I gave my kid the same advice, it worked.
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I always taught my boys growing up not to hit first but to defend themselves. There was a bully on the bus that I'd complained about and nothing was done. So when one day a mom knocked on my door and said her son had just gotten off the bus with a bloody nose thanks to my son, I knew my son had finally fought back. So she and I waited for the bus to get to my house, and my son to get off that bus. But before we could ask him, the bus driver saw us and immediately yelled at the other mom, "What is wrong with your son?? He was bullying [my son] and wouldn't stop!" So that was that. Two years later the boy was in need of a refresher course and my son was happy to give it to him. A few months after that my son and the other boy were riding their bikes together in the hood.
This story hits home. Some of the biggest dickheads I ran into during school ended up being some good friends after the exchange occurred.
When we were kids my brother got so sick and tired of strange boys coming up to him and saying, "Your sister said you were gonna kick my ass", so he told me I was on my own and to fight my own battles. So the first boy that bullied me after that, I pushed him off his bike and he ran home crying.