Yup. Destroyed a bully in junior high in the gymn change room in front of all the kids. My reputation was solid through to nearly the end of the highschool. Then, near the end of high school, a kid a couple of grades older than me, who was clearly out of high school and in trouble with the law alot (you can tell just by looking at these guys) bullied a smaller kid. I thought I had a clue, because you know, I won that one fight years ago and stood up for the kid. We squared off and this kid was not only older, but he had fought before and had skill. He baited me into tossing the first swing, he just waited and cracked me one and drew blood. Instead of squaring off, the proper attack posture would have been to just ram him into the corner between the arcade machine and wall, pin him down and kicks his head in, not square off and give him time to set me up. Lesson learned. Competence is not walking around thinking you are hot shit. Competence is knowing what you know, knowing what you don't know and being situationally aware to evaluate the risk apropriately at all times. It was an exceptional lesson. When I watch Joe Rogan, I only watch it for how calmly he handles every single situation, like a lion that know he can rip apart the gazelle sitting across him in that room. Although not a great example of competence, it is an extraordinary example of projection of dominance that all men need to learn.