Kimmi Chen was a Chinese immigrant who recently moved to America with her family. She wasn't happy about the move but she didn't have a say in the matter. Kimmi was sixteen years old so she wasn't consulted when the family made the decision. The reason she was so unhappy, was because summer is nearly over. Kimmi will be a Sophomore in high school and she's nervous about attending school with kids she doesn't know. Schools in China are run completely different then schools in the states. So she's not sure how well she will fit in. She has no friends to confide in so she will have to face her problems alone. But with the help of Tai Chi Chuan, she is confident she can cope with any problem that comes along.

Tai Chi Chuan is a soft style of Chinese martial arts that is used mainly as an exercise for it's health benefits. You focus your mind on the slow movements of the exercise to bring about a state of mental calmness and clarity. This in turn opens your inner spirit or chi, and blends them together as one. But it is also used as a form of self defense. With the emphasis on force instead of brute strength. The slow exercises build up your chi to the point where you can strike with exceptional force. And the clarity of your mind helps you concentrate on your opponents movements so you can counter them and attack. Kimmi has studied it since she was four years old and has earned a black sash. Her mother is a master.

The first day of school had gone quite well so far. The other kids didn't treat her unkindly because she came from a different culture. And she even made a few friends. Maybe the move to America wasn't going to be so bad after all. Kimmi was feeling pretty good about herself when she went to her sixth period class. Then things changed dramatically. Her sixth period class was physical education. The girls got dressed and gathered around Miss Watkins their PE Instructor. She informed them the first twenty minutes of each class would be devoted to calisthenics. Their muscles and joints needed to be limbered up to hopefully avoid any serious injuries when they moved on to other sporting activities. She also said the boys would be joining them with their Instructor to make it a co-ed class. So they proceeded to the other end of the gym where the boys were huddled together.

The two Instructors lined them up across the gym to begin the exercises. That's when the trouble started. The male instructor for the boys was a retired Marine. Coach Wilbur Sink used to be a Drill Instructor in the Marine corp and was one hard ass son of a bitch. He treated the students like recruits fresh out of boot camp. His method of motivating the students was to scream at the kids and bully them into doing what ever he said. It worked for him in the corp, so he saw no reason to change his style. He was on their case right from the start and it continued throughout the entire exercise. He constantly screamed at the boys and called them pathetic sissy's and prissy little girls. Especially the ones who were heavy set or skinny as a rail with no muscle tone. And the girls were told they was incompetent and pampered little brats who should be ashamed of themselves for being so weak.

Although he screamed at all of them, he would single out one particular student each day to receive the brunt of his sarcasm. The boy he chose the first day had totally lost his confidence by the time they were through with the exercises. The second day he had a young girl crying within five minutes. Kimmi expected Miss Watkins to step in when he started humiliating the girl. But she stood back and didn't say a word. In fact, she looked as if she was frightened of the man herself. Then Friday Coach Sink made the biggest mistake of his life. He decided Kimmi would be his target that day. Little did he know he was going to painfully regret that decision. But as a large man who retired from the Marines, fear was an emotion he never experienced. Until Friday that is.

Coach Sink was screaming his head off while he made his round through the students. All of a sudden he came upon a Chinese girl who was moving exceptionally slow. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING GIRLY? PUT SOME EFFORT INTO IT! MY GRANDMOTHER MOVES FASTER THEN THAT!" He screamed. "I am practising the art form of Tai Chi Chuan sir. It is a legendary form of exercise in my country. The slow movements build up your chi to achieve maximum force when you strike." Kimmi explained. "IT LOOKS LIKE A LEGANDARY FORM OF LAZINESS TO ME! NOW PICK UP THE PACE YOU LITTLE BRAT!" He screamed again. "Please do not call me names sir. And stop screaming at me as well." She answered. "DON'T BACK TALK ME YOU LITTLE RUNT! NOW SPEED IT UP OR GET THE HELL OUT OF MY CLASS!" He hatefully told her.

"I am doing nothing wrong sir. And I asked you to please stop screaming at me. So comply with my request or else." Kimmi warned. "OR ELSE WHAT GIRLY?" He asked with a grin. "Or else you will be screaming in pain sir." She answered with a smile of her own. "WHY YOU SNOT NOSED LITTLE RUNT!" He yelled as he reached for her. A split second later, he found himself flying through the air. "SLAM!" He hit the gym floor with a loud thud and shook his head. "I did warn you sir. Do not try and put your hands on me again." She threatened the dazed male. Coach Sink was a very large man. 6 foot 2 inches and 245 pounds of solid muscle. His enormous size combined with twenty years of experience while serving in the Marines, did not add up to a man who backed down from a challenge. Especially when the aggressor was a sixteen year old girl who weighed approximately 119 pounds.

