Busted Martial Artists

[BrokenTitanium]

Yeah I know a lot of parents that would sign their kids up to train with "that guy who teaches in an empty parking lot."

funny you say this, my close friend just got back from China after living there for sometime and i asked him about training over there and he said that the majority of the training was done at parks.

[GreenCloudCLF]

funny you say this, my close friend just got back from China after living there for sometime and i asked him about training over there and he said that the majority of the training was done at parks.

Different strokes for different folks. Different styles for different cultures. Go tell 99% of North American mom's that the Shaolin Monk XXX is teaching in a parking lot and only charging $15 a month. All you will get are cheap people (the ones on welfare trying to sign up with Coach Ross).

[BrokenTitanium]

[QUOTE=GreenCloudCLF;893040]Different strokes for different folks. Different styles for different cultures. Go tell 99% of North American mom's that the Shaolin Monk XXX is teaching in a parking lot and only charging $15 a month. All you will get are cheap people (the ones on welfare trying to sign up with Coach Ross).[/QUOTE]

this is amazing, that you would consider a person or persons as being cheap because they are on welfare. again Gene sorry for going off topic.

[GreenCloudCLF]

[QUOTE=BrokenTitanium;893050]

Different strokes for different folks. Different styles for different cultures. Go tell 99% of North American mom's that the Shaolin Monk XXX is teaching in a parking lot and only charging $15 a month. All you will get are cheap people (the ones on welfare trying to sign up with Coach Ross).[/QUOTE]

this is amazing, that you would consider a person or persons as being cheap because they are on welfare. again Gene sorry for going off topic.

Typo. I meant to say cheap or broke. My bad!

[GeneChing]

That must have been pungent.

Martial arts teacher charged in drug case
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Published: November 14, 2008
MCT REGIONAL NEWS
By Adriana M. Chavez
El Paso Times, Texas

Nov. 14--EL PASO -- An East Side martial arts instructor, who received media attention seven years ago for winning a world title, was arrested Tuesday on drug-possession charges after allegedly assaulting an El Paso County sheriff's deputy.

Darrell Lewis, 25, of the 7900 block of La Jolla, was stopped by the deputy about 8:30 a.m. on Interstate 10 East near mile marker 33. Sheriff's spokesman Deputy Jesse Tovar said the deputy "noticed the driver was acting extremely nervous and suspicious."

The deputy told Lewis to get out of his vehicle for further questioning, but Lewis allegedly began assaulting the deputy and then ran off. The deputy chased Lewis and, after a brief struggle, took him into custody.

Tovar said deputies who searched Lewis' vehicle found 58 pounds of marijuana hidden in duffel bags on the back seat.

Lewis was charged with possession of marijuana more than 50 pounds and less than 2,000 pounds and with assault on a public servant. He was booked into the El Paso County jail and released Tuesday night on $35,000 bond.

Lewis has been arrested multiple times in the past for alleged marijuana possession, Tovar said.

According to El Paso Times archives, Lewis participated in the National Blackbelt League Super Grands in 2001, a world championship competition, and won titles in open weapons, musical weapons and musical forms.

Lewis told deputies he was an instructor at a martial arts academy in East El Paso. Owners of the academy declined to comment on the arrest, but said Lewis worked there only during the summer and was no longer an employee.

Adriana M. Chavez may be reached at achavez@elpasotimes.com;546-6117.

[TaichiMantis]

won titles in open weapons, musical weapons and musical forms.

Hah! Without the music, his qi was weak!

[uki]

Hah! Without the music, his qi was weak!

music is a power.

[taai gihk yahn]

"hidden in duffel bags on the back seat"...

the operative term being "hidden"...


hidden...


hmmm....

[uki]

"hidden in duffel bags on the back seat"...

obviously what was hidden was revealed, otherwise we wouldn 't know it was hidden in the first place.

[taai gihk yahn]

obviously what was hidden was revealed, otherwise we wouldn 't know it was hidden in the first place.

true, but I'm just saying that, it's not like it was stashed under the floor boards or inside the wheel rims - I mean, in a bag on the frickin' back seat - who would EVER think to look there, right? guy should've waited until he got home to sample his haul...(reminds me of an old MA acquaintance who used to have bags shipped up to him from his sister in FL who grew her stuff in a cow paddy field...)

[uki]

reminds me of an old MA acquaintance who used to have bags shipped up to him from his sister in FL who grew her stuff in a cow paddy field...

the first thing to come to mind here is the psilocybe cubensis, heck, you could pick three dry ounces in four hours of picking... and thats just an average field...

[TenTigers]

maybe the duffle bags were cleverly marked "laundry."

[GeneChing]

Sorry, couldn't resist that pun. I'm a little confused on the Andrew/Matthew thing, but it doesn't really matter.

