Martial arts hall of fame

[IronFist]

Is there a martial arts hall of fame? I recently encountered a person online who claims to be in the martial arts hall of fame. When I googled this, I could not find any martial arts hall of fames. I found a united states martial arts hall of fame, but it only goes back to 2000. This guy claims to have been honored in the 90s.

When I google his name + martial arts hall of fame, I find lots of references to him being in it, but they are personal things he wrote, not real martial arts hall of fame.

[GeneChing]

Many institutions have their own Martial Arts Hall of Fame like the Martial Arts Museum (https://martialartsmuseum.com/about/hall-of-fame/) and Black Belt mag (https://blackbeltmag.com/tag/hall-of-fame). There are more.

We've always eschewed the Hall of Fame because being funded by Tiger Claw & MartialArtSmart (https://www.martialartsmart.com/), it bordered on conflict of interest for us.

[IronFist]

So this "martial arts hall of fame" isn't a thing.

[GeneChing]

Well, it could be a thing. It depends on the institution it's under. Personally, I feel the two aforementioned Halls are valid.

Note that there were a few 'Hall of Fame' that were like those old VIP books. You paid to play. It was a PR scam - you'd buy into a Banquet, there would be a ceremony and everyone would be added to the Hall of Fame roll call, kind of like participation trophies but before the interwebz. Every once in a while I hear of one still going. I've been invited to more than a few.

The typical play is you get an email saying you won, and to get your award you must attend the banquet with a full table and there's a fee which covers the banquet plus the award.

Here - check out this thread: United States Martial Arts Hall of Fame (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?47739-United-States-Martial-Arts-Hall-of-Fame)

[IronFist]

Appreciate details!