"YOU'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THAT YOU LITTLE HEIFFER!" He screamed while he bolted to his feet and attacked. Kimmi didn't hesitate. Her right leg shot up and delivered a series of kicks. "WHAM!..WHAM!..WHAP!" The first one plowed into his abs and stopped him dead in his tracks. The second slammed into his chest and nearly caved it in. The third landed flush in his face and dumped him on his ass. Kimmi stood back and waited to see what he would do. "Oh a feisty one huh? Well I've got news for you little lady. I served in the Marines for twenty years and I happen to know martial arts myself. So let's see if your Tai Chi Chuan can stand up to Karate and Judo. You'll soon find out you made a big mistake when you challenged my authority." He said while he climbed to his feet.

Miss Watkins feared for Kimmi's safety. Even though she was slightly afraid of the rough talking big man, she couldn't allow him to beat up one of her students. So she summoned up the courage and stepped between them. "Now wait a minute Coach Sink. I can't allow you to harm one of my students. Let's just take her to the Principal's office and sort this out." She said with as much bravado as she could muster. "I don't need the Principal to fight my battles. She attacked me. So I'm perfectly within my right to protect myself. Now step back out of the way and keep your mouth shut." He told her in no uncertain terms. Miss Watkins saw the hateful glare in his eyes and quickly lost her nerve. Her body was trembling when she slowly took a step back. "That's better." He said with an evil smile.

"You should treat Miss Watkins and myself with more respect. And stop frightening the other students as well. But I see you are nothing but a big mouth bully who needs to be taught some manners. So if you are determined to engage me in battle, then I accept your challenge. I believe you will discover the big mistake being made is your own." Kimmi confidently told the big man while she took a fighting stance. "I'm going to enjoy shutting that smart ass mouth of yours girly. Prepare to be put in your place." He replied while he stepped up to meet her with a large grin on his face. Miss Watkins knew she should hurry to the Principal's office and get help. But she seemed to be rooted in her spot. Young Kimmi was on her own.

Coach Sink tried to overwhelm her with a barrage of Karate kicks and end this fiasco as early as possible. He achieved a brown belt in Karate while serving his country and was also a third grade in Judo. So handling this little slip of a girl was going to be a snap. Even though she had thrown him to the floor he wasn't worried. Hell, a beginner could do that to his instructor if he wasn't prepared. And he certainly wasn't prepared when she threw him. Now that he was alert, she wouldn't get lucky again. So he attacked with extreme confidence in his abilities. But Kimmi was ready for his assault. The exercises had built her Chi to it's maximum strength and her concentration was exceptional. Coach Wilbur Sink was in more trouble then he realised. And it wasn't going to take her long to prove that fact to him.

Kimmi backed away from his numerous side kicks and easily dodged his front kicks. When he switched to arc and vertical kicks, she parried them with her arms. After deflecting an arc kick, Kimmi pivoted on her right leg and delivered a spinning back kick that nearly broke his arm. "WHAM!" Her left foot solidly landed on his upper arm and sent Coach Sink flying off balance to his right. He regained his footing before falling down and stared at her with hatred while he rubbed his arm. "I'm through playing around with you runt. Now your ass is mine." He stated. He went back at her with a flying front kick. Kimmi stepped to her left to make him miss. Then she executed a perfect leg sweep when his feet touched the floor. "SLAM!" He hit the floor like a collapsed building that had been imploded. The Coach was dazed and moaning.

"Accept defeat before I seriously injure you sir." Kimmi told the big man. But Coach Sink wasn't a quitter. He leaped to his feet and went back at her. This time he was slinging punches and Karate chops with reckless abandon. Kimmi calmly avoided his brutal attempts or simply slapped them away. She patiently waited for an opening to mount her own offense. When it came she was primed and ready. She ducked under a murderous right cross and quickly stepped forward to get into range. Then she pounded his rib cage with a savage attack. "THUD!..THUD!..THUD!..THUD!..THUD!" He leaned to his right to ease the pain and received a powerful right palm strike on his chin that deposited him back in the floor. "WHAM!"..SLAM!" Kimmi proudly stood over him with her hands on her slender hips.

