thick.

this is not a problem for me but i can see where the difficulty could lie. i have a bad temper that at times gets the better of me but its mellowed as i have got older and i get my feelings hurt more than i get mad now. bullies are usually all talk and expect you not to stand up for yourself thats why they get such a look of surprise on their face when they realized your not as big a pushover as they first thought

As one of the protagonists at my school, I found myself in the sights of a bully from time to time. I find that they are simple to deal with, all it takes is morality and creativity, with some optimism thrown in for good measure.

It all depends on what type of personality you have. The more Choleric (stronger, leader) types of people won't have a problem with this issue. In fact, the bullies would be scared of them! But for a shy person who is unsure of themselves and their own physical strength, this can be a terrifying experience. The reason why a shy person would find this a lot harder is because they are unsure of their ability to fight back because they have an inner belief that they aren't very strong. They fear that they may end up dead or seriously injured. But a stronger personality, they tend to be surer of themselves and have a natural confidence about themselves and the problem isn't as big to them. In school, I used to be very shy and timid so this was a major fear for me, but funny enough, I was never actually bullied (luckily God protected me and I was big for my age.) But as I got older and grounded myself on the Rock (Jesus) and began to know who I was in Christ, my overall confidence has risen and this isn't a big problem for me anymore. For me now, I would give this a 3 because it is still frightening, but I can handle it. But I used to be terrified and I can identify with people who are. With standing up to bullies, I don't think that the fight them back attitude will always work. In the past it did, and I've heard of a lot of success stories of people standing up to the bully and punching them one, and the bully ends up being afraid of them. But now days, kids (especially teenagers) are a lot more violent and if you punch the bully out now, the young people of these days would be evil enough to get revenge. They will come around to you with about ten of their mates with weapons and get revenge. So fighting back isn't always the best option not unless it was a life and death situation. The best way to handle a bully is to do exactly what Jesus said to do. That is to turn the other cheek, to run rather then fight and most importantly of all, pray for them and ask God to protect you and give you wisdom. I used to do martial arts and became fairly high up in the karate ranks, but funny, it not only didn't take my shyness away but it made the problem worse for me. Because there was this pressure on me that if anyone says a nasty comment to me or hits me, I have to fight them. But after learning the Word of God and giving up martial arts all together because of God, and learning that the truth is the opposite to what karate teaches you, my confidence has actually gone up!

Pretty easy to me now, as a battle-scarred middle-aged guy. But I remember times in grade school when this was a pretty big deal

This can be and is difficult for many young people who are terrorized by bullies in school. Bullies are cowards that tend to run in packs and when you corner them they cower in fear. Only when a bully knows a child is fearful of them, then, is the hunt on to destroy them emotionally if not otherwise. Parents talk to your children about this issue, it is very serious and does have a huge emotional impact on your child.

I have so many great stories on this issue. To put it bluntly; I've NEVER had a problem confronting those that torment me; but, then again, most people won't mess with me in the first place (I'm just too lovable)