How many 5 year olds...

[Grey Acumen]

I just have 2 or 3 problems.

First off, I can't beat up little girls. If a 5 year old boy was pissing me off enough, I could deliver a beatdown as necessary, but not a girl.

So if girls were in the mix, I really wouldn't be able to take any of them down, but as long as they didn't bite, they'd probably never take me down either. If they did bite, I could probably only take about 5 - 10. I'd have to pick out the guys and knock them out, then all I'd really be able to do is catch the girls and maybe tie them up with their own shoelaces. It'd depend on the ratio of girls and kids with shoelaces.

The other problem is "knocking them out, not killing" Thing is, I'm absolutely certain that I am completely capable of killing with my bare hands, 5 years old or not. My problem is I have no idea where that point is.
Am I trying to do whatever it takes to knock them out, even if it leaves them in a coma for a year or possibly even kills them? Or am I trying to knock them out but not kill them under any circumstances?

If I'm stuck having to worry about not killing them, then it makes things very difficult. I might only be able to take on 5 at most.

If I didn't have to worry about girls, or about killing them at all, so I could just go all out and do whatever I needed to do. I think I could probably take on about 25 - 40. It depends on the size of the room. My tactics would be to run in order to break the mob apart and pick off stragglers who are at the edge of the mob. I'd use kicks primarily, simply to be certain I have enough stopping power to knock them back. If I was getting surrounded, I'd pick a kid up by his ankles and spin around in a circle in order to clear some room until I could break out into the open again. If I got mobbed so that they had me surrounded up close, I'd use my fists and move in one direction, aiming for temples and trying to beat them down so I can step on them in order to work up high enough to break free again.


I've probably thought about this far more than is good for health, but it has its validity: 5 year olds are dangerous.