"I did warn you sir. This is your last chance. Admit defeat or I will be forced to render you helpless and knock you out." She nonchalantly said in a calm voice. Miss Watkins and the other students couldn't believe what they were seeing. Coach Sink was three times her size and he immensely towered over her very diminutive stature. But she was handling him as if he were a small child. Deep down inside they were cheering the young girl to victory. Coach Sink rolled away from her and climbed to his feet. "Knock me out. That's funny you little runt. You couldn't knock me out if I was half asleep and not protecting myself. But you on the other hand are going to be peacefully sleeping on the floor in a minute or two. So save your threats for someone who might be stupid enough to be impressed." He told her with an angry look.

"Have it your way sir. I tried my best to help you see the light. But you seem to be blind as well as a loud mouth bully. So I will not hold myself to blame for the consequences." She replied shaking her head. The big man attacked with fury. Enough of her fucking runny mouth was enough. It was time to shove his fist or foot down her throat and permanently shut her up. And he was thoroughly going to enjoy himself while he did it. Rights and lefts with destruction written all over them came flying at her. They were followed by countless bone breaking kicks when his punches failed to hit their mark. Kimmi danced around his futile attack like it was child's play. Miss Watkins and the other students were mesmerized by her defensive skills.

Kimmi decided it was time to switch to offense. She snapped her right leg forward in a side kick and nearly destroyed his abs when her bare foot landed in his mid section. "WHAM!" Coach Sink flew backwards like he had been struck by a speeding car. "SLAM!" He hit the floor six feet away and tumbled for another six feet before finally coming to a sliding halt. He was clutching his aching stomach when he stumbled to his feet. It felt like she tore something up inside of him with the crushing kick. But he pushed the pain out of his mind and waded back in. Unfortunately the pain in his stomach hampered his furious attack. Each punch or chop he attempted was accompanied by a searing pain shooting through his gut. But the man was mule headed and tough as nails. So surrendering because of a severe pain never entered his stubborn mind.

Kimmi could see he was hurting. A painful grimace appeared on his face each time he attempted a punch or Karate chop. She realised the powerful kick she landed in his mid section had done considerable damage. One of the first lessons you learn in Tai Chi Chuan is to search for a weakness in your opponent and exploit it. Coach Sink was definitely suffering from a weakness which put him at a terrible disadvantage. And Kimmi was an experienced fighter who was capable of using that weakness to ensure her victory. Coach Sink threw a right cross with mean intentions behind it. Kimmi easily blocked the punch and drilled him in the stomach with a solid right that nearly reached his back bone. "THUD!" "UUGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Air escaped his lungs and he bent over in pain.

When he bent over his exposed jaw was in the perfect position. Kimmi stepped back and snapped her shapely leg upward. "WHAP!" Her bare foot exploded on his jaw like a battering ram. The Coach grunted as he stumbled back a few feet before dropping to the gym floor. "Are you ready to accept defeat sir? I am merely toying with you to keep from excessively injuring your body. But if you insist on attacking me I'll have no choice but to increase your pain." She warned. A sixteen year old girl speaking to him like he wasn't a threat was to much for the veteran Marine to handle. He jumped to his feet and viciously attacked. Kimmi kept her cool and fought defensively until an opportunity presented itself. It came when he missed a killer right and slightly lost his balance. "SMACK!" She unloaded a punishing left cross that damn near broke his neck. Coach Sink collapsed like a house of cards.

Kimmi landing a powerful left cross that drops him in the floor.

"If you continue to be stubborn I will render you helpless and knock you out. Now come to your senses and admit defeat sir. Or I will be forced to carry out my threats." She confidently told him. Coach Sink shook the cob webs from his dazed mind and climbed to his feet. Things were definitely not going like he planned. But surrendering to a young girl was not an option. He was a grizzled war veteran who was facing a female child that was roughly one third his size. Losing this battle was an inconceivable reality. It simply wasn't a possible scenario. So he ignored her advise and leaped back into the fray. But the first punch he threw was easily batted down by the female gladiator. Then she retaliated with a sledge hammer right to the point of his chin that rocked his world. "SMACK!" His legs turned rubbery and his eyes glazed over.