Couple admit martial arts studio break-ins
Staff Reports

A 19-year-old Army specialist and his wife pleaded guilty Monday in connection with several break-ins at a Gardnerville martial arts studio.
Amanda Golden, also 19, pleaded guilty to attempted burglary. According to the plea agreement with the district attorney’s office, she may be sentenced to probation with a recommendation of one year in Douglas County Jail.
Andrew Golden pleaded guilty to burglary and faces up to 10 years in Nevada State Prison and a $10,000 fine.
The couple was accused of breaking into Northwest Martial Arts while the soldier was home on leave.
According to the criminal complaint, Matthew Golden and an individual identified as “A.W.” broke into Northwest Martial Arts between Oct. 3-5 and took cash, credit cards and checks worth $5,500.
He allegedly returned Oct. 13-15 with Amanda Golden and she took at least $400 in cash.
According to the complaint, Matthew Golden drove Amanda to the Gardnerville studio and waited in a car while she pried open a door with a credit card or a knife.
On Oct. 15, the owner of the studio, believing the burglars would strike again, was at the facility and detained Amanda Golden until deputies arrived.
Amanda Golden called her mother from jail, admitted the attempted break-in, and told her that Matthew drove away when the deputies arrived and stranded her in the parking lot, according to audiotapes from the jail’s telephone system.
He was arrested and reportedly admitted the burglaries were his idea and that he drove the getaway car in previous burglaries, according to investigators.
He told District Judge Michael Gibbons on Monday he and “A.W.” first took $1,500 they spent on alcohol and hotel rooms.
Gibbons refused to release Golden on his own recognizance.
His lawyer, Tod Young, said Golden would live with his mother in Carson City and work to earn money toward restitution.
Young called Golden’s status in the Army “tenuous.”
“There is no hold from the Army,” Young said.
Prosecutor Laurie Trotter objected to any change in bail.
“These are very serious charges,” she said.
“We will be asking for prison. He was released on annual leave and failed to report to the Army. He is AWOL or some similar status.”

[TenTigers]

"according to audiotapes from the jail’s telephone system."

I'm a bit concerned about that part. I mean, I understand if someone was arrested and then called his cohorts and said,"Get me outta here. Bring rocket launchers. The sherriff has his wife pick him up around back. Wait for her there..."
but, If you are calling your lawyer, isn't that a breach in confidentiality or something?

[GeneChing]

'steroidal maniac' is a pretty good clue.

Closing arguments at Collins assault trial
watch listen Monday, 24 November 2008 16:21

The jury in the trial of former world boxing champion Steve Collins will begin considering its verdict tomorrow.

Closing arguments from the prosecution and defence were heard this afternoon.

42-year-old Mr Collins of St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, denies assaulting Adriatik Voda in June 2006 after he was refused entry through a VIP entrance.
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After Mr Collins gave evidence today, the court heard from a doctor on duty on the night who described Mr Voda as menacing with a capability of violence.

The head of internal security at the stadium said he had intervened to usher Mr Collins in but was pushed out of the way by Mr Voda, who placed his hands on Mr Collins's chest.

He said he did not see Mr Collins punch with a fist but did see him hit Mr Voda.

In closing arguments prosecuting counsel Sean Gillane said it was a straightforward case. He said: 'One man had an injury to his hand, the other man had an injury to his mouth. What does that suggest to you about who the aggressor was?'

Mr Gillane said despite Mr Collins's claims in the witness box that he had been attacked by a steroidal maniac, he made no complaint about this and was instead concerned that he did not know who he was.

He suggested Mr Collins was making it up as he went along, and urged the jury to convict him of assault.

However defence counsel Martin Dully urged the jury to treat Mr Voda's evidence with caution and scepticism.

He said no complaint was made to gardaí on the night but instead a number of days later.

He said the evidence from some witnesses described him as an aggressive, menacing, self-regarding bouncer who was more interested in establishing his own authority than actually doing his job correctly.

He said he had ignored an instruction from the head of security to admit Mr Collins and was obsessed with not admitting him.

Mr Dully said CCTV footage showed a hand repeatedly pushing Mr Collins, who was entitled to defend himself.

He told the jury Mr Collins had been charged with a serious criminal offence and the jury could not be satisfied on the evidence to convict him.

Collins says he used martial arts move

Earlier at the trial, Mr Collins told the court he used a martial arts self defence manoeuvre on the doorman but did not punch him.

Mr Collins told the jury he knew what he was talking about when it came to self defence.

He said he had learned from a martial arts expert in California and used a special technique to break the doorman's grip on him but did not punch him.

He said Mr Voda had thumped him in the chest and was making another lunge at him when he had to defend himself.

Mr Gillane asked him to step outside the boxing ring and use common sense.

He said what Mr Collins was suggesting was preposterous and told Mr Collins the only attack was the one on his ego.

He accused Mr Collins of being upset because Mr Voda did not know who he was.

Mr Collins denied this but accepted it was possible he could have told an ambulance man 'the Russian hasn't a clue who I am'.

I'm changing the thread title from Busted Teachers to Busted Martial Artists since it has evolved in scope.