Kimmi took full advantage of the muscular man being disoriented and incapacitated. She grabbed his arm with one hand and placed her other arm around his waist. Then she quickly pulled his upper body down while lifting with her right arm. Coach Sink left his feet and sailed head over heels. "SLAM!" It sounded like a grenade going off when he hit the floor. He was thoroughly stunned by the flip. His magnificent male body was completely numb. He couldn't focus his eyes and he wasn't exactly sure where he was at or what he was doing. Coach Sink was delirious and unable to protect himself from even the smallest of adversaries. Unfortunately for him, his female opponent was well schooled in many forms of combat. And she had the male warrior lying at her feet and at her mercy.

"You really should have heeded my warning sir. But like all typical males, you refused to listen because I'm a female who is much smaller then you. So your male brain didn't conceive me as a credible threat. Then as usually is the case in these situations, you painfully found out how wrong you were when it was to late. And since you were so pig headed and stubborn, I'm going to humiliate you to ensure you have learned a valuable lesson from this demoralizing defeat. You must change your attitude and give people the respect they deserve sir. Hopefully this embarrassing loss will help you see the error of your ways." She said, chastising the groggy male. Before Coach Sink regained his faculties, Kimmi grabbed his legs and bent him in half. Then to the astonishment of the students and Miss Watkins, Kimmi pinned his muscular arms to the floor with her knees and planted her butt right in his slightly swollen face.

Kimmi pinning Coach Sink down in a face sitting hold.

Coach Sink came out of his stupor when he felt her weight settle on his face. When his eyes shot open he was surprised to see he was enclosed in complete darkness. It didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what was covering his face. He began struggling with everything he had to escape the humiliating position he was in. But her secure hold and the leverage she had was impossible to overcome. His frantic endeavors to free himself were totally in vain. Shame began to fill his solidly built body when his mighty strength started to fade. Tears filled his eyes when his futile efforts turned weak and pathetic. A young girl was thoroughly shaming him in front of a group of students and he was powerless to stop her. Self pity washed over him like a tsunami wave. In that moment he flat gave up.

With his spirit broken and his will snapped, the grizzled war veteran cried like a baby. His courage left him and his heart shriveled up like a dried prune. The twenty year Marine with a hard ass reputation, began to beg the sixteen year old girl for mercy. As humiliating as it was to do, it was the only option available to him. Kimmi and the surprised students could barely make out the garbled words. But it was abundantly clear the beaten male was begging to be set free. "Please let me up miss. I apologise for my bad behavior against you and the other students. And I promise to show all of you the proper respect from now on. I swear on my life. Please miss, have mercy." He begged with heavy tears in his eyes. Kimmi smiled while she listened to him plead. Another defeated male was put in his place by using Tai Chi Chuan. Her chest swelled with pride as she released her pinned down prisoner and climbed to her feet.

Kimmi placed her bare foot on the side of his head as a symbol of ownership and raised her arm in victory. Because in a way she did own the sobbing male lying at her feet. He would be to frightened of the female warrior to break his word and resort back to his bullying tactics. And she knew he would obediently follow any order she gave him if she wished to enslave the beaten male. But fortunately for him, Kimmi wasn't a tyrant with a desire to dominate inferior males under her heel. She only wanted to be treated with the respect and kindness she showed others. That wasn't to much to ask in her eyes. And as Coach Sink painfully found out, she was more then willing to fight for the respect and kindness she felt she deserved.

Coach Sink was so ashamed of himself when Kimmi released him he curled up in a fetal ball and tightly closed his tear filled eyes. He couldn't handle seeing the smiling faces of the other students while he lie broken and defeated at the feet of a young girl. "We accept your apology sir. I'm proud of you for deciding to become a decent human being. Give us the proper respect we all deserve and you will be treated with respect as well. But if you fail to keep your word, I will be forced to teach you another lesson in manners. And the second one will be much more severe. So take my advise and do as you've promised." She sternly warned the sobbing man.

Being talked to like a naughty little boy made Coach Sink revert back to his childhood. Without realising what he was doing, he stuck his thumb in his mouth and began to suck on it. He was off in his own little world and didn't hear the hysterical laughter of the students. Seeing the ex bully they were all so afraid of sucking his thumb was a very comical sight. Even Miss Watkins couldn't stop herself from laughing. Thirty minutes ago the man was screaming at the students and frightening her into retreating. Now he was lying under the foot of a sixteen year old girl and crying his eyes out. He didn't look so scary curled up in a fetal position with his thumb stuck in his mouth. She was absolutely positive Coach Wilbur Sink wouldn't be a problem any longer. Thanks to Kimmi and her amazing fighting skills. She must remember to thank her later.

Kimmi proudly standing over the sobbing Coach Sink.